Shaykh Nazim on Sins being not accountable?

Q: There is a video on Mowlana Shaykh Nazim swearing and he says about the pen being lifted and he's no more accountable for his deeds?

This is another blow at the Wahhabies/Salafis as Mowlana Shaykh Nazim head on told them off, so they have mis translated some words and uploaded it. If you see the description if this particular video, it is as such that the one who has uploaded the translation also has stated the words are not clear. There is nothing wrong with Mowlana Shaykh Nazim as a Mujthahid as he was the main Mufthi in Cyprus for Islamic rulings.

We whole heartily accept what Mowlana Shaykh Nazim says about the Wahhabies as "khara alaikkum" which means may curse be upon them ( or something similar) and with regarding the matter he is not accountable, we will produce some references from Shariah as follows.

The response

The following is related on the authority of Anas ibn Malik, Allah is pleased with him: The Messenger of God, blessings and peace upon him said:
"For a newborn child until he reaches the age of discretion, his good deeds are written to the credit of his parents, while his bad deeds are written neither against him nor against his parents. Once he reaches the age of discretion and the pen begins to write [his acts], God the Exalted issues His command to the two angels who accompany him and guard and counsel him.
When he reaches forty years in Islam, God gives him security from three [things]: madness, leprosy and vitiligo.
When he reaches fifty, God makes his reckoning lighter
When he reaches sixty, God grants him to revert to Him as pleases Him.
When he reaches seventy, the inhabitants of Heaven love him
When he reaches eighty, God records his good acts and is lenient with his bad ones.
When he reaches ninety, God forgives him his bygone sins and those to come, allows him to intercede on behalf of his family, and he becomes God's prisoner on the earth .
Then should he be returned to the worst age, so that after having had knowledge he knows nothing, God continues to record as good acts for him those which he used to do knows nothing. God continues to record as good acts for him those which he used to do when he was well, and if he commits an evil act it is not recorded."

This hadith is mentioned by Shaykh Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Abil Qasim al Yamani among the forty hadith has collected regarding the forgiveness of sins that had gone by and sins to come.
A man dies in accordance with what he had lived in, and is resurrected in accordance with what he had died in. [Hadith] 

Also..

my question is: I heard from a friend that the malaaikah do not record the sins of a person on and after the age of 70 years. Is this true – because I read in the newspapers how people of this age still commit the most astrocious sins possible. (Muslim or non-muslim)
Please help me to understand this.
Shukran Jazeelan

Answer:

`Alaykum assalam,

The angels do not stop recording. However, a hadith qudsi states: “I feel shy to punish My servant who has worshipped me for 70 years.”

So this is a glad tidings for a Muslim who dies after that age.

Also

"No one reaches forty years in Islam except that Allah protects him from madness, leprosy and leucoderma. When he is fifty, Allah makes easy his reckoning. When he reaches sixty, Allah grants him repentance. And when he reaches seventy, Allah loves him and the inhabitants of the heavens love him. And when he reaches eighty, Allah accepts his good deeds and overlooks his sins. When he reaches ninety, Allah forgives his past and future sins, he is named 'the prisoner of Allah on earth' and is granted intercession (for forgiveness) for his family." (Hasan, Ibn 'Asakir. Ahmad Shakir said in his notes to Al-Musnad (8/23,25): "Its chain is at least Hasan. It is supported with other chains which raise it to the level of Saheeh.")

For Further notes by Shaykh Gibril haddad

REFUTING CLAIMS ABOUT THE TARIQA NAQSHBANDIYYA (1)

Then they said – as translated into English:

"And the Seniors of the Tariqa Naqshbandiyya Aliyya Haqqani claim that the sins of Shaykh Muhammad Nazim are no longer being recorded because he has reached the rank of Awliya of Allah. (I.e. the claim that he is infallible – ma‘sum)."

Comments:

1. Neither Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim (1341-1435/1922-2014)—may Allah grant him mercy and give him Jannat al-Firdaws—nor the Seniors of this Tariqa ever said what they are being accused of by anonymous accusers and without evidence. It has been said that “Sourcing (isnad) is part of the religion, and without sourcing, anyone can say anything.”
الإسناد من الدين، ولولا الإسناد لقال من شاء ما شاء.

