Question:
Assalamualaikum Ya Sayyidi Mawlana Shaykh Hisham
Please forgive me Ya Sayyidi.I am a married man and have been working at this company for quite some time. During this time, a lot of problems have come including health, marriage and financial problems. I have also befriended a girl at the office and have committed a lot of sins. I repented a lot of times but I keep back doing sins. I don’t know what to do. Is there sihir or something that might have caused this? Now I have gone to interview to change my job. Please Ya Sayyidi pray for me so I can get this new job and lead a new life and get out from this situation. I feel like my life is crumbling down.
May Allah bless You and Your family, and all eshaykh staff. Ameen.
Answer:
wa `alaykum salam,
Mawlana Shaykh Hisham will pray for you. Sincere remorse and fear of recidivism is part of true repentance. Repair relations with your wife by showering her with gifts of love and your presence and by admitting to Allah that you not thanked Him properly for His gifts but spat on them. Recall to mind the hadith of Miraj when Holy Prophet saw the horrible state of those who neglected their loving halal spouses for worthless haram moments. Continue the methodical steps to run away from the traps of shaytan who cheated you just as he caused our first parents to be expelled from Paradise. Try to Keep 40 fard Salat on time and seek the company of good pious people, you will see changes for the best in sha Allah.
Hajj Gibril Haddad
