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Twenty One Thousand Six Hundred Sins
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Twenty One Thousand Six Hundred Sins It is said about Tawbah bin Samah that he daily took account of himself. One day he calculated his age and concluded that sixty years of his life had passed. Then he counted the days in sixty years and that came to twenty one thousand six hundred. He was shocked and said to himself, “Woe be to me! Will I face my Lord having committed twenty one thousand six hundred sins.” After having uttered these words he fell down unconscious and passed away (in grief). It is also narrated that once the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) was sitting on the barren ground with no grass on it. He ordered his companions to gather fuel to lit a fire. They replied that they were in a place where there was impossible to find dry grass for fuel. The Prophet (s.a.w.s.) told them to gather whatever they could. Each one of them collected a small quantity and slowly it became a heap. The Prophet (s.a.w.s.) looked at the heap of grass and said,“In the same manner sins of people will be collected on the day of Qiyamat.” The Prophet (s.a.w.s.) wanted to tell his companions that as the dry grass cannot be seen in that barren land, but when searched for can turn out to be a heap. In the same manner the small sins which a person commits cannot be seen, but on the day of Qiyamat when all sins will be gathered they will amount to a large stock. Thus Tawbah bin Samah calculated one sin (the least) committed in one day which amounted to twenty one thousand six hundred sins in sixty years. Reference: Manazelul Akhreah - 'Stages of the Hereafter |