Assalaamu 'Alaikum
In the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Most Merciful
Reflect on this Brothers and Sisters and examine yourself to see where you
stand and remember never despair the Mercy of Allah for He is Oft-Forgiving,
Most Merciful...
A SIN WHICH LEADS TO REPENTANCE IS BETTER THAN AN ACT OF WORSHIP WHICH MAY
LEAD TO PRIDE
"Sin may be more beneficial for a person, if it leads him to repent, than
doing a lot of acts of worship. This is what is meant by the words of one of
the salaf:
'A person may commit a sin and enter Paradise because of it, or he may do an
act of worship and enter Hell because of it.'
They said: 'How is that?'
He said: 'He may commit a sin and continues to think about it, and when he
stands or sits or walks he remembers his sin, so he feels ashamed and
repents and seeks forgiveness and regrets it, so that will be the means of
his salvation.
And he may do a good deed and continue to think about it, and when he stands
or sits or walks he remembers it and it fills him with self-admiration and
pride, so it is the cause of his doom.
So the sin may be the factor that leads him to do acts of worship and good
deeds and to change his attitude so that he fears Allah and feels shy before
Him and feels humiliated before Him, hanging his head in shame and weeping
with regret, seeking the forgiveness of his Lord.......................
Each of these effects is better for a person than an act of worship that
makes him feel proud and show off and look down on people. Undoubtedly this
sin is better before Allah and is more likely to bring salvation than one
who admires himself and looks down on others, and who thinks that he is
doing Allah a favor. Even if he says words that indicate something other
than that, Allah is the Witness over what is in his heart. Such a person may
feel hatred towards people if they do not hold him in high esteem and
humiliate themselves before him. If he were to examine himself honestly, he
would see that clearly."
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Reference:
Madarij as-Salikeen, 1/299
Ibn al-Qayyim
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