Punishments of a Sinner

Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله:

The punishments of a sinner are as follows;

• Being deprived of Islamic knowledge (‘Ilm)

• Feeling of alienation in the heart

• Physical weakness

• Being unable to do acts of worship

• Being deprived of blessings

• Turning away from Allāh

• Anxiety

• Getting comfortable with sins

• The sinner becomes insignificant in the sight of Allāh

• The sinner becomes insignificant in the sight of people

• The curse of the animals will be upon him

• The sinner will bear marks of humiliation

• His heart will be sealed and he will come under the curse (of Allāh)

• The sinner’s Du’ā is not answered

• Loss of Gheerah (protective jealousy)

• Loss of modesty (Ḥayā)

• The blessings of Allāh disappear

• Punishment will befall him

• Fear in the heart of the sinner

• Falling into the traps of Shayṭān

• A bad end in worldly life (Dunyā)

• Torment in grave

• Punishment in the Hereafter

● [الداء والدواء للإمام ابن قيم الجوزية]