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CHAPTER
3
Asking of Forgiveness of Allah
Repentance
Son! If shaitan puts waswasa'
in your heart and instigates you to oppose Allah, don't forget to ask for
Allah's forgiveness. Immediately ask for Allah's forgiveness.Repentance destroys sins.(Usul-e-Kafi-2,
p. 422)Always ask for Allah's
forgiveness. God knows, when you may sin without being aware of it.Son! Remember, Tauba' does
not mean asking for Allah's forgiveness and then continue sinning. This is not
Tauba'. It is like making fun of Allah. Tauba consists of 6 things:(1)
To repent for previous sins.(2)
To make firm resolution that in future he will desist from committing
such sins.(3)
To give people their rights, dues and if he has done ghibat' then to
ask for forgiveness.(4)
If he has failed in performing his duties, then to do qaza'.(5)
To reduce, by crying, the flesh which has developed in the body by
Haram' money, so much so that only skeleton remains and then flesh develops
anew.(6)
To bear as much hardship in the obedience of Allah as he had derived from
committing a sin.Tauba' is complete after acting on
these conditions. This is called Tauba-e-Kamela'(Nahjul
Balagah, Wasaelush-Shia-2, p. 482)Remember, it is Allah's mercy on the
Ummat' of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) that He has promised to forgive
anyone who asks for His forgiveness. Otherwise, the laws of forgiveness were so
harsh in olden days that man cannot imagine it.Amirul-momeneen (a.s.) has said in the
explanation of last ayat of Sur-e-Baqara that Allah has substantially reduced
the burden of this Ummat'. In the olden days, sins were written on the
doors. For forgiveness, one had to shun the pleasures of life. However for this
Ummat', eating-drinking is not forbidden. In previous Ummat' small
azaab' was sent even after asking forgiveness for 50-80 or 100 years. Now,
azaab' is removed for ever by asking forgiveness for some minutes even
though man had committed sins for years.(Tafseer-e-Safi,
p. 76)(In this tradition innumerable
blessings have been mentioned. It will be very useful to read
Tafseer-e-Safi' on this subject Jawadi)Allah has made forgiveness so easy that
it is mentioned in the traditions : After killing 99 men, a man asked one pious
man whether his repentance will be accepted. The pious man replied : "No".
So he killed him and went to an Alim'. The alim replied : "Allah is
Arrahmanir Rahim, you can still ask for forgiveness provided you go to a
particular place where there is a prophet of Allah and ask for forgiveness."
The man set out in search of the prophet. It so happened that he died on the
way. Allah sent his two angels of Rehmat' and Azaab'. One angel said
that he is sinner. Other said he was on his way to ask for forgiveness. Allah
ordered that the distance from the ground of sin and the ground of forgiveness
should be measured. The distance from the ground of forgiveness was some inches
lesser. Allah ordered that the angel of Rehmat' should take him because he
was nearer to Tauba'. It is mentioned in some traditions that Allah reduced
the distance because the thought of Tauba' is the greatest Tauba'.(It is worth remembering that this type
of examples are only to make us understand. Otherwise, angels do not make any
movement without Allah's permission. Jawadi)Allah is very kind and merciful. He has
kept open the gates of tauba. He befriends those who repent and ask for his
forgiveness.(Wasaelus-Shia
2, p. 472)It is mentioned in some traditions that
when a momeen seeks Allah's forgiveness, Allah is more happy than a man who
finds his lost animal because it is easier for a lost animal to return than for
a man to ask for His forgiveness.(Usul-e-Kafi
2, p. 340)Son, ask for forgiveness. Always ask
for forgiveness immediately after sinning. Repent, so that you do not miss the
opportunity and before Allah's wrath descends. Beware, don't, be lazy in
seeking His pardon. Delay may invite all sorts of troubles. May be malekul
maut' may come and you may not get time to seek His pardon.Sin is like a small plant. In the
beginning you can pluck it out of the ground easily, other wise the roots will
go deep into the solid and it will be difficult to pluck it out of the ground.
It is the same with sin. If you repent and ask for forgiveness immediately, then
it is good, otherwise sinning becomes a habit and it may be too late to ask for
forgiveness.It is stated in the traditions that,
after sinning, Allah gives 7 hours, 9 hours or 1 day's time before his sin is
written down.(Wasael-us-shia
- 2, p. 480)If he does not ask for forgiveness
during this period, then his sin is written down and Tauba' becomes
difficult afterwards.By seeking His pardon, life span and
wealth increases, also overall condition improves. Beware, don't be lazy in
seeking His forgiveness, otherwise you may be deprived of all His blessings.
