A misconception found amongst people

Dear Islamic brothers! Surely Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ is merciful to His bondmen, but it does not mean at all that bondmen should disobey Him and become lazy in acting upon His commandments and then also hope for His mercy. Keep missing Salah deliberately and having this mind-set that the mercy of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ is very great. Keep missing Fard Siyam of the month of Ramadan without any Shar’i reason and having this mind-set that the mercy of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ is very great. We must expect forgiveness from the mercy of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, but we should also perform good deeds along with it.

There is a misconception about the mercy of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ amongst people that sinful people usually get unconcerned about their torment by giving evidence of the mercy of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and say like this: We have a perfect belief that Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ will not torment us, His mercy is very vast. Nothing will be reduced from the treasure of His mercy if we commit a few sins, etc. Remember! People having such thoughts have been called fools in a blessed Hadees.

The Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has said: Wise is he who makes his Nafs obedient and prepares for the death and fool is he who makes his Nafs follow desires and (despite this) holds (good) expectations from Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ.

(Mishkat, vol. 3, pp. 130, Hadees 5289)

Sayyiduna Yahya Bin Mu’aaz رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated: No act of foolishness will be greater than this that a person sows the seed of Hell and expects to reap the crops of Paradise; he performs deeds of sinful people and looks for the status of righteous people. (Kimiya-e-Sa’adat, vol. 2, pp. 811)

مرے گرچہ گناہ ہیں حد سے سوا مگر ان سے امید ہے تجھ سے دعا

تو رحیم ہے ان کا کرم ہے گوا وہ کریم ہیں تیری عطا کی قسم

Dear Islamic brothers! Another disadvantage of holding expectation for Divine mercy despite committing sins is that a person commits sins unhesitatingly. The habit of accepting such statements from Satan after committing a sin encourages him to commit sins in future in spite of making him feel ashamed of his past sins.