How to heal from sins?

Allah has forbidden sins only in order to protect us from evil and vices, just as a caring parent protects his child from what could harm him.

Even if there were no threat of punishment, this information alone would be enough to cause any reasonable person to abandon sins.

Indeed, sins make benefits disappear. This is inevitable. No one commits a sin without Allah benefiting him.

If he repents, this specific benefit or a similar benefit is given back to him.

If he persists in this sin, the benefit is not returned to him.

On this subject it was said: “If you have blessings, then protect them, because sins inevitably cause them to disappear. ".

In summary, sins consume blessings just as fire consumes wood. They keep removing the benefits until they all disappear.

Author: Ibn Al Qayyim

Edition: MuslimLife

Number of pages : 105