بِسْم الله الرحمن الرحيم
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From the Punishments of Sins and Disobedience
From the Punishments: The removal of modesty, which is the core of the life of the heart, and the basis of every good, and its removal is the removal of all good.
Modesty is in the فطرة (Natural Disposition), but sins slowly cause it to go away.
And in the Saheeh, it has been reported that the Prophet ﷺ said, "Modesty is all good" [Muslim]
This is shyness with regards to doing something bad, not shyness where a person is shy to speak the truth.
Uthman Ibn Affan رضي الله عنه had the quality of shyness. The Prophet ﷺ praised him, saying:
"وَأَصْدَقُهُمْ حَيَاءً عُثْمَانُ"
"The most sincere of them in shyness and modesty is 'Uthman" [Ibn Majah]
أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مُضْطَجِعًا فِي بَيْتِي كَاشِفًا عَنْ فَخِذَيْهِ أَوْ سَاقَيْهِ فَاسْتَأْذَنَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ وَهُوَ عَلَى تِلْكَ الْحَالِ فَتَحَدَّثَ ثُمَّ اسْتَأْذَنَ عُمَرُ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ وَهُوَ كَذَلِكَ فَتَحَدَّثَ ثُمَّ اسْتَأْذَنَ عُثْمَانُ فَجَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَسَوَّى ثِيَابَهُ - قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ وَلاَ أَقُولُ ذَلِكَ فِي يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ - فَدَخَلَ فَتَحَدَّثَ فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ دَخَلَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَلَمْ تَهْتَشَّ لَهُ وَلَمْ تُبَالِهِ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ عُمَرُ فَلَمْ تَهْتَشَّ لَهُ وَلَمْ تُبَالِهِ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ عُثْمَانُ فَجَلَسْتَ وَسَوَّيْتَ ثِيَابَكَ فَقَالَ " أَلاَ أَسْتَحِي مِنْ رَجُلٍ تَسْتَحِي مِنْهُ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ "
Aisha reported: Allah's Messenger ﷺ was lying in the bed in my apartment with his thigh uncovered and Abu Bakr sought permission to enter. It was given to him and he conversed in the same very state (the Prophet's thigh or shank uncovered). Then `Umar sought permission for entering and it was given to him and he conversed in that very state. Then `Uthman sought permission to enter; Allah's Messenger ﷺ sat down and he set right his clothes. Muhammad (one of the narrators) said: I do not say that it happened on the same day. He (`Uthman) then entered and conversed and as he went out, `Aisha said: Abu Bakr entered and you did not stir and did not observe much care (in arranging your clothes), then `Umar entered and you did not stir and did not arrange your clothes, then `Uthman entered and you got up and set your clothes right, so he ﷺ said: Should I not show modesty to one whom even the Angels show modesty." [Bukhari #2401]
And The Prophet ﷺ said, "One of the admonitions of the previous Prophets which has been conveyed to people is that if you have no modesty, you can do whatever you like." [Al- Bukhari].
Modesty comes with faith. When faith is high, modesty will also be high. But when the faith of a person is low, his modesty will also be low.
Narrated Abu Sa`id: The Prophet ﷺ was more shy than a veiled virgin girl. [Bukhari #6119]
Sins weaken the modesty in the slave, until it may be removed from him completely. Neither the knowledge nor awareness of the people of his evil state will have an effect on him. People will talk about his state and hate what he does (and he will not care) because modesty has been removed from his heart. And if the slave reaches this state there will be no aspiration for reformation.
The reformation of a person cannot be without modesty. Modesty is what moves you forward, and sins diminish modesty. Sins are worse than any other disease in the world.
And from the punishments of sins: It weakens magnification of Allah in the heart.
Without a doubt, it removes the veneration in the heart of the slave, whether he wants it or not. If veneration and magnification of Allah is established in the heart of the slave, he would not have the audacity to disobey Him.
When a person does not have magnification of Allah, doing wrong becomes easy.
لا إله الا الله = No one I attach to out of love and magnification except Allah
Your relationship with Allah is one of love and magnfication. It is not love devoid of magnifying Him, and this is what keeps you within the bounds.
E.g. You love your parents, but if there is no magnification or respect, you will misbehave; you will do anything.
And from the punishments of this: Allah will take away his esteem from the hearts of the creation. He will be degraded with them and taken lightly, just as he degraded and took lightly his matter. So according to the level of the slaves love of Allah, will people love him. And according to his fear of Allah, will people fear (i.e Respect, honour, venerate) him, and according to his magnification of Allah and His laws and boundaries, will people honour his laws and boundaries. In Surah Al Hajj, Verse 18:
"Do you not see that to Allah prostrates whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth and the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountains, the trees, the moving creatures and many of the people? But upon many the punishment has been justified. And he whom Allah humiliates - for him there is no bestower of honor. Indeed, Allah does what He wills."
Everyone wants to have dignity, position, and respect amongst the people. One of the consequences of a person not respecting Allah and committing sins is that Allah will remove his respect from the people. People will not consider him something, he will be very small in their eyes. He will receive just as he did - Allah will deal with you in the way you deal with Him.
And from the punishments: What Allah will cast of terror and fear in the heart of the sinner. So you will not see him except that he is always terrified and in panic. For obedience is the greatest fortress of Allah, which whoever enters, will be secured from the punishments in the Dunya and in the Hereafter.
When you commit sins, you feel restlessness, and have no shelter. Obedience gives you security and is your fortress.
And from the punishments: It causes extreme loneliness in the heart.
As it was said (in lines of poetry)
So if sins cause you to feel loneliness Then leave them if you will, and feel delight
Obedience obligates closeness to the Lord, glory be to Him, and the closer you get to Him, the stronger your delight will be. And sins cause a person to be distanced from the Lord, and the further away you get, the stronger the feeling of loneliness will be.
There is no pure enjoyment in sins; it is an illusion from the Shaytan. People enjoy and they feel misery afterwards. The Shaytan advertises the sin and leaves you in misery, and he discourages us from performing acts of obedience.
The solution:
"Those who believe (in the Oneness of Allah - Islamic Monotheism), and whose hearts find rest in the remembrance of Allah, Verily, in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest."
This is the goodly life. You do not need to spend money for the solution, it is free.
And the cause of loneliness is the barrier/covering. And the thicker the barrier is, the more the loneliness increases. So heedlessness (of Allah) obligates loneliness. And more severe than that is the loneliness of comitting sins. And even more severe than that is the loneliness of Shirk and Kufr. And you will not find anyone wearing anything from that except that loneliness will dominate him according to how much he wears from it. So loneliness will dominate his face and heart, so he feels lonely, and people will feel that way towards him.
الوحشة is that feeling of depression, worthlessness, feeling down. Look into your life, you may not be committing sins, but just going along with your life without remembering Allah - and this causes loneliness. You see non-Muslim countries where people have everything around them, yet there is so much depression and loneliness in their hearts.
The percentage you have of heedlessness, sins, Kufr, Shirk, will be the percentage of loneliness you feel.
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