Twenty
causes of forgiveness of future sins
"That is the grace of Allah which He bestows on whom He
pleases. And Allah is the Owner of Great Bounty."
[57:21]
1. Perfecting ones ablution
No worshipper perfects his ablution except that his past and
future sins are forgiven. [Hasan, al-Bazzaar]
2. Fasting the month of Ramadan with belief and seeking
Allahs reward
"Whoever fasts Ramadhan out of Iman and seeking Allahs
reward then his past and future sins are forgiven." [Hasan,
Ahmad]
3. Performing the night prayer in Ramadan with belief and seeking
Allahs reward
"Whoever stands (in prayer) in Ramadan out of Iman and seeking
Allahs reward then his past and future sins are forgiven." [Saheeh
an-Nasaai.]
4. Performing the night prayer on the Night of Qadar with belief and
seeking Allahs reward
"It (Laylatul-Qadr) is in Ramadan, and expect it in the last
ten days; it is on an odd night: on the 21st, or the 23rd, or the 25th, or the 27th,
or the 29th, or on the last night (of Ramadan). He who performs the night
prayer on it out of belief and seeking Allah's reward his past and future sins
are forgiven." [Ahmad]]
5. Praising and thanking Allah after eating and putting ones
clothes on.
Whoever ate a food and then said, Praise be to Allah
who has fed me this food and provided it for me, without any strength or power on my
part, is forgiven his past [and future*] sins. And whoever wears a garment
and says, Praise be to Allah who has clothed me with this (garment)
and provided it for me, without any strength or power on my part, is
forgiven his past and future sins. [Bukhari, Abu Dawud]
6. Getting old in Islam
No one reaches forty years in Islam except that Allah
protects him from madness, leprosy and leucoderma. When he is fifty, Allah makes easy
his reckoning. When he reaches sixty, Allah grants him repentance. And
when he reaches seventy, Allah loves him and the inhabitants of the heavens
love him. And when he reaches eighty, Allah accepts his good deeds and
overlooks his sins. When he reaches ninety, Allah forgives his past and future
sins, he is named the prisoner of Allah on earth and is
granted intercession (for forgiveness) for his family. [Hasan, Ibn `Asakir]
7. Leaving the following: performing ruqya (curing with Quran),
seeking having ruqya performed on one, cauterization, believing in bad
omens.
Narrated Ibn Abbas(RA) the Messenger(SAW) said, I was told: These
are your people and amongst them there are seventy thousand who shall enter Paradise without
being taken to either account or torment. 'They are those who do
not make Ruqya nor seek it, nor believe in bad omens, but trust in their Lord
(Allah).' [Bukhari and Muslim]
8. Whose two or three children die and he remains patient
Whoever buries three children, Allah will forbid the Fire
for him. [Saheeh, Tabarani]
There are no two Muslim parents whose three children die
before reaching puberty except that Allah will enter them into Paradise due to His
mercy to the children. It will be said to them, Enter the
Paradise, so they will say, Not until our parents enter first. It will be
said, Enter the Paradise you and your parents. [Ahmad, an-Nasaai]
Whoever practises ihtasaba (remains content and patient after
the death of) three of his offspring will enter Jannah. A woman said, What
about two? He said, And two. [Saheeh, an-Nasaai]
To no woman three children die and she remains patient and
content, except that she will enter Jannah. Or two (children). [Muslim]
9. Who raises three daughters or sisters and is nice to them
There is no one from my Ummah who takes care of three
daughters or three sisters, and is nice to them, except that they will be a veil
(protection) for him from the Fire. [Saheeh, al-Bayhaqi and Al-Bukhari in
Al-Adab]
10. Defending the honor of a Muslim
Whoever defends the honor of his brother in absence has the
right over Allah to be freed from the Fire. [Saheeh Ahmad, al-Tabarani]
11. Sincerity to Allah
No servant who says la ilaha ill Allah, seeking the
pleasure of Allah, will reach the Day of Judgment, except that Allah will forbid the
Fire for him. [Ahmad, al-Bukhari] Hafidh Ibn Hajr said, Its
not like that (i.e. not entering the Fire at all) for everyone who believed in tawheed and
worshipped, but it is specific for the sincere, and sincerity (ikhlas)
requires the realization of its meaning by the heart. One cannot
imagine that the heart will reach that while persisting upon sins, as the
heart
would be filled with the love and fear of Allah, whereupon limbs
will embark upon obedience and leave disobedience.
12. Crying out of fear of Allah
No man who cried out of fear of Allah will enter the Fire
until the milk returns to the udder, and dust in the path of Allah (jihad) and the
smoke of the Fire cannot go together. [Ahmad, at-Tirmidhi]
13. Performing the prayer in congregation for forty days while
reaching the opening takbeer
Whoever prays to Allah for four days in congregation,
reaching the opening takbeer, will have two written for him: freedom from the Fire and
freedom from hypocrisy. [Hasan. at-Tirmidhi]
14. Being consistent in praying four rak`ats before Dhuhr and after
it
Whoever is consistent in praying four units of prayer before
Dhuhr and four
after it, Fire will be forbidden for him. [Saheeh. Abu Dawood]]
15. Being consistent in praying before sunrise and before sunset.
No one will enter Fire who prays before sunrise and after
sunset. [Ahmad, Muslim] - meaning the Fajr and `Asr
prayers.
16. Dust of Jihad
The dust of Jihad and the smoke of the Fire will never
coexist within a servant, and greed and Iman will never coexist in the heart of a
servant. [Saheeh An-Nasaai]
17. Killing a mushrik in war
A kafir and one who killed him will never be together in the
Fire. [Muslim, Abu Dawud]
18. Good character
Whoever is easy-going, easy to deal with and kindhearted,
Allah will forbid the Fire for him. [Saheeh. Al-Hakim]]
19. Freeing slaves
Whoever frees a believing slave it will be his salvation
from the Fire. [Saheeh Ahmad]
20. Salat ut-Tasbeeh (Tasbeeh Prayer)
There is an unusual difference of opinion about this one. Scholars
have greatly differed about the authenticity of the relevant narrations,
with their rulings ranging from fabricated to authentic. In a narration,
Al-Mustamir ar-Rayan relates, Whoever prays it will be
forgiven his past and future sins, what he did secretly and what he did
openly. [Mentioned by Ibn Hajar in Ma`rifat al-Khisal al-Mukaffirah, Allah knows best.] |
