Our soul is like a horse in the form of a livestock that easily obeys its master. However, worldly life is like wild nature which makes the desire to fight against it continue to be honed. Our task is to continue to tame it so that it always follows the direction towards goodness. However, animals that have enjoyed the freedom of the wild always have the desire to fight. Therefore, in the midst of writhing desires, this is the main task to keep the soul on the page of goodness.
When the soul is accustomed to the sweetness of faith and goodness, this is happiness above happiness. However, if a soul is accustomed to goodness, then it turns wild with disobedience, then this is the ultimate humiliation. Listen to the explanations of the scholars, including Ibn Rajab may Allah forgive him, which reminds us all of the shame of returning to disobedience. In the Lathaiful Maarif (p. 399), he gave the message,
And how ugly a bad deed can be after a good deed that you undo and forgive
How evil is evil done after good deeds! What evil will obliterate and destroy it!
One sin after repentance is worse than seventy previous sins
One sin committed after repenting is worse than seventy sins committed previously.
Setbacks are more difficult than illnesses, and can be fatal
The recurrence of an illness is much more difficult to cure than the first time it was contracted. Likewise, it often results in accidents and deaths.
Ask Allah for obedience until the end of your life, and seek refuge in Him from a fickle heart and from turmoil after dispute.
Ask Allah ﷻ for steadfastness in obedience until death. And ask Him for protection from heartbreak, as well as setbacks after the progress achieved.
The lowliness of disobedience after the nobleness of obedience
Ibn Rajab God bless make a will,
How terrible is the humiliation of disobedience after the glory of obedience, and how shameful is the poverty of greed after the riches of complacency.
“How sad it is to slip into disobedience after achieving the glory of obedience. And how despicable is poverty that is greedy for wealth What is it
Have pity on loved ones who are humiliated because of sin, and rich people who are made poor because of sin.
Have pity on people who were once noble, but then became low because they fell into immorality. And have mercy on those who were once rich, but are now poor because of their sins.”
Ibn Rajab God bless wants to invite us to reflect on the humiliation of people who were once noble because of their righteous deeds and riches for the rewards of their deeds, then fell into the abyss of immorality and sin. Against numbers like that, we should feel sorry. We can direct this feeling of pity towards someone who is drowning in sin, whether that figure is someone else or ourselves.
For others, don’t let them sink back into shame, save them and don’t laugh at them. Reach out to them with grace and love. Hopefully a glimmer of faith in his heart will encourage him to succeed again.
Meanwhile, if that figure is ourselves, then forgive us by stopping making ourselves worse. Allah ﷻ promises us very broad forgiveness. If a servant bears the sins of the whole earth, Allah’s forgiveness truly exceeds that.
From the history of Anas bin Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, he said: I heard Rasulullah SAW say: Allah SWT said: O son of Adam, as long as you call on Me and hope in Me, I will surely forgive your actions, and I don’t care, O son of Adam, if your sins reach the clouds in the sky, then you ask Me for forgiveness. I’ve forgiven you, and I don’t care. O son of Adam, if you had brought me the sins of the earth, then you had met Me without associating any partners with Me, I would have brought you the sins of the earth, and then you had met Me without associating anything with Me, I would have forgiven you as much as possible.
From Anas bin Malik May Allah bless him and grant him peace He said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, ‘Allah ﷻ said, ‘O son of Adam! Indeed, as long as you pray and hope only in Me, I will surely forgive the sins you have committed and I will not care. If you don’t associate anything with Me, I will surely come to you with forgiveness for the whole earth.” (HR. at-Tirmidhi, evaluated authentic hasan)
Return to Him immediately. Indeed, Allah ﷻ always opens the door of repentance to His servants who wish to return.
In the hadith from Abu Musa ‘Abdullah bin Qais Al-Asy’ari May god bless you, The Prophet ﷺ said,
Indeed, Allah stretches out His Hand at night so that those who sin during the day can repent, and He stretches out His Hand during the day so that those who sin at night can repent, until the sun rises from the west.
“Indeed, Allah ﷻ always opens His hands at night to accept the repentance of people who make mistakes during the day, and Allah opens His hands during the day to accept the repentance of people who make mistakes at night. That is, until the sun rises from the west.” (HR. Muslim no. 2759)
Also read: Have Repented Then Disobeyed Anymore, Is Repentance Accepted?
Converting to God is easy
It is very easy to repent to Allah ﷻ. It is not obligatory to bring souvenirs to soften the heart, sacrifice property, or the like. Only by purifying and prostrating to Him, Allah ﷻ will open the door of forgiveness for all of us. The Prophet ﷺ said,
There is no servant who commits a sin, then purifies himself, then gets up and prays two rak’ahs, then asks Allah for forgiveness unless Allah forgives him.
“There is no servant who commits a sin, then purifies himself, stands up to pray two rak’ahs, then asks Allah for forgiveness, unless Allah forgives him.” (HR. Tirmidhi no. 406, also narrated by Abu Daud and Ibn Majah. Al-Albani said that this hadith is authentic)
Stop sinning as soon as you realize it
Then reflect on the verse that our Prophet ﷺ recited after his words,
And those who, when they commit sins or wrong themselves, remember Allah and ask forgiveness for their sins, and who can forgive sins except Allah, and they do not force what they do, then they do it deliberately.
“And (also) those who, when they commit heinous acts or wrong themselves, remember Allah, and ask forgiveness for their sins. And who else can forgive sins except Allah? They do not continue their heinous deeds, even though they know.” (QS. Ali Imran: 135)
One of the characteristics of a repentant person described in this verse is,
They don’t force what they do even though they know it.
“And they did not continue their heinous deeds, even though they knew about it.”
Ibn Kathir God bless provide information,
Meaning: they repent for their sins and immediately return to Allah, and they do not continue to sin and continue to do so without giving up, even if they repeat it again. Among them are sins that they regret
This means they repent from their sins and immediately return to their Lord. They do not continue to sin or repeat it. Even if they repeat their sins, they repent.
From this information, there are three levels of people who repent:
First: Stop immediately when you wake up, don’t delay until the immorality is finished first. And this is the highest level.
Second: Once his sin is finished, he stops completely and does not repeat it again.
Third: If they repeat a sin, they immediately repent of it. As for human normalcy, at least we can reach this level.
The analogy of breastfeeding is immoral and the bitterness of the weaning period
O warriors of repentance! Receive a message from Ibn Rajab God bless to all of us. Be a real man who is patient with time and don’t be a child who whines to be fed disobedience.
O young men who repent, do not return to breastfeeding out of desire after weaning, because breastfeeding is only suitable for children, not men. But you need to be patient in facing the bitterness of weaning. If you are patient, then the pleasure of your lust will be balanced by the sweetness of faith in your heart.
“O young men who repent! Don’t go back to feeding lust after you have been weaned. Feeding it is only appropriate for small children, not for real men. But we should be patient in the bitter period of weaning from vice. (Lathaiful Maarif, matter. 399-400)
Also read: Procedures for Repentant Prayers
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Writer: Glenshah Fauzi
Article Muslim.or.id
Reference:
Lathaiful Maarif The work of Ibn Rajab Al-Hanbali togetherinspect Sheikh Yasin Muhammad As-Sawas cet. Dar Ibn Kathir
Tafsir Ibn Kathir which is quoted from tafsir.app
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