format_quote Originally Posted by
ivanna25
well, there is an important question which crosses my mind most of the time and i guess that many brothers and sisters may think of. i will give you two examples and then judge whether these two people will have the same reward by Allah and they will have the same place in the hereafter.
1- a person who does not do something we can call here " Y" which is haram because he does not like it much, even if this was halal, he would not do it.
2- and a person who does not do this "Y" which is haram though he loves it very much and he finds all the pleasures of the world when doing this thing.
so are these two people equal in the Divine balance? will the person who loves doing " Y" and quits doing it for the sake of Allah will be rewarded as the other one who does not love doing this thing and the fact that it is haram suits him much? By the way, i have to state that these two people do not do this " Y " for the sake of Allah.
:sl:
Well, this is just a thought of mine.
1 and 2, do both not do this "Y", aka haram thing, so both of them are avoiding a bad thing, which itself is rewarding.
But I think that even though 1 doesn't like this haram, and it doesn't give 1 any pleaseure, the main thing is he doesn't do it.
So 2 likes this "Y" and it makes him "happy", yet he doesn't do it.
This is different to everyone. It doesn't matter if you like the haram or not, the point is you don't do it/commit this sin.
But then again, it is much easier for 1 to avoid it because he dislikes it and for 2 it is a harder "test" because he likes this haram or enjoys it.
But a difficulty is for each individual different.
For some is for example, listening to music a very very hard test, then for some it may be so easy. But then for those who found not listening to music very easy, maybe for them it's harder to wake up for fajr.
You see what I'm trying to say? Those were only examples, but my point is it differs from person to person. Yet what is the rewarding is that you don't do/commit this sin/haram.
Well.. I THINK so, but I am not a scholar so... Just my opinion. :)
:w: