Rulings on Tawbah, - Reviling Islam and Doubting Due to Whispers.

I reviled Islam on many occasions, Allah forbid, but when I repent he
says to me: you were angry and you did not do that deliberately. Then
I doubt myself: wasI angry or not? Was it deliberate or not? What
should I do?
Praise be to Allah.
Reviling Islam is kufr (disbelief) and apostasy from Islam, according
to scholarly consensus. The one who does that has to repent to Allah
sincerely, by regretting what he has done and resolving not to go back
to it. If he repents, Allah will accept his repentance. Allah, may He
be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):
"Say: O 'Ibaadi (My slaves) who have transgressed against themselves
(by committing evil deeds and sins)! Despair not of the mercy of
Allah, verily,Allah forgives all sins. Truly, He is Oft‑Forgiving,
Most Merciful" [39:53].
It was narrated from AbuMoosa (may Allah be pleased with him) that the
Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "Allah holds
out His hand at night to accept the repentance of those who have
sinned during the day, and He holds out his hand by day to accept the
repentance ofthose who have sinned at night – until the sun rises from
its place of setting." [Muslim]
You have to repent and do a lot of righteous deeds. With regard to
thinking about whether this was done in a state of anger or not, this
comes under the heading of waswasah (whispers from the Shaytaan), who
wants todivert you from repentance or weaken your fear of Allah and
your efforts to do righteous deeds. If you understand the abhorrent
nature and seriousness of what you did, that impels you to strive to
do good and to instil in your heart humility before Allah; it makes
you pin your hopes on His grace, kindness and pardon. But if your nafs
(self/ego) makes falsehood attractive to you and detracts from the
seriousness of the crime by claiming that it happened in a moment of
anger, then this will weaken your resolve and distract you from
turning to Allah.
It should be noted that anger is not an excuse inall cases; rather the
anger that may excuse a person is anger in whichhe loses his ability
of discernment to the extent that he does not know what he is saying.
If this happened once, it does not happen repeatedly. Many of those
who have the problem of reviling Islamcould never revile their fathers
or someone they hold in high esteem or the father of an opponent in an
argument and the like, no matter how angry they become, but they do
revile the religion because their hearts are devoid of faith and they
are lacking in respect towards Allah, His Messenger and His religion.
We ask Allah to keep us safe and sound. If there was any faith in his
heart it would prevent him from reviling religion.
So ignore this waswaas (whisper). You have committed a grave sin, but
you have a Lord Whois Most Merciful, Most Generous, Who accepts the
repentance of the one who repents, forgives sins, and replaces evil
deeds with good deeds. So prepare to strive hard, fill your heart with
veneration and respect towards Allah, may He be exalted,and His
religion, read a lot of Quran and do a lot of righteous deeds.
We ask Allah to accept your repentance and forgive your sin.
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Rulings on Tawbah, - Reviling Allah and Insinuating Whispers.

