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Biddat And Forgiveness In This World
Assalamualaikum, this question is for knowledge. if someone did something in which, while doing it, he was having whispers that it might be biddat or something is not right. but he did it, and later realizes that it can be either biddat or negligence. Now, what if it was biddat? We often hear there is no tawba of innovator, is it like if he dies upon innovation and didn’t repent in this world?
Also, should one start doing his research on everything to find out what biddah and what is not? or should he keep on learning on his pace?
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Biddat And Forgiveness In This World
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Honest mistakes do not make a person accountable before God; accountability arises from deliberate and intentional sins. Thus, if someone knowingly commits biddah (religious innovation) and, out of bias or prejudice, rejects intellectual correction, then dies without repentance, such a person will indeed be answerable to God.
However, it is incorrect to claim that such a sin cannot be forgiven in this world. The Quran affirms that every sin is forgivable when accompanied by sincere repentance. As Allah says in Surah Al-Furqan (25:70–71), those who repent, believe, and do righteous deeds will have their evil deeds replaced with good, for Allah is ever Forgiving and Merciful.
For further study, see Javed Ahmad Ghamidi’s commentary on Surah Al-Furqan.
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