haram stuff and then he will repent will his repentence be accepted.
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
This questioner - may Allah guide him - does not realise that he has
already disobeyed Allah, may He be exalted, by saying this even if he
has not committed the sins that he stated clearly he would commit.
(a)
It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that
the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "Allaah,
may He be glorified and exalted, will forgive my ummah for whatever
crosses their minds so long as they do not act upon it or speak of
it."
Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 4968; Muslim, 127.
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said:
(The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him)) has told us
that Allah forgives whatever crosses a person's mind so long as he
does not speak of it. So a distinction is made between thoughts that
cross the mind and wordsthat are spoken. And he told us that he will
not beblamed for a passing thought unless he speaks of it. What is
meant is unless his tongue utters it, according to scholarly
consensus.
End quote from Majmoo' al-Fataawa, 7/133
(b)
It was narrated from Abu Kabshah al-Anmaari that he heard the
Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) say:
People of this world are four types: a man to whom Allaah gives wealth
and knowledge, so he fears his Lord concerning it, upholds ties of
kinship with it and realizes that something is due to Allah for that.
This man will attain the highest status. (The second is) a man to whom
Allaah gives knowledge but He does not give him wealth, but he is
sincere in intention and says: If I had wealth, I would have done what
(the first man) did. He will be judged according to his intention and
their reward will be the same. (The third one is) a man to whom Allah
gives wealth but does not give knowledge, so he squanders his wealth
without knowledge and does not fear Allah concerning it or uphold ties
of kinship with it, and he does not realize that something is due to
Allah for that. His will be the lowest status. (Then there is) a man
to whom Allah gave neither wealthnor knowledge, but he says: If I had
wealth I would do what (the thirdman) did. He will be judged according
to his intention, and their burden of sin will be the same.
Narrated by at-Tirmidhi, 2325; he said: this is a saheeh hasan
hadeeth. Also narrated by Ibn Maajah, 4228
This questioner also has to pay attention to the fact that he may not
be able to repent because ofbeing overwhelmed by his whims and
desires, his regarding sin as permissible and his persisting in it. He
may not be able to do that because his time has come and his soul is
taken. Let him listen to the words of Allah, may He be glorified and
exalted (interpretation ofthe meaning):
"And We shall turn their hearts and their eyes away (from guidance),
asthey refused to believe therein for the first time, and We shall
leave them in their trespass to wander blindly"
[al-An'aam 6:110].
Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
This is part of greater understanding: that a man fears that his sins
may cause him misfortune at the time of death and keep him froma good
end. Imam Ahmadnarrated from Abu'd-Darda' that when he was dying, he
would lose consciousness then he would come to and recite: "And We
shall turntheir hearts and their eyes away (from guidance), as they
refused to believe therein for the first time, and We shall leave them
in their trespass to wander blindly"
[al-An'aam 6:110].
Because of that, the earlygeneration feared sins, lest they kept them
from a good end.
End quote from al-Jawaab al-Kaafi by Ibn al-Qayyim, 167
Secondly:
This questioner has to ask his Lord for forgiveness and repent to Him
for having said this and having resolved to commit sin and persist in
it. Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, hasenjoined repentance
upon His slaves. He says (interpretation of the meaning):
"O you who believe! Turnto Allah with sincere repentance! It may be
that your Lord will remit from you your sins, and admit you into
Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise)"
[at-Tahreem 66:8].
Allah, may He be exalted, has told us that He accepts repentance from
His slaves and that He willpardon them; indeed He will turn their bad
deeds into good deeds. Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"And He it is Who accepts repentance from His slaves, and forgives
sins, and He knows what you do"
[ash-Shoora 42:25]
"Except those who repentand believe (in Islamic Monotheism), and do
righteous deeds; for those, Allaah will change their sins into good
deeds, and Allaah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful"
[al-Furqaan 25:70].
Sincere repentance, according to the scholars,is that which fulfils
the following conditions:
(a) Sincerity in repentance
(b) Giving up the sin
(c) Regretting the sin
(d) Resolving not to go back to the sin
(e) Repenting in time, for Allah does not accept repentance when the
death rattle sounds before the soul is taken, or after the sun rises
from its place of setting
(f) Restoring people's rights if the sin had to dowith the rights
of other people
We give our brother the glad tidings that if he hasnot done what he
intended and spoke of, and he refrained from that out of fear of Allah
and respect for His sacredlimits, then Allah, may He be exalted, will
record one good deed in his record, instead of the bad deed that he
was thinking of doing.
It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allah
(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "Allah says: 'If My
slave thinks of doing a bad deed then do not write itdown for him
unless he does it, then if he does it write it down as one bad deed.
And if he refrains from it for My sake, write down one good deed for
him. If he wants to do a good deed then he does not do it, write it
down as one good deed and if he does it, write it down tenfold up to
seven hundred fold."
Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 7026; Muslim, 129.
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