Imâm
Ibnul Qayyim al Jawziyyah رحمه الله said:
Many people think that they can perform
some sin, and then if they say “Astaghfirullaah” the sin will disappear.
Or, they may deceive themselves with ahadeeth such as: “Whoever says “Subhaanallaahi
wa-bi hamdih” one hundred times in a day, his sins are taken off from him,
even if they be like the foam of the ocean.” Or “A servant committed a sin and
then said, ‘O Lord! I have committed a sin, so forgive me,’ and so he
was forgiven . . . . then Allaah سُبحانه وتعالى says,
‘My servant
knows that he has a Lord Who forgives sins, and takes [to task] for them. I
have forgiven My servant, so let him do as he wishes.'”
Such people cling to the texts of hope, and
hold fast to them with both hands, and put [all] their reliance in them, such
that if they are reprimanded for committing some sin, they will recite all that
they known about Allaah سُبحانه وتعالى's
mercy and forgiveness. Some went to excessive limits in this, such that they
claimed that to remain free of sins is being ignorant or under-estimating Allaah's
mercy and pardon.
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