بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem "In the
Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful”
السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ
وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ
As salaam alaykum ramatullahi wa
barakthu "May the peace of Allah be upon you, and His mercy
and blessings"
Dear friends,
Today I would like to introduce you
about Tawbah
(Repentance). The holy Ramadan for this year is almost finished. We have
achieved some purity for our mind and soul. We have tried to avoid many desires
of our body and we did submit everything to the path of Allah. Here important
point is that Allah is not only exists in Ramadan He exists beyond time. So we
should not lose our purity and we have to keep this until our death. How happy
we are in Ramadan like that we must be happy in other months also by doing
prayer to Allah. It is should be a starting for our new life without doing any
sin and control our emotions. So as a first step we have to ask for forgiveness
from those whom we blamed, cheated, put in trouble or any kind of disturbance
we made to them. If you cannot ask them directly then ask Allah to forgive for
them. complete your debt and obligations as you can. Then we have to do Tawbah (Repentance) to
Allah. The word Tawbah (Repentance) in Arabic literally means 'to return'. In
an Islamic context, it refers to the act of leaving what Allaah has prohibited
and returning to what He has commanded.
The subject of repentance is one which concerns all people
who believe in God, and is vital one for the Muslims to understand because our
salvation in the hereafter is dependent on our repentance to Allaah, as is
shown by Allaah's order: "AND TURN YOU ALL TOGETHER IN REPENTANCE TO
ALLAAH O BELIEVERS, THAT YOU MAY BE SUCCESSFUL" [An-Noor (24):31]
In Soorah al-Baqarah, Allaah tells us: "SURELY ALLAAH
LOVES THOSE WHO TURN UNTO HIM IN REPENTANCE AND LOVES THOSE WHO PURIFY
THEMSELVES." [2:222]
This shows how pleasing our repenting is to Allaah. Also,
the Prophet, Sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam gave us an example of just how
pleasing to Allaah our repenting is an authentic hadeeth in which
he,Sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam said: "Allaah is more delighted with the
repentance of His servant than one of you would be, who suddenly finds his
camel laden with supplies after 22losing it in a barren land" (Narrated by
Anas and collected in the hadeeth collection of al-Bukhaaree)
Try to imagine your joy if you were to suddenly retrieve
everything you ever possessed after losing all hope of recovering what you had
lost. Then think that Allaah's delight is even greater than this when His slave
repents to Him. So much so, that if man stopped repenting to Allaah, He would
replace us with another creation that would turn to Him for forgiveness. The
Prophet, Sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam said: "If you did not commit sins,
Allaah would sweep you out of existence and replace you by another people who
would commit sins, ask for Allaah's forgiveness and He would forgive
them." (Narrated by Aboo Ayyoob & Aboo Hurayrah & collected by
Muslim)
The problem with many of us today, is that we don't fear
Allaah, which means that we don't think twice about disobeying Him and
therefore falling into sin, which we give no real tought to. So perhaps we
should think about the statement which Ibn Mas'ood radi Allaahu 'anhu, made:
"A believer sees his sins as if he were sitting under a mountain which he
is affraid may fall on him, whereas the wicked person considers his sins as
flies passing over his nose and he just drives them away like this (and he
moved his hand over his nose in illustration)." (Bukhaaree)
NEVER DESPAIR Someone might say, 'I want to repent but my
sins are too many.' But Allaah says: "SAY: O MY SLAVES WHO HAVE
TRANSGRESSED AGAINST THEMSELVES! DESPAIR NOT FOR THE MERCY OF ALLAAH, VERILY
ALLAAH FORGIVES ALL SINS. TRULY HE IS OFT FORGIVING, MOST MERCIFUL."
[Az-Zumar (39):53]
Therefore, we should never lose hope or stop asking for
Allaah's forgiveness. Its importance is shown to us in a hadeeth in which the
Prophet, Sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam said: "O people! Turn to Allaah in
repentance and seek His forgiveness, for surely I make repentance a hundred
times every day." (Reported by al-Aghaar ibn Yasaar & collected in
Saheeh Muslim)
Repentance is such a great act of worship that doing it can
totally erase our sins altoghether, as the Prophet, Sallallaahu 'alaihi wa
sallam said: "One who repents from sin is like one without sin." (HASAN
- Reported by Abu 'Ubaidah ibn 'Abdullaah & collected by Ibn Majah
Authenticated by al-Albaanee)
ONLY ALLAAH CAN FORGIVE SINS Forgiveness for our sins is not
something that comes automatically, it is something that must be sought
sincerely and with consciousness. Also we should remember that it is only
through Allaah's Mercy that anyone will ever enter Paradise. The Prophet,
Sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam advised: "Do good deeds properly, sincerely
and moderately, and rejoice, for no one's good deeds will put him in
Paradise." The Companions asked, "Not even you O Messenger of
Allaah?" He replied. "Not even me unless Allaah bestows His pardon
and mercy on me." (Reported by Aboo Hurayrah & 'Aa'ishah & collected
by al-Bukhaaree) Therefore in Islaam, salvation rests on faith (which
includes), good actions and hope in Allaah's mercy, all combined in truly
unique manner which is not found in any other religion or system. Furthermore,
it is only Allaah who can forgive our sins and He is not in need of any
intercessor. The proof for this is in a du'aa (supplication) which the Prophet
Sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam taught his closest Companion Abu Bakr: "O
Allaah, truly I have wronged myself and none can forgive sins except you."
Therefore it is a complete waste of time
asking forgiveness from the people such as "saints", pious people or
even the Prophet Sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam. Allaah say in reply to people
who do such things: "VERILY, THOSE YOU CALL UPON BESIDES ALLAAH, ARE ONLY
SLAVES LIKE YOURSELVES." [a;-A'raaf (7):194]
It is important that we never despair of Allaah's Mercy - no
sin is too great to repent for... or too little for that matter. As one of the
salaf (Pious predecessors) said: "Do not look at the insignifance of your
sins, but consider the greatness of The One you are disobeying."
We
can not give better advice than the Proof of Islam, Imam Ghazali (Allah be
pleased with him) who said: "If you repent then break your repentance by
returning to sin, then rush back to repentance. Say to yourself, 'Perhaps I
will die before returning to sin this time.' Similarly, do this a third and
fourth time. Just as you have made sin and returning to it a profession, make
repentance and returning to it a profession. Do not be more incapable of
repentance than you are of sin, nor lose hope, and do not let the Shaytan use
this to prevent you from repenting. For indeed it is a sign of good.
Did you not hear his [the Prophet's]
(Allah bless and grant him peace) saying, 'The best of you are every one who is
often tried and often penitent.' Which means they are often tried by sin and
repent much and return to Allah (Transcendent and Exalted is He) with remorse
and seeking forgiveness. Remember the saying of Allah (Most high): 'And he who
does evil or wrongs himself, then seeks forgiveness from Allah, he will find
Allah Very Forgiving, Merciful.'[4:110]" [1] And Allah knows best and He
alone gives success (tawfiq).
Hope you may enjoyed this writing
and please keep me in your prayer
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