Allahﷻ forgives

Fajr Reminders - Mahmood Habib Masjid and Islamic Center

Auto-generated transcript:In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. And peace and blessings be upon the honour of the Prophets and Messengers, Muhammad and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him and upon his family and companions. Peace and blessings be upon you all. My brothers and sisters, the number one requirement, the number one necessity that we have in this life is to be forgiven by Allah. The forgiveness of Allah is the number one thing. If we have everything else but Allah does not forgive us, then that's it. And no matter what sins we have done, if Allah forgives us, alhamdulillah. Now in this, there is good news. And the good news is that Allah promised to forgive. So one is that, say for example, I need money. And I say, well, I have to go and ask somebody. And I know, I have some friends who I know, so and so has money, so and so has money. And I go to them. Will they give me? Will they not give me? I don't know. They have money, but does not mean they will give me. But if there is somebody who tells me, look, anytime you need money, come to me. I will give you. He's telling you beforehand. At the time he's telling me I don't need it. But if you need it, come to me, I will give you. So if I go to somebody who has not told me this, I go with one state of mind. But if I'm going to somebody who said, you come, I will give you. Then there is no uncertainty. He told me to come, I'm coming. So Allah said this to us. Allah said, قُلْ يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَصْرَفُوا عَلَىٰ أَنفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَتُوا مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ Allah said, say to them, Ya Muhammad Ya Ibadiyy, my slaves. Who? Who are the Ibad of Allah? In this ayat Allah is not saying, My Ibadiyy. Ibadiyy allatheena min nabiyyin wa siddiqeen No, Allah is saying, allatheena asrafu ala anfusin People who have transgressed against themselves. People who have committed sins. People who have disobeyed Allah . People who have been indulged in haram. People who have not done what Allah made farth. And so on and so on. Allah said, say to them. What should I say to them? I will punish you. I will burn you. No. لَا تَقْنَتُوا مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ Do not despair of the Rahmah of Allah . At no point don't feel, Oh my God, what's the point of making istighfar? I did so many wrong things. Allah cannot forgive me. This is haram in Islam. This is kufr. To say Allah cannot forgive me is kufr. To say to somebody else, Allah will not forgive you is kufr. Prophet said, there is a man who somebody asked him, some person who committed a lot of sins. He asked this man and the man said, Allah cannot forgive you. Allah said, you are saying what I can and cannot do. So Allah says, I will forgive that man and I will put you in Jahannam. Okay. So never say this. Anybody. Who? Whoever it is. Because forgiveness is for Allah. Only Allah is the one who forgives. لَا يَغْفِرُ ذُنُوبَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ He is not a human being. In our religion, in Islam, we don't go to the Imam and say, please, I made this sin. You know, give me forgiveness. You don't do all this. It is between you and Allah. You commit a sin, you ask Allah to forgive. If you involve somebody else, you ask them to forgive first, then you ask Allah to forgive. So two kinds of sins. One is sins in the Hukukullah. I was supposed to pray, I did not pray. This is baini wa bain Allah. So ask Allah to forgive. Then Hukukul Ibad. I was supposed to give somebody something I did not give him. So first give that. Finish this, then go to Allah. So Allah says, لَا تَقْنَتُ مِنْ رَحْمَةٍ لَا وَلَا تَقْنَتُ مِنْ رَحْمَةٍ لَا إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا And really Allah forgives all sins. Everything. As long as you make istighfar. Allah will forgive shirk, Allah will forgive kufr, Allah will forgive anything. As long as we make istighfar. If we die with that,