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Offences and their Expiations
Fear Allah ď „ Some people deliberately commit the ‘offence’ but do not pay the expiation. This act of theirs leads them to committing two sins: (i) committing the offence deliberately and (ii) not paying the expiation. Therefore, they must pay the expiation, and repentance will also be WÄ jib for them. However, if an offence occurs unknowingly or under coercion or by mistake, just expiation is enough in this case, repentance is not WÄ jib. Further, it must also be remembered that whether the offence occurs deliberately or by mistake, knowingly or unknowingly, willingly or under coercion, whilst one is asleep or awake, unconscious or conscious and whether one commits the offence himself or causes someone else to do it, expiation must be paid. If the expiation is not paid, it will be a sin. When it comes to paying for the offence, some people even say: ‘Allah will forgive us’, and then they do not pay Dam etc. Such people should remember the fact that paying Dam etc. has been declared WÄ jib by Sharč’aÄĽ, and evading Dam etc. deliberately is non-compliance with Sharč’aÄĽ, which is itself a severe sin. Some wealth-loving unwise ḤujjÄ j even ask such a question as: It is just a sin, Dam is not WÄ jib ( "   U ). Alas! All they are concerned about is to save a few coins only ignoring the fact that they have deserved a severe torment due to the sin. To trivialize a sin leads to serious consequences and even Kufr in some cases. May Allah bless us all with a MadanÄŤ mindset! Ů‘ŮŽ Ů° ŮŽ ŮŽ Ů° ŮŽ Ů? Ů‘Ů° Ů‘ŮŽ ŮŽ ‍ا ŘŞ َؚا* ؚل ۥيه Ů? ŮŽŮˆŘ§ Ů?Ů„ Ů? ŮŽŮˆ َسلم‏ ‍ؾل‏
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