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Means of expiating sin

 

Means of expiating sin
I am a muslim, married woman. I was born in a muslim family. But, I was not aware of islamic rules much. I did so many grave major sins that I feel like I am the worst person in this world. Now, I am trying to gain knowledge about my great religion, to obey it's rulings. But, I don't feel any peace and rest in my heart. Always I feel like how would I know that Allah rabbul alamin has forgiven me? What good deed I can do so piles of my grave sins will be wiped out? How would I get close to my Lord? O Allah, show me your mercy on me. 


I can't sleep well, I can't take rest, I don't get any joy from anything. Always I feel like I can die anythime and He will ask me questions, what I will reply HIM, I don't have anything to tell HIm. Always I am crying inside. Oh, Allah tell me how would I get free of all my sins.  


I am writing you as I have read your book "I want to repent, but.." several times. I get a little calm when I read Allah says, "Despair not of the Mercy of Allaah…” [al-Zumar 39:53]. That is the only hope in my life. 


I believe you are an islamic scholar. Do you believe Allah will forgive me who is such a sinner who did all kind of sin in life. I have offered salat of repentence and I am trying to change my lifestyle in every respect only to make my Lord satisfy to me. I am commited that I will follow islamic rules in rest of my life .

 

Praise be to Allaah.
 

 

Firstly, praise be to Allaah Who has enabled you to repent
and has guided you after you were misguided, Who has lighted the way for you
and has made faith dear to you and made it attractive to you. To Him be all
praise at all times. 

We congratulate you on having been enabled to repent. This is
a blessing for which thanks must be given, for Allaah accepts the repentance
of the one who repents.

Secondly, you say, “How would I know whether Allaah has
forgiven me or not?” 

You should note that whoever repents sincerely, Allaah
accepts his repentance and Allaah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. He has
promised the one who repents to Him that He will forgive him his sins. He
says (interpretation of the meaning): 

“Say: ‘O ‘Ibaadi (My slaves) who have transgressed against
themselves (by committing evil deeds and sins)! Despair not of the Mercy of
Allaah, verily, Allaah forgives all sins. Truly, He is Oft‑Forgiving, Most
Merciful’”

[al-Zumar 39:53] 

When Allaah promises something, He does not break His
promise. 

And Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): 

“Except those who repent and believe (in Islamic Monotheism),
and do righteous deeds; for those, Allaah will change their sins into good
deeds, and Allaah is Oft‑Forgiving, Most Merciful.

And whosoever repents and does righteous good deeds; then
verily, he repents towards Allaah with true repentance”

[al-Furqaan 25:70-71] 

In this aayah, Allaah tells us that He will replace the bad
deeds of the one who repents into good deeds, and this is one of the
blessings of repentance. 

Thirdly, you say, “How can I get rid of my sin?” 

This is an important matter, for these are the means by which
sin is expiated. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him)
said: The punishment for sin is lifted from a person by means of ten
things: 

1 – Repentance; this is agreed upon among the Muslims. Allaah
says (interpretation of the meanings): 

“Say: ‘O ‘Ibaadi (My slaves) who have transgressed against
themselves (by committing evil deeds and sins)! Despair not of the Mercy of
Allaah, verily, Allaah forgives all sins. Truly, He is Oft‑Forgiving, Most
Merciful’”

[al-Zumar 39:53] 

“Know they not that Allaah accepts repentance from His
slaves and takes the Sadaqaat (alms, charity), and that Allaah Alone is the
One Who forgives and accepts repentance, Most Merciful?”

