Hating the Sin not the Sinner

6-6-2018 | IslamWeb

Question:

Assalamaulikum wa rahmatullahi wabarakaatuhPeople claim that Allah said, "Hate the sinner and not the sin"Is this true? If so, could kindly quote the reference.

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Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.

This is not true; rather, what is true is the opposite. It is an obligation on every Muslim to hate the sin in terms that it is a disobedience to Allah.

As regards the sinful person, he is loved for the good things that he does and he is hated only for his disobedience to Allah.

Ibn Al-Jawzi said in his book At-Tabsirah: “Abu Ad-Dardaa’ passed by a man who committed a sin, and the people were insulting him, so he said to them, “Do you see if he fell into a well, would you not take him out of it (i.e., rescue him)?” They said: “Yes, we would.” He said: “Hence, do not insult your brother and thank Allah Who spared you from what he did.” They said: “Do not you hate him?” He said: “I hate his action; if he abandons it, then he is my brother.” [End of quote]

Allah knows best.