Chapter Introduction
Translation: [ As we have explained, Islam looks at man as a weak creature that id liable to err. This is his nature and he will never abadon it. The only exception to this rule is the
Translation: unfalible.
Translation: It is a golden rule of Islam that Allah does not task a soul beyond its capacity. This is stated by many verses of the Noble Koran. Allah says:
Translation: " Allah burdens not a person beyond his scope. He gets reward for that (good) which he has earned, and he is punished for that (evil) which he has earned. " Our Lord! Punish us not if we forget or fall into error, our Lord! Lay not on us a burden like what You did lay on those before us (the Jews and the Christians); our Lord! Put not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear. Pardon us and grant us Forgiveness. Have mercy on us. You are our Patron. So, give us victory over the disbelieving people * " S: 2-285. And
Translation: “ Let the rich man spend according to his means; and the man whose resources are restricted, let him spend according to what Allah has given him. Allah puts no burden on any person beyond what He has given him. Allah will grant after hardship, ease 377 S: 65-7.
Translation: Had Islam tasked man beyond his capacity, Reckoning would have not been. Thus Islam treats man as man. It does not treat him as angels.
Translation: Thus, man is liable to err and wrong himself by oppressing others and transgressing the limits imposed by Allah. What one should do if he acted improperly? This is the subject matter of the following chapter.
Now, let us read what Imam Al-Nawawi compiled in the same concern.]
Allah said:
Translation: “ And if an evil whisper from Satan tries to turn you away (O Muhammadfrom doing good deed, then seek refuge in Allah. Verily, He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower *** S: 41-36. And
Translation: " Verily, when an evil thought occurs to the pious people from Satan, they remember (Allah), and (indeed) they then see (aright) S: 7-201. And
Translation: " And those who, when they have committed Fahishah (improper deed) or wronged themselves with evil, they remember Allah and ask forgiveness for their sins and none can forgive sins but Allah. And they do not persist in what (wrong) they have done, while they know * For such, the reward is Forgiveness from their Lord, and Gardens with rivers flowing underneath (Paradise), wherein they shall abide forever. How excellent is this reward for the doers (who do righteous deeds according to Allah's Orders) ** S: 3-135,136. And
Translation: “ And tell the believing women to lower their gaze (from looking at men) and to protect their private parts (from illegal sexual acts) and not to show off their adornment except only what is apparent (both eyes for necessity to see the way, or outer palms of hands or one eye or dress like veil, gloves, head-cover, apron, etc.), and to draw their veils all over their bosoms and not to reveal their adornment except to their husbands, or their fathers, or their husband's fathers, or their sons, or their husband's sons, or their brothers or their brother's sons, or their sister's sons, or their (Muslim) women (their sisters in Islam), or the (female) slaves whom their right hands possess, or old male servants who lack vigor, or small children who have no sense of feminine sex And let them not stamp their feet so as to reveal what they hide of their adornment. And all of you beg Allah to forgive you all, O believers, that you may be successful ** S: 2431.
Translation: The Messenger of Allah said: