Month of Asking Forgiveness In the month of Ramadan we should feel sorry
for our past bad deeds and actions and then ask forgiveness from Allah (T) and promise
not to do that kind of bad deed again.
In this blessing month Allah (swt) is waiting to forgive us.
But we are lazy to request Allah (swt) to forgive us.
One thing we need to keep in mind that is that, no matter what, Allah love us and if
we make a mistake, he also loves to forgive us.
The only thing we need to do is to ask Allah (swt) so that he can forgive us.
From the Hadith books of Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, in one story we will see how
merciful Allah (swt) is and how even a very bad man can get Allah (swt)'s forgiveness.
Long, ago there was a man who killed 99 people.
After awhile, he felt sorry for his act and he wanted to ask forgiveness from his creator,
Allah (T).
He asked a religious leader, whether it was possible for him to get Allah’s forgiveness.
The religious leader said, no.
That man became very upset and killed that religious leader too and completed killing
100 people.
But even then he really wanted to ask forgiveness from his Lord Allah (T).
So he went another wise religious scholar and asked whether it was possible for him
to repent.
The scholar said, yes and told him to leave this evil land and move to the land where
people worshipped Allah (T).
So that man left, and when he reached the halfway point of his journey, he died.
The angels of Mercy and the angels of Punishment discussed with one another, what to do.
Then an angel came in the form of a human being, and both the angels asked him to solve
the problem.
So he said, ‘Measure the distance between the two lands.
If he closer to the evil land, angels of Punishment will take him but if he is closer to the good
land, the angels of Mercy will take his soul instead.
Then they measured the distance and with Allah (T)’s blessing, they found that, he was
closer to the good land, so angel of Mercy took his soul.
Allah (T) is very merciful because he is our creator and without him there is nobody else
who can forgive us.
In this month, if we aren’t sorry for our bad jobs and don't ask forgiveness from Allah
(swt), we will have very bad luck.
In this month, Allah (swt) is waiting for us to ask forgiveness from him.
So it doesn’t matter how big our sins are, as long as we trying to fix our mistake and
ask forgiveness from Allah (swt) that is the main part.
For more information
we
can see Surah: Az-Zumar, verse 53
Ali 'Imran, verse 135 Ash-Shuraa, verse 25
An-Nahl, verse 92 Sahih Al-Bukhari
Sahih Muslim