Willful Sinning

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Re: Willful Sinning

@Sehrysh

We had a conversation around the dinner table yesterday and the topic is both spiritual/philosophical and religious. Not knowing which forum to post it on, I’m posting here and will leave it to the Mods to decide

So the conversation began with a shay’r (which I may have mangled a bit):Poocha farishta nai kab’r mai baygunnah sai
Gunnah kyun na kiya, kya Khuda raheem na tha?
To loosely translate or explain my interpretation of the shay’r, it implies that you can sin or fail to fulfill your faraiz during your lifetime, because Allah is forgiving and generous and will forgive you your sins. I’m not challenging Allah’s rehmaaniyat. Rather, my query relates to actions/sins done with intent (to use an analogy, kind of like premeditation in first degree murder) versus actions resulting from carelessness or passion (to take the analogy further, like second degree murder or manslaughter).

First, do people justify their willful sins with such a rationalization? And second, is our general ‘goodness’ as a person and future tauba enough to merit Allah’s rehmaaniyat in the face of those willful sins?

Please discuss.

Peace Sehrysh

The purpose of the statement is being taken out of context. The angel in the poem is “wrong” for asking that question. I am betting on it. To see if I am right see if the “baygunnah” retaliates with a powerful jawab.

If it was me … I would ask "jo poochne wala hai, kya wo bhi baygunnah nahein hai?

There is a clear position in 'aqeedah that one of the seven types of people who will have the Shade of Allah on the Day of Judgement will be that person who has been noble through childhood.

Also, another reply is “Kya aapne ye siwaal RasoolAllah (SAW) se nahein poocha?”

Because it’s poetry it does not mean it is correct, but it could also be a situation that is being developed to demonstrate a point. To get the full understanding please bring 2 verses before and 2 after these and then read again.

Baygunnah ho, saree jahan ke nekiyan kamai hon phir bhi wo janat kamane ka burabar nahein … Yaqeenan jo jannat mein dakhil ho jae sirf Allah ki Rahmat se wo howa ho ga.