The Evil Of Sinning

[Ismail Dalbani]

Bismillah Ar-RaHman Ar-RaHeem wa alHamdu lillahi rabil ^alameen waSalatu wassalamu ^ala sayyidina MuHammadin ashrafil mursaleen wa Habeebi rabil ^alameen.

An example showing that sins have an evil potency is a story related about a student of a scholar who was on his death bed. The scholar stood by the bed of his student and said the shahadah for the student to repeat before his death. As much as he tried, the student was unable to utter the shahadah. Finally -may Allah protect us from such blasphemy- he said: "I have turned away from it", and died as a blasphemer. The scholar became extremely afraid and remained that way until one night he saw his student in the dream. He saw him being dragged to Hellfire. He yelled to him: "O you, what have you done in your life to deserve this". He replied: "I used to gossip about my friends and envy them, so I plunged into these pits." We ask Allah ta^ala to protect us and end our life as Muslims.

Dear brothers and sisters, this does not mean that gossip and envy or jealousy are types of blasphemy; rather, it means that such sinful deeds have such an evil potency that when a person commits them continuously, his situation will worsen for his sins could lead him to blasphemy.

May Allah protect us and keep us steadfast. And Allah knows best.