[al-Tawbah 9:104] 

“And He it is Who accepts repentance from His slaves, and
forgives sins”[al-Shoora 42:25] 

2 – Praying for forgiveness. It was narrated in
al-Saheehayn that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) said: “If a person commits a sin, then says, ‘O Lord, I have
committed a sin so forgive me,’ He says, ‘My slave knows that he has a Lord
Who may forgive sins or punish for it; I have forgiven My slave…’” (Narrated
by al-Bukhaari, 6953; Muslim, 4953) 

In Saheeh Muslim it is narrated that the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “If you did not commit
sin, Allaah would do away with you and bring people who would commit sins
then ask Him to forgive them, so He would forgive them.” (al-Tawbah,
4936) 

3 – Doing good deeds which wipe out sins. Allaah says
(interpretation of the meaning): 

“And perform As‑Salaah (Iqaamat‑as‑ Salaah), at the two ends
of the day and in some hours of the night [i.e. the five compulsory Salaah
(prayers)]. Verily, the good deeds remove the evil deeds (i.e. small sins)”[Hood
11:114] 

And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) said: “The five daily prayers and Jumu’ah (Friday prayers) and Ramadaan
take away the bad deeds between one and the next, if you avoid major sins.”
(Narrated by Muslim, 344). 

And he said: “Whoever fasts Ramadaan out of faith and the
hope of reward, his previous sins will be forgiven.” (Narrated by
al-Bukhaari, 37; Muslim, 1268). 

And he said: “Whoever spends the night of Laylat al-Qadr in
prayer out of faith and the hope of reward, his previous sins will be
forgiven.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 1768). 

And he said: “Whoever performs Pilgrimage to this House, and
does not behave in an obscene or immoral manner, he will go back free of sin
like the day his mother gave birth to him.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari,
1690). 

And he said: “The expiation for the fitnah caused to a man by
his family, wealth and children is prayer, fasting, enjoining what is good
and forbidding what is evil.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 494, Muslim, 5150). 

And he said: “Whoever frees a believing slave, for each of
(the slave’s) limbs Allaah will free one of his limbs from the Fire…”
(Narrated by Muslim, 2777). 

These and similar ahaadeeth are narrated in the books of
Saheeh. And he said: “Charity extinguishes sin as water extinguishes
fire, but hasad (malicious envy) consumes good deeds as fire consumes
wood.” 

4 – The du’aa’ of the believers for the believer, such as
when they pray the funeral prayer for him. It was narrated from ‘Aa’ishah
and Anas ibn Maalik that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) said: “There is no Muslim who dies, and a group of Muslims
numbering one hundred pray for him, all of them interceding for him, but
their intercession for him will be accepted.” (Narrated by Muslim, 1576). 

It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbaas said: “I heard the Messenger
of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say: ‘There is no
Muslim man who dies, and forty men pray the funeral prayer for him, not
associating anything with Allaah, but Allaah will accept their intercession
for him.’” (Narrated by Muslim, 1577). This refers to praying for him after
he has died. 

5 – Good deeds which can be done for the deceased, such as
giving in charity (on his behalf), etc. This will benefit him, according to
the clear, saheeh texts of the Sunnah and the consensus of the Imams. The
same applies to freeing slaves and Hajj (on his behalf), indeed it was
proven in al-Saheehayn that the Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever dies owing any (obligatory) fasts, his
heir should fast them on his behalf.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 5210;
Muslim, 4670). 

6 – The intercession of the Prophet (peace and blessings
of Allaah be upon him) and others on the Day of Resurrection for those who
have committed sins. This is narrated in the mutawaatir ahaadeeth about
intercession, such as the hadeeth in which he (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) said: “My intercession will be for those among my ummah
who have committed major sins.” (Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in
Saheeh Abi Dawood, 3965). And he (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) said: “I was given the choice between admitting half of my ummah
to Paradise and intercession, and I chose intercession.” (See Saheeh
al-Jaami’, 3335). 

7 – Calamities by means of which Allaah expiates sins in this
world. It was narrated in al-Saheehayn that the Prophet (peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “No tiredness, exhaustion, worry,
grief, distress or harm befalls a believer in this world, not even a thorn
that pricks him, but Allaah expiates some of his sins thereby.” (Narrated by
al-Bukhaari, 5210; Muslim, 4670). 

