In the name of my
Allah, the
greatest, the most
high you
are, my only one true love.
It was narrated that a man who used to
sin a lot came to the wise and righteous
man Ibrahim. He was from the early
Muslims. So he tells him, "Give me
advice because I always sin."
So he's trying to shame him out of
sinning in front of Allah subhana tala.
He says, "If you want to sin against
Allah, then go ahead and do so. Just
don't eat or drink. Don't eat from
Allah's food and don't drink from the
drink that he provides for you. Don't
use his provision." So the man said,
"How can I do that when everything is
provided from Allah?" He said, "Does it
make sense to sin against Allah while
you're eating his food?" The man says,
"You're right. Give me the second piece
of advice." He said, "If you insist on
sinning against Allah while eating his
food and drinking from his his drink,
then at least don't sin against him on
his land." The man said that is bigger
than the first one. When all the land
belongs to Allah, he tells him, "Is it
proper then that you sin against Allah
while you eat his food and you do it on
his land?" He says, "Give me the third
piece of advice." He said, "The third
piece of advice is if you're going to
insist upon doing all that, then at
least sin where he can't see you." And
the man says, "This is even greater." He
says, "Does it make sense that you sin
against Allah on his land while eating
from his food that he provides and you
do it right in front of
him?" So the man says, "Give me the
fourth piece of advice." He said, "If
you still insist upon sinning after all
this, then continue sinning, but when
the angel of death comes to take you,
tell them to wait for you until you make
two and you repent to Allah." He said,
"The angel won't allow me." He said,
"Then when they're commanded to throw
you into the
hellfire, then refuse to go with them."
And he says, "They won't allow me." He
said, "Then after that, the man said,
"Enough. Enough." He had gotten his
advice. He had understood the
admonition. And it was said that from
that day, the man went on without
sinning against Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala.