Beware That Sins Are Like Unruly Horses On Whom Their Riders Have Been Placed — And Their Reins Have Been Let Loose So That They Would Jump With Them In Hell:
The sinner will Find darkness in his heart, which he will Feel just as he Feels the darkness of night — So this darkness affects his heart as the physical darkness affects his vision.
For obedience is light and disobedience is darkness.The stronger the darkness grows, the greater becomes his confusion, until he Falls into innovation, misguidance and other things that lead to doom, without even realizing, like a blind man who goes out in the darkness of the night, walking alone.This darkness grows stronger until it covers the eyes, then it grows stronger until it covers the Face, which appears dark and is seen by everyone.
‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Abbaas said: “Good deeds make the Face light, give light to the heart, and bring about ample provision, physical strength and love in people’s hearts.
Bad deeds make the Face dark, give darkness to the heart, and bring about physical weakness, a lack of provision and hatred in people’s hearts.”
Deprivation of worship and obedience — If sin brought no punishment other than that it prevents a person From doing an act of worship which is the opposite of sin, and cuts off access to other acts of worship, that would be bad enough.
So the sin cuts off a third way and a Fourth way and so on, and because of the sin he is cut off From many acts of worship, each of which would have been better For him than this world and everything in it.
Sin breeds sin until it dominates a person and he cannot escape From it.Sin weakens a person’s willpower. It gradually strengthens his will to commit sin and weakens his will to repent until there is no will in his heart to repent at all.
So he seeks Forgiveness and expresses repentance, but it is merely words on the lips, like the repentance of the liars, whose hearts are still determined to commit sin and persist in it. This is one of the most serious diseases that are most likely to lead to doom.
Sinner will become desensitized and will no longer Find sin abhorrent, so it will become his habit — and he will not be bothered if people see him committing the sin or talk about him.
For the leaders of immorality, this is the ultimate shamelessness in which they Find great pleasure, such that they Feel proud of their sin and will speak of it to people who do not know that they have done it, saying, “O so and so, I did such and such.” Such people cannot be helped and the path to repentance is blocked For them in most cases.
The Prophet (saw) said: “All of my Ummah (Followers) will be Fine except For those who commit sin openly, and that includes cases where Allah conceals a person’s sin, but the Following morning he exposes himself and says, ‘O So and so, I did such and such last night, so he shamelessly exposes himself when all night his Lord had concealed his sin.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari:5949)
When there are many sins — they leave a mark on the heart of the person who commits them, so he becomes one of the negligent.
“Nay! But on their hearts is the Raan (covering of sins and evil deeds) which they used to earn”. (Al-Mutaffifeen 83:14)
Indeed, Ibn ‘Umar said: “If I knew that Allah had accepted even one good deed From me, death would be the most dear thing to me, because Allah says, ‘Verily, Allaah accepts only From those who are al-Muttaaqoon (the pious)’. (Al-Maa’idah 5:27 ).”
Man is required to do a great deal of righteous deeds, and to strive to make sure his actions are in accordance with the commands of Allah(swt) and His Messenger(saw). In this manner he will Free himself From any blame, then he must ask Allah to accept his deeds.
So,the point is that — human beings commit sins, but those who Fear their Lord will immediately repent and reform themselves. When you commit a sin, do Good immediately because Good deeds erase sins.
May Allah(swt) save us From disobedience to our Lord and keep us Firm on Guidance. (Ameen).
JazakAllah (May Allah Reward You [with] Goodness)For Reading.
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