10 Causes That Remove Punishment For A Sin

Imam Ibn Taymiyyah
Majmoo` al-Fatawa 1:45, 7:487

Shaykh ul Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

The punishment for a sin committed by a believer is removed in ten ways:

1.      He repents to Allah (taubah), so Allah accepts his repentance, for
the one who repents from sin is like the one who has no sin.

2.      He seeks forgiveness from Allah (istighfar), so Allah forgives him.

3.      He does good deeds that erase his sin for good deeds erase bad ones.


4.      His believing brethren pray for him or seek forgiveness for his sins
during his life or death.

5.      Or they [ask Allah] to bestow on him as gift from the reward for
their deeds, with which Allah benefits him.

6.      His Prophet Muhammad, sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam, intercedes for
him.

7.      Allah tests him with trials in this world which expiate his sin.

8.      Allah tests him in al-Barzakh (the intermediate life in the grave,
between the death and the Day of Judgment) which expiates his sin.

9.      Allah tests him in the various stages of the Day of Judgment which
expiates his sins.

10.  Or the Most Merciful of those who have mercy has mercy on him.



Whoever, then, is missed by these ten cannot blame anyone but himself.
Translated by Islaam.com



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