WHEN A SERVANT COMMITS A SIN

 

WHEN A SERVANT COMMITS A SIN 

The Prophet ﷺ said: 

إن العبد إذا أخطأ خطيئة نكتت في قلبه نكتة سوداء فإذا هونزع وتستغفر وتاب سقل قلبه وإن عاد زيد فيها حتى تعلو قلبه وهو الران الذي ذكر الله: كلا بل ران على قلوبهم ما كانوا يكسبون

“When a servant commits a sin, a black dot is placed upon his heart. If he withdraws from it, seeks forgiveness, and repents, then his heart is cleansed. But if he returns to it then it is increased until it consumes his heart.*

This is the Rān (stain of covering) that Allāh has mentioned:‎ 

{كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ (١٤)}

“Nay! But on their hearts is the Rān (covering of sins and evil deeds) which they used to earn.”

[Sūrah al-Mutaffifīn 83:14]”

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* Reported by al-Tirmidhī within al-Jāmi’ (no. 3334) al-Albānī graded it Hasan within Sahīh al-Targhīb wa al-Tarhīb (2/268).

Book: Ten Principles Concerning Purification of the Soul

By Shaykh ‘Abd al-Razzāq al-‘Abbād 

Translated by Raha Batts

Hikmah Publications

P. 23, 24

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