A Sin May Lead To Paradise Imam Ibn al-Qayyim remarks, “If Allah wants good for His servant, He facilitates for him the means of repentance, remorse, submissiveness, need; provides him with assistance, and resort; ease for him means of imploring and supplication and open his eyes for collecting as much of good deeds as possible; the very sin he committed would be the threshold for bringing mercy till the point where the enemy of Allah (i.e. Shaytaan) says, “I wish I had left him and didn’t risk trapping him.” This explains the statement of some of the Salaf, ” Indeed the servant could commit a sin, which will eventually lead to paradise and could observe a good deed which will lead to hell-fire. The audience wondered, “How could it be? He dispelled their wonder and replied, “On one hand, one could commit a sin but still didn’t brush it off the memory; the sin is ever-present before the eyes which evokes various emotions of fear, Dread, apprehension, remorse, even weeping, and extreme embarrassment before Allah. The person, at this moment, hangs his/her head with a broken heart for Allah. Ultimately, this very sin will be one’s ticket to happiness and success; it will be more beneficial than many acts of worship due to its pleasant consequences that conclude one’s journey to paradise. On the other hand, one could make a good deed but insists on bragging and showing off about it, and keeps voicing it loudly: I did so and so repeatedly. Deep conceit and arrogance will gradually infiltrate to this person’s character if this attitude were to be maintained which will lead eventually to self-destruction. However, if Allah wills goodness for this person, He will afflict him with an ordeal that brings him to the knees, bents his neck, and extracts a feeling of shame out of him, but if Allah wills otherwise, He will abandon him until this conceit and arrogance eat him up; this abandonment marks the beginning of one’s destruction All the notably wise people unanimously agree that the core of success underlies in Allah’s support whereas destruction follows Allah’s abandonment to the individual. Whomever Allah wills good for, means of humility, resort, need to Allah will be eased for such individual. In addition, an evolving sense of spotting one’s errors, oppression and ignorance will be developed as well as a growing recognition of Allah’s bounties, generosity, mercy, and benevolence will be gained.” [Al-Wabel as-Sayyib: Page: 8] Translated by: Abdullah Ibrahim Omran al-Misri. Rabi Al-Awwal 16, 1436/January 7, 2015
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