On one occasion I was riding behind my friend on a motorcycle and he
"popped a wheelie" (lifted the front wheel off the ground), and I
reviled the Lord, Allah forbid. Then I repented from that but waswaas
(satanic whisper) comes to me telling me that because the incident
took me by surprise, I was not thinking and I will not be brought to
account for that. Similarly, this waswaas comes to me about
manyoccasions on which I have reviled Allah, Islam and the Prophet,
Allah forbid. This has made medoubt myself: did I do it deliberately
or not? Especially since these incidents happened to me a number of
years ago and I do not remember the details precisely, so I say: O
Allah, if I did that deliberately and with intent, then I repent from
it.
Praise be to Allah.
Reviling Allah or reviling Islam constitutes kufr (disbelief) and
apostasy from Islam, according to scholarly consensus. The one who
does that has to repent sincerely to Allah, by regretting whathas
happened and resolving not to go back to it again. If he repents,Allah
will accept his repentance. Allah, may He be exalted, says
(interpretation of the meaning):
"Say: O 'Ibaadi (My slaves) who have transgressed against themselves
(by committing evil deeds and sins)! Despair not of the mercy of
Allah, verily,Allah forgives all sins. Truly, He is Oft‑Forgiving,
Most Merciful"
[39:53].
It was narrated from AbuMoosa (may Allah be pleased with him) that the
Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "Allah holds
out His hand at night to accept the repentance of those who have
sinned during the day, and He holds out his hand by day to accept the
repentance ofthose who have sinned at night – until the sun rises from
its place of setting." [ Muslim].
So you have to repent, turn to Allah and do a lotof righteous deeds.
As for thinking about whether this reviling was done deliberately
ornot, this is whispers from the Shaytan who wants to distract you
from repenting or weaken your fear of Allah and your efforts to do
righteous deeds. If you understand the abhorrent nature of what you
did, and its grave seriousness, that will make you strive to do good
and will generate in your heart feelings of submission and humility
before Allah; it will make you pin your hopes on His grace, kindness
and forgiveness. But if your nafs (self/ego) makes falsehood appealing
to you, and makes the offence seem less seriousby claiming that it was
done in a state of anger, then this will weaken your resolve and
lessen your desire to turn to Allah.
You should understand that the kind of anger that causes a person to
lose his mind, that a person may be excused for, is that which causes
him to lose the ability to distinguish matters to such an extent that
he does not know what he is saying. If this happens once, it does not
happenrepeatedly. Many of those who have the problem of reviling
Islam, or reviling Allah orreviling His Messenger (blessings and peace
of Allah be upon him) would not be able to revile their fathers or a
person whom they hold in high esteem or the father of his opponent and
the like, no matter how intense his anger is,but he can revile Islam
because of the lack of faith in his heart and his lack of respect for
Allah and for His messenger and His religion. We ask Allah to keep us
safe andsound. If there were any faith in the heart of sucha person,
it would prevent him from speaking in this abhorrent manner. Hence we
say: Ignore this waswaas, for you have committed the greatest evil,
but you have a Lord Who is Most Merciful and Most Kind; He accepts the
repentance of the penitent, forgives the sinner, and turns bad deeds
into good. So make your resolve firm, fill your heart with respect for
Allah, may He be exalted, and respect for His religion, and reada
great deal of Quran and do a lot of righteousdeeds.
We ask Allah to accept your repentance and forgive you your sins.
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Islamic Stories, - The way he moved from here to there

Sahl Ibne Adbullah Tusturi Rahmatullah alaihe used to spend liberally
in the path of Allah Ta'ala. His mother and brothers complained to
Abdullah Ibne Mubarak Rahmatullah alihe that Sahl wanted to spend
everything and they feared he would becomea pauper. Abdullah Ibne
Mubarak Rahmatullah alihe enquired from SahlRahmatullah alihe about
the matter. The lattar asked Abdullah Ibne Mubarak, "If a person
wanted to migrate from Madinah to the city of Rustaqq in Persia,
wherehe had already purchased land, would he leave anything behind in
Madinah?" Thereply was that nothing would be left behind. Sahl
Rahmatullah alaihe then said that was his real purpose. While the
people thought he was going to migrate to another place, he had
actually meant transfer to the next world. In these days, people have
personal experience of itthat when people who wish to move permanently
from one country to another (eg. England to Canada) by their own
choice, they try to transfer all their belongings and property,
buildings, etc, by exchanging with those at the new locations, before
actual migration. This is exactlythe state of affairs of every single
person leaving this world. As long as he is living, he has the power
to transfer his property andbelongings, etc., to the next world
(Akhira).
- Virtues of Charity, by Shaikh-ul-Hadith Muhammad Zakariyya (RA.)
Such was also the case ofAbu Bakr (RA) who gave away everything in the
path of Allah. We can't immitate these individuals to the full extent,
however we can always try. May Allah give us the ability to be
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Islamic Stories, - The ruler and the ruled

There have been many rightly-guided khalifs in the past whose
qualities were far more refined and noble than those of today's kings,
prime ministers and presidents.They lived very simply and spent very
little on their own personal comfort. One of these great khalifs was
called Umar ibn Abdul-Aziz. He followed the teachings of Islam with
sincerity and served the people whom he ruled with humility.
One hot summer's night, Umar ibn Abdul-Aziz was lying awake in bed,
too hot to sleep, but cooled a little at least by the fanwith which a
maidservant was fanning him. Thanks to her efforts he at last fell
asleep. After a while, however, she began to grow very tired and then
finally she too fell asleep, the fan slipping from her fingers and
falling to the floor.
The khalif awoke from his slumber, and seeing that his maidservant
hadfallen asleep, he picked up the fan and began to fan her gently.
After a while she woke up and was startled and dismayed to find the
khalif fanning her. She was meant to be fanninghim - what would happen
to her now?
"Do not worry." Said Umar ibn Abdul-Aziz with a smile, "you are just
as much a human being as I am. When I needed to sleep, you kept me
cool, and when you needed to sleep I kept you cool. What's wrong with
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