Thank God that Allah will be the Judge on the day of Judgement. If it is upto the humans then they would not forgive their own parents and kids.
Why we need to be so extreme? We should hate the sin and not the person. If someone needs help to be cured spiritually or physically and if it is possible for us to help, then we should help them.What would you do if the guy we are discussing is your real brother? Would you stop talking to him and socially boycott him because according to your description he is hypocrite and one should stay away from evil people. Would you not look to help him? What would you do if your own son has this disease? Would you never search to marry him with someone?
Is it possible that he is doing this because he never had halal means to fulfil his sexual desires? This is one of the major reason. We are so much focused inbuilding our careers that it has become a norm to get married in late 30's. Even when a guy wants to get married, his parents will say no, you need build your career first.
Is it possible that once he has halal means he can be cured? Yes, more than 80% are able to get rid of this habit after getting married. Marriage is a new start of life for many and most people seriously starting following Islam after getting married. That is why marriage is said to be half the faith.
What could happen if sister says no after he trusted her? His parents and may be the friends would also find out that why he was rejected and this could be a final straw for him. He could be humiliated to a point that he would prefer to find the company of people who will not make fun of him and would say what he is doing is normal. Those friends could be non Muslims and could take him away from Islam. Anyways this is how we turn people away from Islam. People make mistakes and when they repent, we should try to provide them the good company they need. If our good can't change a bad person then we also have a problem.
From what I understand, the guy is remorseful and sincere. He could have kept this a secret and there is nothing which OP could do about that. We should appreciate his sincerity. It appears that the guy is now praying regularly. I dont know how sincerely he is practicing Islam but I would give him benefit of doubt.
Sister who originally posted this question knows her situation better and knows how sincere this guy is and we should leave it up to her to decide.
We should hate the sin and not the person
yeah really because most people are unaware of how they behave and what moves them at the very heart of it.
allah swt is very much real and the whisperings of the shaitan are also.
people do feel remorse and there is hope for those that want to change and distance their sins from themselves.. and those that follow them.
we are easily mislead by false desires.. things that we really do not want once we reflect on them and think rationally about them.. and if we are strong enough to say no to the people that may offer them to us, then we should be able to reject them when our own minds present them.
as for the opening post, its entirely up to her if she says no to what is being offered.
i dont know what the correct choice is or what living a successful life is about.. because i was and am far from perfect..
in a selfish world, i dont know if he was sent to her or if she was sent to him..
but ghandi said..
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
and some actions do carry weight.
..i dont know much about ghandi but i saw it somewhere and consider it to make sense in isolation.
Chapter (45) sūrat l-jāthiyah (Crouching)
Sahih International: Have you seen he who has taken as his god his [own] desire, and Allah has sent him astray due to knowledge and has set a seal upon his hearing and his heart and put over his vision a veil? So who will guide him after Allah ? Then will you not be reminded?
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