[AnonymousPoster]

do you find that when allah has guided you and you have moved on from a certain sin you have been committing...well yes do you find that no matter how much of a person you may have changed, that that feeling that you are still that sinful person never goes away and that you always seem to think yourself as this sinful person, despite the fact that you know have changed.
so basically, you still feel that that emptiness and darkness in your heart even though you have long moved on from that sin? it just keeps cropping up ur just constantly stuck in the same mid-frame. the same "spiritual depression" the same "omg, why was i so stupid as to go down that daym path. :'(" "omg, im still so so sinful...who have i been kidding, im the same sinful person as before and i haven't changed a bit."

is this a trick from shaytaan to make you feel helpless? is there such thing as feeling guilty for something you're sure (or at-least you're not completely sure that) you haven't committed.

this is so annoying me and it feels like i cant move on because of it. it feels like it just keeps me back. i dont feel like advising anyone or just generally do good towards people because i think, "whats the point, im not even practicing what im preaching"

 

[Alpha Dude]

Self deprecation is a good thing when it comes to your spiritual condition. If you were sinless in your eyes then that could open the doors toward riya, pride and arrogance. Always feel remorse for all sins that you have committed. Always feel low in your own eyes.

If all people were sinless, Allah would destroy them and bring in their place a people who sin and seek his forgiveness, just so that Allah can forgive them for their sincere repentance.

However, don't let your remorse hold you back from doing good deeds. When you know in your heart that your intention is sincere upon commencing something good, don't let shaytan tell you otherwise.

 

[Hamza Asadullah]

do you find that when allah has guided you and you have moved on from a certain sin you have been committing...well yes do you find that no matter how much of a person you may have changed, that that feeling that you are still that sinful person never goes away and that you always seem to think yourself as this sinful person, despite the fact that you know have changed.
so basically, you still feel that that emptiness and darkness in your heart even though you have long moved on from that sin? it just keeps cropping up ur just constantly stuck in the same mid-frame. the same "spiritual depression" the same "omg, why was i so stupid as to go down that daym path. :'(" "omg, im still so so sinful...who have i been kidding, im the same sinful person as before and i haven't changed a bit."

is this a trick from shaytaan to make you feel helpless? is there such thing as feeling guilty for something you're sure (or at-least you're not completely sure that) you haven't committed.

this is so annoying me and it feels like i cant move on because of it. it feels like it just keeps me back. i dont feel like advising anyone or just generally do good towards people because i think, "whats the point, im not even practicing what im preaching"

Jazakallah khayr for your question. This may apply to a lot of us but what we have to realise is that shaythan's job is to stop or at least slow down our progress. If he knows that we are going to do good then he will put so many thoughts and suggestions in our mind to put us off doing it. He knows that you have SO much potential to do good and get closer to Allah that is why he is trying his best to stop your progress. This is a common trick of his and soemthing that we should realise before we waste all our precious seconds in this life.

It is a good thing to think of ones self as a sinner because we should never think of ourselves as pious as this would bring diseases like pride and arrogance into our hearts. But we should also not let our past or even current sins from stopping us get closer to Allah and do good deeds. We should realsie that whatever has happened in the past has happened and that it has made us better people now.

As long as we have left our past major sins we should be hopeful of Allah's mercy and forgiveness as this is also a part of faith as Allah tells us in the Qur'an to have hope in his mercy:

Allah, the Exalted, says:

"Say: O `Ibadi (My slaves) who have transgressed against themselves (by committing evil deeds and sins)! Despair not of the Mercy of Allah: verily, Allah forgives all sins. Truly, He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful". (39:53)

"And never do We requit in such a way except those who are ungrateful (disbelievers)". (34:17)

'(Say `Truly, it has been revealed to us that the torment will be for him who denies (believes not in the Oneness of Allah, and in His Messengers), and turns away (from the truth and obedience of Allah)". (20:48)

"And My Mercy embraces all things". (7:156)

So let us realise that this is shaythan wanting to block our progress in getting closer to Allah and doing good deeds and let us learn from the past and do things better now and constantly repent to Allah and thank him in abundance for Allah gives more to those who are thankful.

Make this moment the beginning of a change in your attitude in that you will NEVER let shaythan waste a single second more of your progress in getting closer to Allah, doing good deeds and inviting others towards good and forbidding evil.

Be hopeful of Allah's mercy:

Indeed, no one despairs of relief from Allah except the disbelieving people. (Surah Yusuf 12:87)

Shaythan hates that we do good and we will do as much good as possible and NOT let him give us excuses to stop our progress.

May Allah enable us to do as much good as possible. Ameen

Let us end with this beautiful hadith Qudsi:

"O son of Adam, as long as you call upon Me and put your hope in Me, I have forgiven you for what you have done and I do not mind. O son of Adam, if your sins were to reach the clouds of the sky and then you would seek My forgiveness, I would forgive you. O son of Adam, if you were to come to Me with sins that are close to filling the earth and then you would meet Me without ascribing any partners with Me, I would certainly bring to you forgiveness close to filling it."


Here are some very beneficial articles for you:



10 Steps to Increasing our Iman(Faith)

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http://www.islamicboard.com/manners...-youth-should-spend-everyday-their-lives.html

Easy Dhikr which is light on the tongue but heavy on the scales!

http://www.islamicboard.com/manners...easy-dhikr-light-tongue-but-heavy-scales.html

My Daily Ibadah (worship) check!

http://www.islamicboard.com/manners-purification-soul/134289943-my-daily-ibadah-worship-check.html

10 steps to getting closer to Allah

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Forty Very Easy, Quick & Rewarding Good Deeds for all of us to do Everyday!

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VERY Rewarding Nafl Salaahs we can Pray Everyday!

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Please listen these very beneficial talks:



Angel of Death!!! - Sheikh Ahmed Ali

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUzRJXlB2uA

Imam Anwar al-Awlaki - Death (The Destroyer of Pleasures) [part 1/4]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieX7ZQtHl0s

Imam Anwar al-Awlaki - Death (The Destroyer of Pleasures) [part 2/4]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK_2sVGMW08

Imam Anwar al-Awlaki - Death (The Destroyer of Pleasures) [part 3/4]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpmzA2hk1Bo

Imam Anwar al-Awlaki - Death (The Destroyer of Pleasures) [part 4/4]

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Imam Anwar al-Awlaki - The Journey of the Soul

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAwHEXE3-n0


HARD HITTING Lecture on HELLFIRE & the Day of JUDGEMENT! يوم القيامة والجحيم

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O6L_fBk7VM

Sheikh Ahmad Ali - Hellfire Talk Part 1/3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWTehIeCOUU

Sheikh Ahmad Ali - Hellfire Talk Part 2/3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXTtk7rWx_U

Sheikh Ahmad Ali - Hellfire Talk Part 3/3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmiD86w9fBc


Islam - Punishment of the Grave by Sheikh Riyadh ul Haq

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWb-hYIm2WE

Death and the Grave by Murtaza Khan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r2nzJVecqo

How can we not appreciate what we have after watching this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkEBUC0APMg