Mufti Menk – Wipe out your bad deeds

			When someone has done wrong to you,
		

			and then they realize they did wrong to you and they come to you and say please forgive me.
		

			And you say, No, it's okay. No problem. Fine, you're forgiven. How many times did they say Forgive
me once, isn't it? They came to you as a human being please forgive me. I was wrong. I shouldn't
have done it. Really? I feel I regret it. I won't do it again. You say no, it's okay not to mention.
		

			And then a week later, they see you in the masjid, for example, or somewhere else? A brother
Solomonic me just just forgive me, man. But you already said it once you are already forgiven. Why
did you repeat it? Because you feeling embarrassed? Number one, not because you're doubting that
they have forgiven you, but you just a bit embarrassed Hey, I shouldn't have done this. And another
thing is that it now not to mention Come on, it's okay. When you see them a third time a year later,
for example, I feel so bad. You know what I did was so wrong saying so don't even mention don't talk
about it. But you've repeatedly thrice already, is it because you're doubting that they forgiven
		

			you? No. It's because of your remorse. And it's because you feel that you really did something you
were not supposed to. So you become in greater favor with that particular person because you realize
I need to make up for what bad I've done with good and the Quran repeats this when it comes to Allah
because Allah Azza example is higher. In al Hassan it will behave in a say.
		

			Allah says good deeds will wipe out bad deeds. You want to see your bad deeds wiped out will
increase your good deeds and automatically they will be wiped out when I feel bad that I did
something to a human. And I've already asked Him forgiveness so many times, every time I saw them, I
will do another thing that's trying to good for them. Someone mentions them, you have a good word to
say. Today someone sent me an email and said such and such a scholar said something about you about
me. And he is like this and he is like that, I replied immediately I said that is a senior scholar
of the Muslim ummah. Please do not mention any negatives about that person, because it brings pain
		

			to my heart to hear that it's okay what they've said about me, that's fine. But what is even worse
is what you said about them.
		

			What's the idea? The idea is do good to people and what does it cost you so much if they did bad to
you? by sin? Illa mon Assa elate. That is a quality of the prophets. Do good to those who did bad to
you why I am preparing for the day I want to meet with Allah. Didn't we say today we're talking
about healing in that way you want to heal. You need to seek forgiveness and learn how to forgive
others. Without that you will not heal is no healing without seeking forgiveness and learning to
forgive others.