Bara’ on Hope: To destruction if he despairs of Allah’s mercy

Al-Bara’ reported: A man said to him, “O Abu ‘Umarah, the verse: Do not throw yourself to destructions by your own hands (2:195). Is it a man who meets the enemy in battle and he fights until he is killed?” Al-Bara’ said, “No, rather it is that a man commits a sin and he says: Allah will not forgive me.”

Source: Shu’ab al-Imān 6691

Grade: Sahih li ghayrihi (authentic due to external evidence) according to Al-Albani

عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ وَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ يَا أَبَا عُمَارَةَ وَلَا تُلْقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ أَهُوَ الرَّجُلُ يَلْقَى الْعَدُوَّ فَيُقَاتِلُ حَتَّى يُقْتَلَ قَالَ لَا وَلَكِنْ هُوَ الرَّجُلُ يُذْنِبُ الذَّنْبَ فَيَقُولُ لَا يَغْفِرُهُ اللهُ لِي

6691 شعب الإيمان معالجة كل ذنب بالتوبة

1624 المحدث الألباني خلاصة حكم المحدث صحيح لغيره موقوف في صحيح الترغيب

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Abu Amina Elias
Abu Amina Elias (Justin Parrott) is an academic librarian, researcher, and translator specializing in the Quran, Hadith, and their commentaries. He is a former instructor of Islamic Creed for Mishkah University.
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