8 – The torment, squeezing and terror that happens in the
grave. These are also things by means of which sins are expiated. 

9 – The horrors, distress and hardship of the Day of
Resurrection. 

10 – The mercy and forgiveness of Allaah, with no cause on
the part of His slaves. 

 See: Majmoo’ Fataawa Ibn Taymiyah, vol. 7, p.
487-501. 

Fourthly, you ask, “Do you think that Allaah will forgive
me?” 

Yes, He will, if you have repented sincerely, for Allaah has
promised to accept repentance, the evidence for which we have mentioned
above.  Do not despair of Allaah’s mercy. Remember the story of the man who
killed one hundred people, then he repented and Allaah accepted his
repentance. This is the story as narrated by Imam Muslim in his Saheeh,
in Kitaab al-Tawbah (2766): “It was narrated from Abu Sa’eed
al-Khudri that the Prophet of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) said: “Among the people who came before you there was a man who
killed ninety-nine people, then he asked about the most knowledgeable person
in the land. He was told about a monk, so he went to him and said, ‘I have
killed ninety-nine people, can I repent?’ The monk said, ‘No.’ So he killed
him, thus making the number one hundred. Then he asked about the most
knowledgeable person in the land, and he was told about a scholar, so he
(went to him and) said: ‘I have killed one hundred people. Can I repent?’ He
said, ‘Yes, who could stop you from repenting? Go to such and such a land,
where there are people who worship Allaah. Worship Allaah with them and do
not go back to your own land, for it is a bad land.’ So he set out, and when
he was halfway there, death came upon him. The angels of mercy and the
angels of punishment argued over him. The angels of mercy said, ‘He was
coming repentant, turning with his heart towards Allaah.’ The angels of
punishment said, ‘He never did anything good.’ Then an angel came to them in
human form and they accepted him as a mediator. He said, ‘Measure the
distance between the two lands, and whichever he is closer to is where be
belongs.’ So they measured the distance and found that he was closer to the
land to which he was headed, so the angels of mercy took him.” 

We learn several things from this hadeeth, including the
following: 

1 – That Allaah forgives all the sins of one who repents, no
matter how great they are. This is indicated by the aayah in which Allaah
says (interpretation of the meaning): 

“Say: ‘O ‘Ibaadi (My slaves) who have transgressed against
themselves (by committing evil deeds and sins)! Despair not of the Mercy of
Allaah, verily, Allaah forgives all sins. Truly, He is Oft‑Forgiving, Most
Merciful’”[al-Zumar 39:53] 

2 – The one who repents has to keep away from bad friends who
were committing the sin with him. He should keep company with righteous
friends who will help him to do good and show him how to do it. We ask
Allaah to help us and you and to give us all strength. And Allaah knows
best. 

3 – The Muslim must live his life in a state between fear and
hope, fearing his sins and not feeling safe from the Plan of Allaah, and not
being certain that he will enter Paradise. For the Sahaabah (may Allaah be
pleased with them), even though they were so righteous and pious, were not
like this, rather they feared their Lord and worshipped Him with fear and
hope. So the Muslim must obey Allaah and repent and hope for the mercy of
Allaah, knowing that Allaah forgives and accepts the repentance of the one
who repents to Him, so he hopes that Allaah will forgive him.  He knows that
Allaah accepts and loves the righteous deeds of His slave, so he strives to
do righteous deeds hoping that they will be accepted. If he lives in this
state, fearing his sins and hoping for the mercy of his Lord, he will strive
to worship Him and keep away from sin, asking Allaah to reward him for his
righteous deeds until he meets Him when He is pleased with him, and he seeks
refuge with Allaah from his heart being turned away or his situation
changing, as the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
used to pray, “O Controller of the hearts, make my heart steadfast in Your
religion.”

We ask Allaah to make you and us steadfast in His religion, and bestow more
of His bounty upon us, for He is All-Hearing, Ever Near.

Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid



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