Fatwa ID: 08674
Answered by: Mufti Abdoullah Limvoonheek
Question:
Is losing a blessing due to sinning and being ungrateful for it ? What can I do to make things right?
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Answer:
Indeed a person will be deprived of blessing and goodness when he engage in sin and disobedience. In the Quran Allah says (Surah Mutaffifeen ayah 17):
“No! But that which they used to commit has covered their hearts with rust”.
Based on this when there is load of sins, it eclipsed the light and innate capacity to separate the right and the wrong. The heart will be blackened and will not be receptive to good. To make things right, firstly leave out sin, have remorse and regret, have a firm resolution not to sin again. Secondly be in the company of the pious.
References:
Mariful Quran Surah Mutaffifeen Ayah 14
كَلَّا بَلۡ ۜ رَانَ عَلٰى قُلُوۡبِهِمۡ مَّا كَانُوۡا يَكۡسِبُوۡنَ
عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ “ لاَ يَزِيدُ فِي الْعُمْرِ إِلاَّ الْبِرُّ وَلاَ يَرُدُّ الْقَدَرَ إِلاَّ الدُّعَاءُ وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيُحْرَمُ الرِّزْقَ لِلْخَطِيئَةِ يَعْمَلُهَا ”
Sunan Ibn Majah hadith 90
Only Allah (عز و جل) knows best
Written by Mufti Abdoullah Limvoonheek
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham