What is the Severity of Sinning in the Noble City of Madina?
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
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In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate.
I pray you are in good faith and health. Thank you for your question.
A number of hadiths mention the severity and gravity of committing sins against oneself and against others in the noble city of Madina. However, if one sincerely repents from his sin, seeks forgiveness, or asks for forgiveness from who is wronged, there is no doubt he will be forgiven and his repentance accepted, in sha’ Allah.
The Prophet’s City, Madina, is a Sanctuary
‘Ali (Allah be pleased with him) reported, We have nothing except the Book of Allah and this written paper from the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) (wherein is written:) “Madina is a sanctuary from ‘A’ir (a locality) to such-and-such. Whoever innovates something in it or abets someone who does, upon him is the curse of Allah, the angels, and that of all the people! There shall be accepted from him neither barter (sarf) nor balance (‘adal).” [Bukhari]
The Sin of that Person who Harms the People of Madina
Sa’d (Allah be pleased with him) narrated, I heard the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) saying, “None plots against the people of Madina but that he will be dissolved (destroyed) like the salt is dissolved in water.” [Bukhari]
Whoever Terrorizes Madina is Cursed by Allah Most High
Sa’ib ibn Khallad (Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) said, “Whoever terrorizes the people of Medina with oppression, Allah will terrorize him. The curse of Allah, the angels, and the people altogether will be upon him. Allah will not accept his obligatory or voluntary good deeds on the Day of Resurrection.” [Ahmad] [Abdul-Haqq al-Dehlawi, Lama‘at al-Tanqih]
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- Purification of the Heart by Hamza Yusuf
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Wassalam,
[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally trained scholar who has studied in the UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan, and Turkey. He started his early education in the UK. He went on to complete the hifz of the Quran in India, then enrolled in an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied the secular and ‘Aalimiyya sciences. He then traveled to Karachi, Pakistan. He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for several years. He has taught hifz of the Quran, Tajwid, Fiqh, and many other Islamic sciences to children and adults onsite and online extensively in the UK and Ireland. He taught at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK, where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences. He currently resides in the UK with his wife. His interest is a love of books and gardening.
