Punishment of sins on earth
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Burhan
Bhai
Assalamo
alaikum.
If one
suffers because of the repercussion of ones own sin during the life. Does that
mean he is being punished by Allah & will be spared from hell fire because
he has already suffered the mental tension or trauma?
I mean
even if my conscience does not prevent me to do any sin but prevents me from
enjoying it. And then I am followed by lot of stress & trauma. In that case
will I be punished lee in hereafter or it is totally irrespective. I mean there
are people who does sin & enjoy it but there are those who do sin but do
not enjoy it. Will both will have same kind of punishment.
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Answer:
Punishment of sins
on earth
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His
help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide,
and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear
witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.
Allah says in the Holy Quran in Chapter 67 Surah
Al Mulk verse 2:
He (Allah) created death and life that He may test
you, to see which of you is the best in deeds.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 21 Surah
Anbiyaa verse 35:
35 Every soul shall have a taste of death: and We test you by evil and by good (only) by way of trial: to Us
must ye return.
The life of this short and transitory world is but a
period of tests and a trial from the Lord, Most Gracious Most Merciful…..the
real place to receive rewards and punishments is only the Hereafter. Every
individual without exception is involved in a series of tests and trials by
their Lord Most Just, to see who does what when engulfed by the trial.
If one is blessed with abundance in health, wealth, and
provisions and one displays gratitude and remains grateful, one passes the
test; but if one displays arrogance and becomes ungrateful, one fails the test
miserably.
Alternatively, if one is engulfed by sorrow, or loss of
health, wealth, and provisions and one displays patience, one would pass the
trial; but if one shows impatience, and wails and loses hope and displays
ingratitude, one would miserably fail their trial.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah
Baqarah verses 155-157:
155 Be sure We shall test you with something of fear, and
hunger, some loss in goods, or lives, or the fruits (of your toil); but give
glad tidings to those who patiently persevere.
156 Who say when afflicted with calamity: "To Allah we belong and
to Him is our return."
157 They are those on whom (descend) blessings from Allah and Mercy; and
they are the ones that receive guidance.
Fiqh-us-Sunnah Fiqh 4.1
Abu Hurairah narrates that the Prophet (saws)
said: "When Allah wants to be good to someone, He tries him with some
hardship."
Abu Hurairah reports that Allah's Messenger
(saws) said: "For every misfortune, illness, anxiety, grief, or hurt that
afflicts a Muslim -even the hurt caused by the pricking of a thorn - Allah
removes some of his sins."
Ibn Mas'ud said: "I visited the
Messenger of Allah (saws) while he (saws) had a fever. I exclaimed: 'O
Messenger of Allah (saws) ! You have a high fever!' He (saws) said: 'My fever is as much as two
among you [might have].' I asked: 'Is it
because you have a double reward?' He
(saws) replied: 'Yes, that is right. No Muslim is afflicted with any hurt, even
if it is no more than the pricking of a thorn, but Allah wipes off his sins
because of it and his sins fall away from him as leaves fall from a
tree'."
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 7.545 Narrated by Abu Said Al Khudri and Abu
Huraira
The Prophet (saws) said, "No fatigue, no
disease, no sorrow, no sadness, no hurt, no distress befalls a Muslim, even if
it were the prick he receives from a thorn, but that Allah expiates some of his
sins for that."
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 57 Surah
Hadid verses 20-23:
20 Know ye (all) that the life of this world is but play and amusement,
pomp, and mutual boasting, and multiplying (in rivalry) among yourselves,
riches, and children. Here is a similitude: How rain and the growth which it
brings forth delight (in the hearts of) the tillers; soon it withers; thou wilt
see it grow yellow; then it becomes dry and crumbles away! But in the Hereafter is a penalty severe (for
those who do evil) and Forgiveness from Allah and (His) Good Pleasure (for
those who do good). And what is the life
of this world but goods, and chattels of deception?
21 Be ye foremost (as if in a race, seeking) forgiveness from your Lord
and a Garden (of Bliss), the width whereof is as the width of heaven and
earth…. prepared for those who believe in Allah and His Messengers: that is the
Grace of Allah which He bestows on whom He Pleases: and Allah is the Lord of
Grace Abounding.
22 No misfortune can
happen on earth or in your souls but is recorded in a Decree before We bring it
into existence: that is truly easy for Allah:
23 In order that ye may
not despair over matters that pass you by nor exult over favors bestowed upon
you.
For Allah loves not any vainglorious boaster.
The life of this short and transitory world is but a
period of tests and trials Decreed by the Lord Most Gracious, and a place for
the believers to do good deeds in the ardent and sincere hope that their Lord
Most Merciful will accept their deeds and give them their due rewards only in
the Hereafter.
The time period Decreed by the Lord All-Knowing All-Wise
for the life of this short and transitory world is just not long enough for the
evil-doers to bear the full consequences of the evil they might have done, nor
for the believers to reap the benefits and rewards of the good they might have
done! This world is the place but to sow
seeds, the real and only place to truly reap the rewards of one’s deeds in only
in the eternal and everlasting life of the Hereafter!
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 42 Surah
Shura verse 22:
22 Thou wilt see the wrongdoers in fear on account of what they have
earned and (the burden of) that must (necessarily) fall on them. But those who believe and work
righteous deeds will be in the luxuriant meads of the Gardens: they
shall have before their Lord all that they wish for: that will indeed be the
magnificent Bounty (of Allah).
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 31 Surah
Luqmaan verses 8-9:
8 For those who believe and work righteous deeds there
will be Gardens of Bliss.
9 To dwell therein. The promise
of Allah is true: and He is Exalted in Power, Wise.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 47 Surah
Muhammad verse 12:
12 Verily Allah will admit those who believe and do righteous
deeds to Gardens beneath which rivers flow; while those who reject
Allah will enjoy (this world) and eat as cattle eat; and the Fire will be their
abode.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 22 Surah
Hajj verse 23:
23 Allah will admit those who believe and work righteous deeds
to Gardens beneath which rivers flow: they shall be adorned therein with bracelets
of gold and pearls; and their garments there will be of silk.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 22 Surah
Mumin verse 40:
40 He that works evil will not be requited but by the like thereof: and
he that works a righteous deed whether man or woman and is a believer
such will enter the Garden (of Bliss): therein will they have abundance without
measure.
If one trusts, obeys, and follows the guidance and
commands of Allah and His Messenger (saws),
one can be assured of never ever being misled; but if one believes, obeys and follows any
other guidance, other than that of Allah and His Messenger (saws), one can be
assured of being led astray.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan