The Case against Sin and Disobedience.

Inspired by a Christian title I read before: The Case For God, by Lee Strobel. The author has another interesting book titles The Case for Christ, which I thought i wanted to read, but then again, I told myself I have other books to read.

A little bit about The Case for God;In it, the author made several interviews with experts on various fields as to their views about the existence of an All-Powerful Creator. He interviewed astronomers, botanists, biologists, chemists and they all presented a modern-scientific prespective on the Existence of God. Shall not go into the details.

one thing that struck me was the logical test, or the rational chain of thought first brought up by Hujjatul Islam, Imam Ghazali ra. Imam Ghazali's argument, in Lee Strobel's book

1. Everything that begins to exist has a creator.
2. The Universe began to exist;
3. Therefore the Universe has a Creator.

simple, three irrefutable steps. No one today denies no.1 and no.2, and so no.3 is the next,inevitable logical conclusion.

And so criticisms came from the skeptics who argued likewise:Who then, created God? Imam Ghazali's answer:The question is actually not a valid one;Because step 1 says Everything that BEGINS to exist has a creator.Traditional Islamic understanding of God is One who is Eternal(Daim), meaning not bound by time, and not, as commonly misunderstood, exist since the beginning of time. Since God cannot BEGIN to Exist, step no.3 is not valid or untrue for God. ;)

simple kan?

The Case against Sin and Disobedience. The Ramifications and Complications raised by Sin

1. On the part of the individual, he is to actively and consciously account for each and every action of his in this world. If he has a satisfactory answer, then he may pursue; otherwise he should leave the matter. The First Criterion in Sidi Ahmad Ibn Idris' Risalah Qawaid.

2. Sin and Disobedience distances one from the Good Pleasure of God.Criterion number 2 in Risalah Qawaid

3. Sin blemishes the heart; a heart blemished by sin is difficult to receive knowledge.

4. Sin takes khusyuk away from our prayers.

5. The shame that one ought to bear, for God witnesses everything we do.If we lose this shame, God will lose us. Your standing in God's sight is equivalent to His standing in your sight(in matters of how one regards God). If you have the compunction to forgo Him, He can do likewise.

6. Our commitment to the testimony of Laa Ilaha Illa Allah. To what level do we take this?Do we take this world as Lord?Do we take our nafs as Lord?are we lying in our testimony?

7. Love for the Prophet s.a.w.If we have promised the Prophet s.a.w. to do good, imagine the burden we bear when we fail him!The Bai'ah that binds one to good deeds.

8. The shame that we have to bear in front of the Prophet s.a.w;Verily, the actions of his ummah are presented to him, if it is good, he s.a.w. praises God; if it is otherwise, he asks for forgiveness on their behalf.

9. The unbearable punishment for sin.

10. Satan's persuasions and inclinations towards sin and disobedience; like an addiction that grows worse with every sin.

11. The Istidraj that drifts one even further away.

12. The curse of every creature of God.

13. The issue of time, we just may not have enough time to repent, so do not risk it; don't procastinate in repentance.


Do a simple cost-benefit analysis; to sin is never worth it!Now, knowing is an easy thing. Putting into practice is a whole different story; therein lies the test of this world.To know and then still commit is likened unto hypocrisy.

Ya Allah, Ya Rasulallah...help me, now that i have known all these, i have no excuse to sin or to be disobedient, the ones who do not know can plead ignorance; but the one who knows and still sins risk being labelled a hypocrite, on top of sinning.

but my self is too weak, too weak to resist disobedience to You and Your Messenger...Your Divine Pardon is my only hope, for sins of the past, present and future...

I seek the forgiveness of God, the Great; about whom there is no god save He, the Living, the Subsisting, the Forgiver of sins, the Sublime and the Revered.

I seek penitence from all acts of disobedience – all of them, from sins and guilt and of every sin I have committed by intent, by omission, overtly and secretly, by word and by action, in my every movement, my tarrying, my thoughts, my every breath, always and forever eternally; from the sins of which I am aware and from the sins of which I am not aware, inasmuch as His knowledge encompasses them and which the Book records and the Pen inscribes ; inasmuch as the omnipotence of God searches them out and the will of the ink of the words of God reveal them.

Just as it suits the sublimity, the beauty, the perfection of the Visage of our Lord, just as our Lord is pleased and approves.