Don't Take Sins Lightly -- Calamities Are The Result Of Misdeeds

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 

In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate 

Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi wasallam. 

Don't take sins lightly. We should fear our sins more than the enemy. It is you and your application of the Qur'an and Sunnah that can give you success and victory in this life before the next.

Allah Almighty says, 

مَّآ أَصَابَكَ مِنْ حَسَنَةٍ فَمِنَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَمَآ أَصَابَكَ مِن سَيِّئَةٍ فَمِن نَّفْسِكَ ۚ وَأَرْسَلْنَٰكَ لِلنَّاسِ رَسُولًا ۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ شَهِيدًا ﴿٧٩

What comes to you of good is from Allah, but what comes to you of evil, [O man], is from yourself. And We have sent you, [O Muhammad], to the people as a messenger, and sufficient is Allah as Witness. (79)

 [Quran, An-Nisa 4:79]

A blessing comes only by the grace of Allah. Any blessing which reaches a person, any good that comes to him, does not get to him as a matter of his right. No matter how much he devotes to the many acts of worship he is obligated with, he cannot claim to deserve that blessing on the basis of his deeds alone. This because the very ability to engage in acts of worship comes from none but Allah Himself. which is known as the Tawfiq of Allah. The blessings of Allah are countless, then how could they be procured by limitcd acts of worship and other expressions of obedience to His commands?

The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam said, 'No one shall enter Paradise unless it be with the mcrcy of Allah.' The narrator asked: 'Not you either?' He said, 'Yes. Not me either.'

Calamities are the result of misdeeds. Although, calamities are created by Allah, but their cause lies nowhere else but in the very misdeeds of the person himself. If this person is a disbeliever, the evil that hits him in this this world is only an ordinary sample of the ultimate punishment, the punishment of the world-to-come, which is much much more than the worldly punishment. And if this person is a believer, all his misfortunes become an expiation of his sins in that case, and become the very cause of his salvation in the Hereafter. 

The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam said in a hadith, "No evil ever touches a Muslim, but it becomes a source of forgiveness for him - even the pinch of a thorn in his feet." [Tirmidhi]

In another hadith, he sallallahu alayhi wasallam said, "No hardship befalls a servant of Allah, be it light or tough, but it is always due to his sin - and the sins Allah forgives (without afflicting with a calamity) are much more." [Tirmidhi]

O Allah, pardon us and save us from the trials and tribulations of this life and the next. O Allah, grant us success in this life and the next. O Allah, make us of the muttaqeen. Aameen.

Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi wasallam. 

And Allah knows best and is Most Wise, and He alone grants success, and to Him is the final return of all. 

Wassalaam