By Luis Abdul Kareem Colón Bismillah ir Rahman ir Raheem! As salaamu alaikum Iqhwani Muslimeen wal Muslimah. I remind myself first before others, if a person becomes aware of somebody elses sin, he should keep it a secret. The Prophet Muhammad (salallahu alaihe wa-sallam) said: He, who relieves a hardship of this Dunya (word) for a believer, Allah will relieve (from him) a hardship of the Day of Resurrection; he who makes easy an indebted person, Allah will make it easy for him in the Dunya and the Hereafter; he who covers a Muslim (meaning his mistakes and shortcomings), Allah will cover him in the Dunya and the Hereafter… [Muslim] Abdullah Ibn Umar (radiyallahu anhu) related, The Messenger of Allah (salallahu alaihe wa-sallam) once rose above the podium and then said with a loud voice, O those who have embraced Islam only with their tongue, while Eemaan (faith) has not yet entered their hears, neither harm Muslims, nor mock them, nor try to expose their mistakes, for he who follows (searches for) the errors of his brother, Allah will follow his errors, and he whom Allah follows his errors, He will expose him even if he was in the middle of his home. [Saheeh al-Jamee] Exposing sins leads to humiliation and embarrassment, which ceases the possibility that the sinner might someday regret his mistake, seek forgiveness from Allah and purify his soul from sins because one of the things that prevent one from committing sins is the fear of humiliation. However, if the sinner knows that the people are already aware of his sins, then he does not experience the shame and distraction which he used to feel before and this might encourage him to commit sins openly! Secondly, when sins are repeatedly mentioned in gatherings, etc. the fear of committing sins vanishes from the peoples hearts. First the sin will become easy on peoples tongue and gradually he, who does not feel any shame in mentioning the sin, will not find it difficult to even commit the sin. This is how, sins spread in the society! So, if someone becomes aware of his brothers sins and realizes that nobody except him has seen him committing the sin, then he should keep the sin a secret. He should not encourage people towards sins by exposing his faults. Allah, the Exalted, has not only condemned committing sins in the Quran but He has also condemned those people who mention sins in public. He said: Verily, those who like that Fahishah should be circulated among those who believe, they will have a painful torment. [Quran 24:19] meaning, those who like to see evil talk about them (the believers) appear. [Tafseer Ibn Katheer] Allah says in Soorah an-Nisa (4):148, Allah does not like that evil should be uttered in public except by him who has been wronged. Ibn Abbas (radiyallahu anhu) commented on this verse, Allah does not like that anyone should invoke Him against anyone else, unless one was wronged. In this case, Allah allows one to invoke Him against whoever wronged him…Yet, it is better for one if he observes patience.[Tafseer Ibn Katheer] Today sins have become widespread in the society because we have forgotten the teachings of Allahs Messenger (salallahu alaihe wa-sallam), who discouraged people from revealing ones mistakes and sins as well as others. As a result, people have lost the fear of committing not only minor sins but even major sins - Moreover, we find people proudly attributing sins to themselves. And Allah knows best
Posted on: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 05:45:28 +0000
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