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Fatwa #757224 December 2002Pakistan

i find it hard to distinguish between sins that are forgiven by making sincere tawbah, and sins that have be to be forgiven by the wronged person.

Question

i find it hard to distinguish between sins that are forgiven by making sincere tawbah, and sins that have be to be forgiven by the wronged person. please draw a clearcut line between the two. give examples for both the categories. JazakAllah Khairun.

Answer

To wrong a person is a major sin. Some examples of wronging a person is;
a) Depriving him of any of his worldly possessions.
b) Attacking his dignity and honour in public, and
c) Speaking bad and ill about him without any Shari?ah justifiable course.

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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