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Defeating the Shaythaan
Allah ﷻ says
وَمَن يَعْمَلْ سُوءًا أَوْ يَظْلِمْ نَفْسَهُ ثُمَّ يَسْتَغْفِرِ اللّهَ يَجِدِ اللّهَ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا
And whoever does evil or wrongs himself but afterwards seeks Allah’s forgiveness, he will find Allah Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
[4:110]
Ali bin Abi Talhah said that Ibn Abbas commented about this Ayah, “Allah informs His servants of His forgiveness, forbearing generosity and expansive mercy. So whoever commits a sin, whether minor or major,
ثُمَّ يَسْتَغْفِرِ اللّهَ يَجِدِ اللّهَ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا
but afterwards seeks Allah’s forgiveness, he will find Allah Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful
even if his sins were greater than the heavens, the earth and the mountains.”
Imam Ahmad رحمه الله recorded that Ali رضي الله عنه said:
Whenever I hear anything from the Messenger of Allah, Allah benefits me with whatever He wills of that. Abu Bakr told me, and Abu Bakr has said the truth, that the Messenger of Allah said, “No Muslim commits a sin and then performs ablution, prays two Rak`ahs and begs Allah for forgiveness for that sin, but He forgives him. He then recited
وَمَن يَعْمَلْ سُوءًا أَوْ يَظْلِمْ نَفْسَهُ ثُمَّ يَسْتَغْفِرِ اللّهَ يَجِدِ اللّهَ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا
[4:110]
And also
وَالَّذِينَ إِذَا فَعَلُواْ فَـحِشَةً أَوْ ظَلَمُواْ أَنْفُسَهُمْ ذَكَرُواْ اللَّهَ فَاسْتَغْفَرُواْ لِذُنُوبِهِمْ
˹They are˺ those who, upon committing an evil deed or wronging themselves, remember Allah and seek forgiveness and do not knowingly persist in sin—and who forgives sins except Allah?
[3:135]
[Taken from Tafsir Ibn Kathir]
The key to purifying yourself in the Dunya, is to repent to Allah ﷻ sincerely and with conviction and the intention to never do it again!
To repent is to be successful!
Because then the Shaytaan is driven back on multiple fronts!
1. He failed to stop you from repentance for the sin he seduced you to do!
2. He failed in keeping that sin held against you!
3. He runs away from you burnt by your repentance and your remembrance of Allah ﷻ!
Strike Shaytaan back and strike Hard!
He is the relentless enemy, the enemy that does not eat or sleep. The enemy that exploits everything to his advantage!
Don’t let your guard down! Don’t let this enemy get into your heart, Wallahi, he is a cancer that destroys from within.
May Allah ﷻ forgive all of us and grant us success in this world and the hereafter.
آمِيْن يَارَبَّ الْعَالَمِينْ
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