The Seniors of this Tariqa are three people: our teacher Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani; his brother Shaykh Muhammad Adnan Kabbani; and the son of Mawlana Shaykh Nazim, Shaykh Muhammad Adil (hafizahum Allah). None of those three said the above. Nor did Shaykh Nazim ever claim wilaya nor infallibility—subhan Allah!—nor did the above-mentioned three ever claim it for him. As infallibility is only for Prophets, and “a single Prophet is better than all Awliya put together” (Aqida Tahawiyya).
نبيٌّ واحد خيرٌ من جميع الأولياء.

2. On the contrary Shaykh Muhammad Nazim is the one who all his life said: “ I am a weak servant, I am sinful, I am in need of Allah, I am helpless, I ask for repentence, I ask for forgiveness, I am poor were it not for the generosity of Allah.” All that took place was that when he reached the age of ninety (90) years, he made a reference to certain hadiths that gave glad tidings to those who grow old in Islam, and he referred to them as a teaching for people and to commemorate the favors of Allah.

3. Know, therefore, that the Infallible Prophet (saws) said:

o “When the Muslim servant of Allah reaches 50 years of age, Allah makes the Account lenient for him. When he reaches 60, Allah grants him to always turn back to Him. When he reaches 70, those in heaven and on earth love him. When he reaches 80, Allah ratifies his good deeds and erases his bad ones. When he reaches 90, Allah forgives him whatever was in the past of his sins and whatever is yet to come, and he gives him intercession for his relatives and he is recorded in heaven as Allah’s prisoner on earth.” (Ahmad, Abu Ya‘la, al-Tabarani, and others from various Sahaba.)

الْعَبْدُ المُسْلِمُ إِذَا بَلَغَ خَمْسِينَ سَنَةً لَيَّنَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ الْحِسَابَ، وَإِذَا بَلَغَ سِتِّينَ رَزَقَهُ اللهُ الْإِنَابَةَ إِلَيْهِ، وَإِذَا بَلَغَ سَبْعِينَ سَنَةً أَحَبَّهُ أَهْلُ السَّمَاءِ، وفي رواية: أَهْلُ السَّمَاءِ وَأَهْلُ الْأَرْضِ، فَإِذَا بَلَغَ ثَمَانِينَ سَنَةً ثَبَّتَ اللهُ حَسَنَاتِهِ وَمَحَا سَيِّئَاتِهِ، فَإِذَا بَلَغَ تِسْعِينَ سَنَةً غَفَرَ اللهُ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ وَشَفَّعَهُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فِي أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ وَكُتِبَ فِي السَّمَاءِ: أَسِيرُ اللهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ.

o “Allah says: Truly if My servant—man or woman—grow old in Islam I am too shy to punish them after that with hellfire.” (al-Tabarani, Abu Ya‘la, Ibn Abi al-Dunya and others.)

إِنِّي لَأَسْتَحْيِي مِنْ عَبْدِي وَأَمَتِي يَشِيبَانِ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ ثُمَّ أُعَذِّبُهُمَا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فِي النَّارِ.

o “Truly it is part of magnifying the majesty of Allah to honor the one who grew old in Islam.” (Abu Dawud, Ibn Abi Shayba, al-Bukhari in al-Adab al-Mufrad, al-Tabarani and al-Bayhaqi.)

إِنَّ مِنْ إِجْلَالِ اللهِ وفي رواية مِنْ تَعْظِيمِ جَلاَلِ اللهِ إِكْرَامَ ذِي الشَّيْبَةِ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ.

o “There are three types of people which only a hypocrite treats lightly: someone who grew old in Islam; someone who possesses Islamic learning; and a just leader.” (Abu Dawud, Ibn Abi Shayba, al-Bukhari in al-Adab al-Mufrad, al-Tabarani and al-Bayhaqi.)

ثَلَاثَةٌ لَا يَسْتَخِفُّ بِحَقِّهِمْ إِلَّا مُنَافِقٌ: ذُو الشَّيْبَةِ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ، وَذُو الْعِلْمِ، وَإِمَامٌ مُقْسِطٌ.

4. Therefore whoever wishes to receive the good news let him do so, and let him invoke blessings and salutations on the Prophet since Allah has given Mawlana Shaykh Nazim all three of those attributes—old age in Islam, spiritual knowledge and leadership—and He has also given him more followers and converts to Islam than any other propagator of Islam (da‘i) in the past 100 years. His excellent reputation has reached all the countries of the world through his followers, both before the internet existed and after. If all this is not what can be justly described as characteristic of a wali Allah, then Allah has no awliya. May Allah grant him mercy, honor him and enter him into the vastest paradise. Allah is all-Hearing and He answers. O Allah! Do not deprive us of his ample reward, and do not afflict us with strifes and troubles after him.

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