sin done before marriage

[isha]

Aslam o Alikum

My question is realted to a friend she loved this man who is now married (not to her) and she had been into a sexual relation with him.......but today she feels so sorry about her deeds and has promised not to do that again.......but the question which she asks me is that will ALLAH ever forgive her as thats so obvious that she'll never be able the same as she was before ........i dont have an idea that what punishment she'll be getting for such an unethical deed, is she still a muslim? what shud she do for forgiveness and she is also mentally disturbed i have many times told her to pray to ALLAH almighty but all she says is that ALLAH is angry with her and now she is also ashamed of facing ALLAH she says that when ever she stand up to offer her prayers she feels as if ALLAH is not listening to her and there is nothing left to her except crying plz tell me what shud i do to bring her beck to life .........
I'll be very greatful to you if you help me with it ........
will anxiously be waiting for your reply
tc
ALLAH HAFIZ

[Imam]

Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem

Wa'alaykum 'Assalam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu


All Praise be to Allah who is the Lord of the Worlds, and may Endless Blessings be showered upon His Most Beloved, and Final Messenger of Islam, Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa 'aalihi wa Sallam

No, Allah the Almighty is not stingy in His Forgiving. If He wants , He may Forgive all the people of the face of the earth, and if He wills He can punish them all. The principle to remember is that once someone has committed an act of sin, no matter how great, if he/she repents, then Allah the Almighty's Forgiveness is so great, that we could not even have imagined.

The Bukhari relates a story about a man who said to his family that when I die, I want you to burn me and scatter my dust through the winds. We all know that to commit suicide is one of the gravest sins, therefore punishment for this will be given.

The man did this out of shamefulness, and when the Day of judgement arrived Allah the Almighty saw what the man did, and Forgave him.

The lesson to be learn't from this is that no one should under estimate the creator, when He wants to forgive, and when He wants to punish, but in return we should be grateful and thankful of His favours to us, by living like clean and pure humans, accepting His laws, acting upon His laws, not contravening any of His principles, by believing in His Book, and the last day, so that we at least remain as Muslims, and by doing so, even if we make a mistake or a sin, we may still have hope of asking Him for Forgiveness, and hoping that He will Forgive us.

The Qur'an states:

'ud'uni astajib lakum'

'ask from me and I will accept.'

also a hadith states that:

'Iman lies between hope and fear'.

This means that hope of reaching our ultimate destination, and fear of His wrath, that any sin we may commit may be forgiven, but not to commit that same act again.

May Allah the Almighty prevent us all from the sins of this world, and may He make this world and the next world a better world for us.


Jazak'allah for your question.





Wallahu A'lamu Biththawaab


M. Waseem Ashrafi