In Islam does Allah SWT have mercy for people who die due to a man made virus such as AIDS or SARS?
If they have sinned all their life i.e drink alcohol, adultrey, gamble, kill animals...... will it be inevitable that their souls will enter the fires of hell?
If you do not believe that the AIDS virus or SARS was produced in a laboratory and distributed through a vaccine i suggest you do some research on Henry Kissinger. Does Allaah accept a person鈥檚 repentance every time he sins and repents, even if he does that many times?
For how long does Allaah forgive a person鈥檚 sin? If he repents and seeks forgiveness from his sin, then goes and commits the same sin again, then he seeks forgiveness again then commits the same sin again, and so on 鈥?does Allaah forgive him or does that means that he is not sincere towards Allaah, especially if he repeats that sin after a short while, but he does not stop seeking forgiveness?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
鈥淎nd those who, when they have committed Faahishah (illegal sexual intercourse) or wronged themselves with evil, remember Allaah and ask forgiveness for their sins; 鈥?and none can forgive sins but Allaah 鈥?and do not persist in what (wrong) they have done, while they know.
136. For such, the reward is forgiveness from their Lord, and Gardens with rivers flowing underneath (Paradise), wherein they shall abide forever. How excellent is this reward for the doers (who do righteous deeds according to Allaah鈥檚 Orders)鈥?br>
[Aal 鈥業mraan 3:135-136]
Ibn Katheer said:
The words 鈥渁nd do not persist in what (wrong) they have done鈥?mean: they repent from their sins and quickly turn to Allaah, and they do not persist in their sin, rather they give it up, and if they do that again they repent to Him.
Tafseer Ibn Katheer, 1/408.
It was narrated that Abu Hurayrah said: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say: 鈥淎 person committed a sin and said: 鈥楳y Lord, I have sinned; forgive me.鈥?His Lord said: 鈥業s My slave acknowledging that he has a Lord Who forgives sins and punishes for them? I have forgiven My slave.鈥?Then as much time passed as Allaah willed, then he committed a sin and said, 鈥楳y Lord, I have sinned; forgive me.鈥?His Lord said: 鈥業s My slave acknowledging that he has a Lord Who forgives sins and punishes for them? I have forgiven My slave.鈥?Then as much time passed as Allaah willed, then he committed a sin and said, 鈥楳y Lord, I have sinned; forgive me.鈥?His Lord said: 鈥業s My slave acknowledging that he has a Lord Who forgives sins and punishes for them? I have forgiven My slave,鈥?鈥?three times鈥︹€?
Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 7507; Muslim, 2758.
Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) included this hadeeth under the heading: 鈥淎cceptance of repentance from sins even if the sins and repentance happen repeatedly.鈥?
He said in his Sharh:
We have already discussed this issue at the beginning of the Book of Repentance. These ahaadeeth clearly point to that, and even if the sin is repeated a hundred times or a thousand times or more, and he repents each time, his repentance will be accepted and his sin will be erased. And if he repents once from them all, his repentance will be valid.
Sharh Muslim, 17.75.
Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali said:
鈥楿mar ibn 鈥楢bd al-鈥楢zeez said: O people, whoever commits a sin, let him seek the forgiveness of Allaah and repent, and if he repeats it, let him seek the forgiveness of Allaah and repent, and if he repeats it, let him seek the forgiveness of Allaah and repent, for it is like chains around the neck of man, and doom lies in persisting in it.
What this means is that a person will inevitably commit the sins that it is decreed he will commit, as the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: 鈥淭he son of Adam鈥檚 share of zina is decreed for him, and he will inevitably come to that鈥︹€?But Allaah has given him a way out from the sins that he falls into and He erases them by means of repentance and seeking forgiveness. If he does that then he will escape from the evil of sin, but if he persists in his sin he will be doomed.
Jaami鈥?al-鈥楿loom al-Hakam, 1/165.
Although Allaah hates sin and warns of punishment for it, He does not want His slaves to despair of His mercy. He likes the sinner to seek His forgiveness and repent to Him, but the Shaytaan likes it when despair fills a person鈥檚 heart and prevents him from repenting and turning to Allaah.
It was said to al-Hasan al-Basri: Would not any one of us feel ashamed before his Lord to seek forgiveness from his sin then go back to it, then seek forgiveness then go back to it? He said: The Shaytaan would like you to feel that way; never give up seeking forgiveness. We don't know. That's why we call Allah the All Knowing.
However, 'no calamity befalls man except by the will of Allah' (Holy Qur'an). If someone has committed several sins, and is then diagnosed with a serious disease, it is simply Allah's way of guiding him/her, telling them to stop, and go on the right path. It is then up to the person to pay heed and make his own way to heaven. They call him the Merciful for a reason, who knows no one on yahoo answers can give you that. We usually like to think of it as there is no sin greater than Allah's mercy. |
