Repentance

“A servant will commit a sin and as a result enter Paradise and a servant will perform a righteous deed and as a result enter the Fire.” Ibn Al-Qayyim shed light on the above saying of some of the righteous scholars, He explained, “A servant commits a sin which then stays at the forefront of his mind when he stands, sits and walks – always recollecting his sin. This generates dejection, repentance, seeking forgiveness, and regret that become the source of his salvation. “Conversely, an individual performs a good deed and it then continues to be at the forefront of his mind when he stands, sits and walks, each recollection of it causes him to view himself with amazement, pride and the sense of having favored (others), which are all causes for his destruction.