Question:
As-salaamu `alaykum wr wb,
Beloved Mawlana Shaykh Hisham (q) said in a recent suhbah that the sign of a munafiq is that when he speaks, he lies, so do/believe the opposite of what he says. Just as when dajjal will say, “This is Paradise,” and you have to know that it’s hell.
What if you live with someone like that who is of your own flesh and blood and who carries hatred/jealousy in his heart to that one whom you love so dearly? Does that also mean I have traces of that in me, as I carry the same DNA? Is there a way out Mawlana?
Please forgive me for all my bad actions.
Answer:
wa `alaykum salam,
May Allah swt make you a true believer, far from hypocrisy with the baraka of Mawlana Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani and Shaykh Hisham Kabbani.
Our mashaykh teach one secret of the miswak, is the du`a that accompanies its use, “Allahuma tahhir qalbee min ash-shirki wa ‘n-nifaq, O Allah purify my heart of idolatry and hypocrisy.”
Keep in mind that one of the Prophet’s (s) greatest enemies was his own uncle, Abu Lahab while amongst his most ardent supporters were idolaters who accepted Islam.
Another example: Qabil, son of the prophet Sayyidina Adam (as) killed his brother, Habil, son of the prophet Sayyidina Adam (as).
And Allah said:
And Allah sets forth, as an example to those who believe the wife of Pharaoh: Behold she said: “O my Lord! Build for me, in nearness to Thee, a mansion in the Garden, and save me from Pharaoh and his doings, and save me from those that do wrong” (at-Tahrim, 66:12)
So blood lineage and marriage are not the only factors impacting one’s character, rather sincerity is a secret that Allah bestows on whomsoever He wills.
Taher Siddiqui
