{"id":2949,"date":"2022-12-02T18:28:22","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T18:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/?p=2949"},"modified":"2022-12-02T18:28:22","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T18:28:22","slug":"sins-hidden-from-ourselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/2022\/12\/02\/sins-hidden-from-ourselves\/","title":{"rendered":"Sins Hidden From Ourselves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today\u2019s reminder is on a topic that is\ndifficult to label but it can be best described through the examples given in\nhadith and through the Quran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before they are mentioned, it is worth\nintroducing the idea of hypocrisy and two-facedness as this is mentioned as a\nwarning throughout the Quran and in many ways, it is one of the worst traits we\ncan have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But in regards to todays reminder,\nthis is in reference to the lives we are living and the level of delusion that\nsome of us have on the the things that we do in secret.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When we look to one another we see\npeople who impress us, who inspire us and sometime we can be made to feel\nenvious of that person. The truth of the matter is that only Allah SWT knows\nwhat that person is truly about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the surface they may be one person\nand in secret they may hide a side to themselves that is hidden from the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is important to make a distinction\nhere. This reminder isn\u2019t talking about those of us who sin and keep it a\nsecret from others. We are all guilty of sin and provided we repent and make\nefforts to amend our ways then actually it is the correct practice to keep our\nsins hidden from others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No, actually this reminder is about those\nof us who are committing sin but are in a state of delusion because we are\nattempting to hide those sins from our own accounts, our own selves and worst\nof all, from Allah SWT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The imam reminded us of a number of references\nin the Quran and hadith in reference to this reminder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first was Sura Al-Haqqah, ayat 18\nwhich is translated to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You will then be presented \u02f9before Him for judgment\u02fa, and\nnone of your secrets will stay hidden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear\nbrothers and sisters, this clearly demonstrates the importance of the reminder\nand how important it is for us to not fall into this delusion of hiding from\nAllah SWT and the final account on the day of judgement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alongside\nthis, the imam mentioned Sura Al-Jathia, ayat 29 which is translated to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This, Our record, speaks about you\nin truth. Indeed, We were having transcribed whatever you used to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear\nbrothers and sisters, we are being advised here that on the Day of Judgement,\nwhatever interpretation we have made to convince ourselves to forget the sin\nand to not seek repentance from Allah SWT, the book of our accounts will not\nforget and instead we will be presented with each record in its entirety and in\ncomplete truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, the\nimam mentioned the following hadeeth in which the Prophet SAWS is reported to\nhave said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI certainly know people of my nation who will come on the\nDay of Resurrection with good deeds like the mountains of Tihamah, but Allah\nwill make them like scattered dust.\u201d Thawban said: \u201cO Messenger of Allah,\ndescribe them to us and tell us more, so that we will not become of them\nunknowingly.\u201d He said: \u201cThey are your brothers and from your race, worshipping\nat night as you do, but they will be people who, when they are alone,\ntransgress the sacred limits of Allah.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear\nbrothers and sisters, again we are reminded that we are under surveillance at\nall times from the angels who are recorded all our deeds, whether another human\ncan see them or not. We mustn\u2019t fall into the trap of thinking that when we are\nalone, we are immune to account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And so, from\nthe reminders that we are given today we can take away the following points:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Do not compare yourself to anyone\nelse in this dunya because you don\u2019t know everything about anyone else. Only\nAllah SWT knows the truth of any human and only He can judge. We should aim to\nbe the best that we can be and compare ourselves to who we are today to a time\nin the past and use that as a means to grow as people. Alongside that we have\nthe seerah of the best of all creation SAWS to help us navigate through the\nstandard we should aim for in this life.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Whatever mistakes we make in this\nlife, we are not to fall into the trap of ignoring them, hiding them or overlooking\nthem. As mentioned in previous reminders, we should navigate through this life\nwith mindfulness and awareness of what we do and if we do make mistakes then we\nown them, we seek repentance immediately from Allah SWT and we work hard to\navoid repeating them in the future.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Remind yourselves that everyone,\nregardless of their position, authority, ability to hide their wicked ways in\nthis world, will on the Day of Judgement, have nowhere to hide and everyone\nwill get their just reward or punishment for what they committed in this life. <\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s reminder is on a topic that is difficult to label but it can be best described through the examples given in hadith and through the Quran. 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