40 Worldly Benefits of Abandoning Sins

In the Name of Allaah, the Most Merciful The great scholar, Ibn Qayyim al-Jowziyyah (may Allaah have Mercy on him) mentioned a great number of benefits that one can enjoy in this life before being honored with the unending reward of Allaah in the Hereafter. He mentioned: 1. Maintaining personal integrity (murooah) 2. Keeping your name and reputation clean 3. Protecting your social status 4. Preserving wealth that Allaah has provided and made as a means to take care of worldly and religious benefits 5. A wholesome life 6. A properly rested body 7. A strong heart 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. A clean soul Happiness of the heart A relaxed chest Security from the worries that affect the wicked and disobedient (specifically) Less worry, sadness, and grief (in general) Inner strength of personal honor, not yielding to disgrace Safeguarding the light in ones heart from being extinguished by the darkness of disobedience A way around (or out of) what confines the wicked and disobedient Being granted provisions easily from avenues unthought of General ease being granted in affairs that are difficult upon the people of disobedience Having acts of obedience made easy for you to perform Having knowledge made easy for you to attain The general speech of the people in your favor Lots of supplications are made in your favor The delight that can be seen on your face The respect that is placed in the peoples hearts for you Their support and defense of you when harmed or oppressed Their defense of you in the presence of those who backbite you Quick responses to your supplications The dispelling of unfamiliarity between you and Allaah The closeness of the angels Distance from the devils, both the jinn and human of them The people outdoing each other to serve you and take care of your needs

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31. Their seeking your love and companionship 32. Not being afraid of death, instead you are happy to meet your Lord and to reach your final abode 33. The insignificance of this world in your heart 34. True reverence of the Hereafter in your heart 35. Vigilance regarding the great dominion (of Paradise) and the great success that lies within it 36. Tasting the sweetness of obedience 37. Attaining the sweetness of faith 38. The supplications of the Angels who bear the Throne, and the other Angels as well 39. The joy of the angels who write your deeds, and their constant supplications in your favor 40. An increase in intellect, understanding, faith, and knowledge 41. Attaining the Love of Allaah, His Attention, and His Happiness with your repentance And Allaah knows best. Summarized and listed by: Moosaa Richardson
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All of My Ummah will be Excused, Except for Those who Make Their Sins Known (13 Points of Benefit)
In the Name of Allaah, the Most Merciful Imaam al-Bukhaaree stated in his Saheeh (#6069), Book of Manners, Chapter: The Muslims Screening of Himself, with his chain to Aboo Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him), who said: I heard the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alayhe wa sallam) saying: All of my ummah (nation of followers) will be excused, except for the mujaahireen(those who make their sins known). And verily it is a kind of mujaaharah (exposing ones sins) that a man does something (sinful) at night, and then in the morning, when Allaah has screened his sin for him, he says, Hey So-andSo! I did such-and-such last night And the night passed with His Lord screening him, and he wakes up casting aside the screen of Allaah from himself. Imaam Muslim also reported it with a similar wording in his Book of az-Zuhd war-Raqaaiq. Benefits found in the hadeeth: * In it is a clear prohibition of exposing ones sins. * The Muslim has hayaa (shame/shyness) that prevents him from exposing his sins. * Hayaa (shyness/shame) is good, the whole of it, and it does not lead excpet to goodness, and it is a branch of eemaan. * In the absence of hayaa, the Muslim will expose his own sins, and the Messenger (sallallaahu alayhe wa sallam) conveyed to us something of the previous prophets messages, that If you have no shame, then do as you wish! * Exposing ones sins is taking the fact that Allaah has screened them for granted and a lack of thankfulness. * Concealing ones sins can not be considered hypocrisy, since we have been prohibited from exposing them, so rather it is an act of obedience. * Exposing ones sins can happen in more than one way. Notice that the Messenger (sallallaahu alayhe wa sallam) said, And verily it is a kind of mujaaharah Meaning that there are other kinds. A man intentionally leaving evidence of his sin for others to see fits the description of mujaaharah as mentioned in the hadeeth, as does a man writing about his sins, or confessing to a pious person, as found among the Christians and some of the Soofees who have blindly imitated them. An exception to this would be a Muslim turning himself into those in authority and seeking to have the Islaamic punishment applied to him to purify himself, or a Muslim who wants to learn if his sin corrupted his Hajj, so he asks about the effects of his sexual intercourse that he had while he was in ihraam, and the likes, while he takes all means to screen himself in his question if possible, by saying,If someone did such and such, then what is upon him? * What is called fah-wal-khitaab, or something even more rightly being included in the meaning of this prohibition would be: actually commiting the sins in front of the people, since if it is prohibited to inform people about ones sins, then even more despicable would be to
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actually commit the sin in front of the people. This shows even more of a lack of shame. This shows the mistake of the one who sins in public and says, I am not a hypocrite, I do not try to hide what I do, thinking to be upon sincerity. It also shows the straying of the extreme Soofees who commit sins in front of the people to be belittled by the people, thinking to attain humility and draw close to Allaah! * Since all of the children of Aadam have sins, then they all have to conceal their sins. * Some of the scholars, like Ibn al-Qayyim, affirmed the Name as-Sitteer (the One who screens) for Allaah the Almighty, based on a hadeeth collected by an-Nasaaee in hisSunan, and authenticated by al-Albaanee. * Being shameful about ones sins leads one to repent honestly between himself and his Lord. * Speaking openly about ones sins means that one takes that affair of disobedience that he did lightly, and thus it is not likely that he will repent from the sin. * Being excused as mentioned in the hadeeth can refer to both this life and the Next. As for this life, then concealing ones sins excuses a person from being talked about, and an-Nawawee mentioned that from the kinds of permissible backbiting is to mention the sins of people who expose their sins. As for the Next Life, then since concealing ones sins is obedience to the Messenger (sallallaahu alayhe wa sallam), an act of hayaa which is from eemaan, and something that leads to honest repentence, then it is something that earns the pleasure of Allaah. Thus, the person will be excused from what would reach him if Allaah was angry with him. And Allaah knows best. Written by: Moosaa Richardson http://www.bakkah.net/en/ummah-excused-except-exposesins-benefits.htm#more-1614

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