Mufti Menk – Don’t Abuse Forgiveness

When you forgive your spouse, you have helped

yourself build a powerful relation. You learn to

love one another.

And when you have been forgiven by a

spouse,

do not abuse it.

They are not gafururur Rahim. They are not

most forgiving, most merciful. They might be able

to forgive you once if you are lucky

twice. In a lot of cases it does

not extend to a third time.

They are human beings

but still we are taught to forgive as

many times as we can.

But when we have been forgiven

don't look at it as a weakness. It's

not a weakness.

Many people think you know what? Where's she

going to go? No way.

I'm giving her the life.

I'm giving her everything. Wallahi,

Allah will catch you.

Allah will catch you.

People think I can do what I want.

This woman here, I'm married to her. Where

is she going to go? She's got 5

children with me

and I've lived with her for how many

years. She can't do anything. She's got no

one to go to. Her brothers and sisters

are married. Her father and mother passed away

and so on. Now, it's okay what I

do to her. Be careful.

She might forgive you. You don't know that

that forgiveness is not a weakness. It's actually

a strength.

The more she forgives you the happier a

life between her and Allah she will lead.

And guess what?

The fact that she has forgiven

you does not necessarily

mean

that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala is pleased with

you.

It doesn't mean Allah is happy. He's watching.

He knows The record is taken. He can

see.

So therefore,

please Allah, Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, by trying your

best not to repeat the sin.