حَدَّثَنَا
قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا
اللَّيْثُ، عَنِ
ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ، عَنِ
الْقَعْقَاعِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ، عَنْ
أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ
أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا أَخْطَأَ خَطِيئَةً نُكِتَتْ فِي قَلْبِهِ نُكْتَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ ، فَإِذَا هُوَ نَزَعَ وَاسْتَغْفَرَ وَتَابَ سُقِلَ قَلْبُهُ ، وَإِنْ عَادَ زِيدَ فِيهَا حَتَّى تَعْلُوَ قَلْبَهُ وَهُوَ الرَّانُ الَّذِي ذَكَرَ اللَّهُ : كَلَّا بَلْ رَانَ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ سورة المطففين آية 14 " . قال : هذا حديث حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
´Abu Hurairah narrated that :` the Messenger of Allah said: “Verily, when the slave (of Allah) commits a sin, a black spot appears on his heart. When he refrains from it, seeks forgiveness and repents, his heart is polished clean. But if he returns, it increases until it covers his entire heart. And that is the ‘Ran’ which Allah mentioned: ‘Nay, but on their hearts is the Ran which they used to earn.’”
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
It is not so; rather, rust has covered their hearts because of what they used to earn (al-Mutaffifin: 14).
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 3334
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊ If a sin is committed, one should repent as soon as possible.
➋ The harm of the heart becoming blackened due to sins is that love for good deeds and hatred for sins are lost, as a result of which one is not granted the ability to repent.
➌ The cure for spiritual diseases is the remembrance of Allah, recitation of the Qur'an, repentance and seeking forgiveness, and remembrance of death.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 4244