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Shahada While Terminally Ill
salaam alaikum,
I recently reverted to Islam but I am terminally ill. Is my recent shahada accepted despite me knowing I will die in a short period (months – 1 year)? Or am I doomed to hell?
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Shahada While Terminally Ill
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If you have embraced faith with sincerity and goodwill, there is no need to doubt its acceptance. It is already accepted, for this is what God desires from humanity. God has made it clear that only those who defy Him, reject the truth, and abandon morality will face hell.
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even if my terminal disease is a punishment from Allah? I had this terminal disease prior for becoming a muslim. I saw your reply somewhere else that if someone has terminal cancer they can no longer repent?
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There is no restriction on repenting unless man experiences the coming of death. Punishment comes with crime. if no crime is committed or, one has repented, he should not assume that God is punishing him for no reason. Diseases or other problems do come to all, regardless of their being Muslim or non-Muslim. Life is a test and we all are heading to meet God, sooner or later.
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What do you mean with experiencing the coming of death? I have a deadly disease and I know that dead comes in some months (but not like today or tomorrow) is my shahada and repentance still accepted? (even tho my shahada happened after this deadly disease which I believe is a punishment from God)?
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According to Ghamidi Sahab, the door to repentance and forgiveness is open till the time one sees the death happening to them or sees the angel of death, like Pharoah when started to drown and professed faith, such a faith is not acceptable.
This does not apply to you. You need to have faith in God and should not let baseless doubts bother you in this regard. Professing faith while being alive is not a punishment but a blessing.
Sharing comments of Ghamidi Sahab as stated above for reference:
Please refer to the link below from 25:44 to to 29:09 (Specifically from 27:00 to 27:27)
https://www.youtube.com/live/CEQzK6LBNaU?si=xaQlwFN-V4ly3fX4&t=1544
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Please also refer to the link below from 25:30 to 29:00 (specifcially from 27:38 to 28:22)
https://www.youtube.com/live/5b17kNMeiqQ?si=wjBA3KGDw5tKfJVb&t=1530
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Thanks a lot. Is this also what Dr Irfan was referring to with regards to experiencing the coming of dead?
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I think so. But Dr. Irfan Shahzad Sahab can clarify better.
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Unacceptable repentance near death is about the cases in which man keeps avoiding a sin or truth which has already realized to be true.
Yours coming to faith is not our of fear but a conscious decision. This is a different case. When something believable to you, you accepted it, no matter death is approaching or not.
Nor is it near death experience as clarified by Umer Qureshi saheb.
God is just and merciful. He is not interested in punishing people, unless they become rebels.
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