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- Qatada - · **Re: Morals and Manners Notes - Ibn Hazm Al Andalusi -** 06-29-2007

Ibn Hazm says:

224. In the first place, he is weak in mind and ignorant. No fault is worse then these two, for a wise man is one who sees his own faults, fights against them and tries to overcome them. A fool ignores them because he has little knowledge and discernment and his thoughts are feeble, possibly because he takes his faults to be good qualities, and there is nothing on earth worse than this.

225. There are many who boast of having committed adultery, homosexuality [acts of child abuse], theft, and other sins, and are proud of these stains and of the aptitudes that they deployed in these shameful acts.

Notes:

Ibn al-Qayyim wrote in Madarij as-Salikeen:

وفرحك بالذنب أشد عند الله من الذنب

"The happiness one feels with their sin is worse in sight of Allah than the sin itself".

The Prophet said: "All of my Ummah will be forgiven except those who openly expose their sins."

There are exceptions to the above hadith, such as when you tell people about your sin in order to keep them from falling in your same hole, and the hadith of Ka'b ibn Malik provides sufficient evidence for that.

But the nass (intent) of the hadith of the Prophet is that, if you're exposing your sins - telling people about it, boasting about it, nay even encouraging others towards it, then you have pushed yourself outside of Allah's massive mercy, due to your massive arrogance.

This all provides insight into the hadith of the Prophet (mentioned in an above post) that "If you feel no shame, then do as you wish". As if you've reached this level of having lost all shame in sinning, and rather boast about your sin, then do whatever you want - hell awaits you, and forgiveness is beyond you (unless you change your actions etc).

What every believer needs however, is not to never sin, since that is unavoidable, but rather to feel a strong sense of shame when you do sin.

This is best illustrated by this short story: When Adam (as) sinned and ate from the tree, he began running. Allah (swt) spoke to him and said "Are you running from me, O Adam?", to which Adam (as) replied, "No O Lord. No (rather), it is haya' from you". Meaning, he was running out of shame for his transgressing against the rights of Allah. This is the shame we need. The shame that keeps you up at night, causing you to think about your sin and how to rectify yourself...the shame that drives you to seek any good deed in order to bring yourself back into Allah's favour.

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- Qatada - Ummah Under 1 Banner Status: Offline Posts: 10,237 Reputation: 40140 Rep Power: 81 Join Date: May 2005 Location: ...travelling to the hereafter.. Gender: Way of Life: Muslim	Re: Morals and Manners Notes - Ibn Hazm Al Andalusi - 06-29-2007 Ibn Hazm says: 224. In the first place, he is weak in mind and ignorant. No fault is worse then these two, for a wise man is one who sees his own faults, fights against them and tries to overcome them. A fool ignores them because he has little knowledge and discernment and his thoughts are feeble, possibly because he takes his faults to be good qualities, and there is nothing on earth worse than this. 225. There are many who boast of having committed adultery, homosexuality [acts of child abuse], theft, and other sins, and are proud of these stains and of the aptitudes that they deployed in these shameful acts. Notes: Ibn al-Qayyim wrote in Madarij as-Salikeen: وفرحك بالذنب أشد عند الله من الذنب "The happiness one feels with their sin is worse in sight of Allah than the sin itself". The Prophet said: "All of my Ummah will be forgiven except those who openly expose their sins." There are exceptions to the above hadith, such as when you tell people about your sin in order to keep them from falling in your same hole, and the hadith of Ka'b ibn Malik provides sufficient evidence for that. But the nass (intent) of the hadith of the Prophet is that, if you're exposing your sins - telling people about it, boasting about it, nay even encouraging others towards it, then you have pushed yourself outside of Allah's massive mercy, due to your massive arrogance. This all provides insight into the hadith of the Prophet (mentioned in an above post) that "If you feel no shame, then do as you wish". As if you've reached this level of having lost all shame in sinning, and rather boast about your sin, then do whatever you want - hell awaits you, and forgiveness is beyond you (unless you change your actions etc). What every believer needs however, is not to never sin, since that is unavoidable, but rather to feel a strong sense of shame when you do sin. This is best illustrated by this short story: When Adam (as) sinned and ate from the tree, he began running. Allah (swt) spoke to him and said "Are you running from me, O Adam?", to which Adam (as) replied, "No O Lord. No (rather), it is haya' from you". Meaning, he was running out of shame for his transgressing against the rights of Allah. This is the shame we need. The shame that keeps you up at night, causing you to think about your sin and how to rectify yourself...the shame that drives you to seek any good deed in order to bring yourself back into Allah's favour.