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?

Yes.

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?

Yes. But beleif in wahdaniat and basics, as per Islam is pre-requsite.

Please discuss.

Good answer by Psyah.

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