Questions and Answers about Islamic Veil

Commenting on the 9th verse of Sūraĥ Yūsuf, the renowned commentator, Ḥakīm-ul-Ummat, Muftī Aḥmad Yār Khān عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الْـمَنَّان has stated on page 376 in Nūr-ul-‘Irfān: ‘Committing a sin with the intention of repenting is unbelief (Kufr).’ There is a lesson here for those people who use other people’s belongings without their permission with the intention of apologising later. Feeling remorse is extremely essential for repentance. At times, remorse leads the remorseful person to doing something quite unique, as is shown in the below mentioned parable.

One-eyed man

Sayyidunā Ka’b-ul-Aḥbār رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ said that in the era of Sayyidunā Mūsā Kalīmullāĥ عَـلٰى نَبِـيِّـنَا وَ عَـلَيْـهِ الـصَّلٰوة ُ وَالـسَّلَام a famine occurred. People requested Sayyidunā Mūsā عَـلٰى نَبِـيِّـنَا وَ عَـلَيْـهِ الـصَّلٰوة ُ وَالـسَّلَام to pray for rain. ‘Come with me to the mountain’, he عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام said. Everyone was prepared to accompany him. He عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام then announced, ‘Anyone who has ever committed a sin must not accompany me.’ On hearing this, everyone returned, except for a one-eyed man. Sayyidunā Mūsā Kalīmullāĥ عَـلٰى نَبِـيِّـنَا وَ عَـلَيْـهِ الـصَّلٰوة ُ وَالـسَّلَام said, ‘Did you not hear what I said?’ ‘I did’, he humbly replied. ‘Have you never committed any sin?’ he عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام asked. The man humbly replied, ‘Yā Kalīmallāĥ! I do not remember ever committing a sin. However, there is one thing!’ ‘What is that?’ He عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام enquired. ‘Once I looked into someone’s house with one of my eyes and saw that someone was standing inside. I feared Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and felt extremely shameful for having glanced into another person’s house. Overcome with remorse, I plucked out the eye that looked into the house and threw it away! Please tell me! If that was a sin then I will return as well!’

Sayyidunā Mūsā Kalīmullāĥ عَـلٰى نَبِـيِّـنَا وَ عَـلَيْـهِ الـصَّلٰوة ُ وَالـسَّلَام took the man with him. When they reached the mountain, he عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام said to the man,

 

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