{"id":17141,"date":"2018-04-28T06:17:52","date_gmt":"2018-04-28T06:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/new\/?p=17141"},"modified":"2018-04-28T06:17:52","modified_gmt":"2018-04-28T06:17:52","slug":"do-not-despair-in-the-mercy-of-allah-taala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/?p=17141","title":{"rendered":"Do Not Despair in the Mercy of Allah Ta&#8217;ala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(Correspondence of Hazrat Mufti Mahmood Hasan Gangohi rahimahullah)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>Letter:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0\u00a0My condition has deteriorated. I am ruined. Now I feel that there is only punishment for me after death. Due to my misdeeds, I am overtaken by calamities. Despite this, I still continue in my evil ways and carnal pleasures. My heart has been inclined towards you for a long time for my reformation. Initially, when I had contact with you, my condition improved. Thereafter when I discontinued any form of contact and my daily ma\u2019moolaat (practises) stopped; I relapsed to my former condition. Presently I am overpowered by such carnal desires that I am on the brink of destruction. I am awaiting your reply.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>Reply:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 You should not lose hope in the mercy and forgiveness of Allah Ta\u2019ala due to your excessive sins.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cNever lose hope of Allah\u2019s mercy. Verily Allah forgives all sins. Undoubtedly He is the Most Forgiving, the Most merciful,\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You should take a fresh bath and perform two rak\u2019aats nafl salaah with the intention of repentance. Then with complete sincerity and total humility, beg before Allah Ta\u2019ala: \u201cO Allah! Forgive all my sins and do not make me lose hope of Your mercy\u201d. For as long as you can manage, continue repenting before Allah Ta\u2019ala. If possible, try to shed some tears. Also once again recommence with your daily ma\u2019moolaat (practises). (Maktoobaat vol. 5, pg. 36)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maktoobaat-correspondence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17141"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17143,"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17141\/revisions\/17143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}