Tag: Sins

Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah (d. 728) said: “And when the Muslims are in a state of weakness, and when their enemy overpowers them, that is due to their sins and acts of disobedience: It is either due to their negligence with respect to fulfilling the obligations — inwardly and outwardly. Or due to their transgression by transgressing the boundaries — inwardly and outwardly. Allāh, the ...

Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (d. 751) said: An unpleasant situation does not occur to a servant except due to a sin, and Allāh pardons much more. Allāh, the Most High, said (what means): And whatever of misfortune befalls you, it is because of what your hands have earned. And He pardons much. ¹ And He said to the best of His creation (after the prophets) and ...