As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu everyone. Welcome back to the Faith Revival. So there are certain sins that are called mubiqat. They're called destructive. And they
are the major sins. And it's not that any sin cannot be forgiven by Allah, but there are certain sins that even in your lowest point you should not go to. And there are
a few narrations about these major sins and particularly the impact they have on iman. In one narration the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam, he says in this narration from Abu
Huraira radiyaAllahu ta'ala anhu that when a man commits zina, when a man commits adultery, then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala removes belief from him the way that a roof would come off
of someone. So if you can imagine like a sliding roof, a person is sheltered as they are sitting with their belief, but at that point Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala removes just like a sun
roof, iman from that person. And then the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam said until he stops committing that act and he repents to Allah, and then the roof comes back. In another narration the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam explained this beyond zina, he took
it beyond adultery. He said in this narration from Ibn Abbas la yazni zani hina yazni wa huwa mu'min. That a person does not commit adultery while they are believers. wa la yasriq
al-sariq, and a person does not steal while he is a mu'min, while he is a believer. And he says wa la yashrib al-khamr, he doesn't drink alcohol while he is a believer. And
he says wa la yaqtul hina yaqtul wa huwa mu'min, he doesn't kill while he is killing, and he is a believer. So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam is saying that in the moment of those
deeds a person is devoid of faith, iman leaves them. So Ikramah says I asked Ibn Abbas sallallahu alayhi wasallam anhum. So how does faith leave him? What does that mean? So he said Ibn Abbas
clasped his hands and then he said like this, and he said then when he repents it comes back. So it's a temporary departure. A person does not become a disbeliever for committing
major sins. And that's from the mercy of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that so long as a person acknowledges their belief, even if they are committing major sins, we don't say about people that they've become disbelievers, that they've left the faith. But when a person
is committing those deeds, they are purposefully ignoring Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and instead of using the senses that God gave them to draw close to him, they're using those senses
to pleasure themselves. And so they're actually worshipping their own shahawat, their own desires. And if you insist upon that, Uthman radiyaAllahu ta'ala anhu says that I swear
by Allah that iman, faith, and khamr, and alcohol cannot coexist in a person's heart. Eventually one of them is going to expel the other. The Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam
says, mudminul khamr ka'abadi wathan, that the one who insists upon drinking alcohol becomes like the one who worships idols. And he also says salAllahu alayhi wa sallam, there are certain characteristics that are just not befitting to a believer even in their
lowest point. He said that there is no iman for a person that lies, or a person that cannot be trusted. A believer can do many things, he can be a coward, he can be a miser, but he can't be a liar, it's not befitting. And he said salAllahu alayhi wa sallam that a
believer's belief is sound so long as he doesn't murder. So all of these hudud, all of these
boundaries that are set for us show us a very important point, that not all sins are equal, especially in regards to their impact on your faith. And a lot of times we go through low
moments and when we go through low moments we justify our sins, and the worst thing that you could do is you end up in one of those major sins. You do not want death to come to you while you're in that state as the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam mentioned, devoid
of belief. That would be a tragedy. And how many people, just due to something that they're going through in life, get into some relationship, or get into, go to the bar and drink themselves
and end up in a car accident, or end up with something very harmful happening to them as a result of these things. You don't want to meet Allah with that being your last moment.
So keep that low, keep that as the bare minimum. Allah understands, He knows that sometimes your faith will be low, and there are certain sins that you're going to be prone to. But
do not fall into the major sins. Stay away from the major sins in particular, and do not insist on the minor sins. And that should be the bar that we set for ourselves, at the
bare minimum, that we don't fall into those things. May Allah protect us from ever being attracted to those things, or ever falling into those things. And if we fall into them, may He allow us to repent immediately, and to not leave this world except that we are
forgiven for those sins, and not insisting on them, and protect our iman, and let us die on iman. Allahuma ameen. JazakumAllahu khayran. InshaAllah I'll see you next time. Wa alaikum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuhu.
