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act being perpretated? He will say if he is taught the reply by God: O Lord, I hoped Thy mercy and feared men. God will say: I forgive you. There is in Hadis that a man lent loan to the people.
He gave time to the rich and rescued the distressed from the liabilities of debts. He did no other good works and met God who said to him: Who is more entitled to My forgiveness than him? He then forgive him as he had good idea about God and hoped for God's forgiveness inspite of having no merit of divine service.
God says: Those who recite God's book, establish prayer and spend from what I give him of wealth openly and secretly hope for such a business which will never perish. The Prophet said: If you have known what I know, you would have surely laughed little and wept much and went out to wilderness and wept after clapping your breasts. Gabriel came down and said: Your Lord says to you: Why should He grow despair in our servants? Then he cam out and began to say words of hope and encouragement.
There is in Hadis Qudsi-God sent revelation to David: If you love Me, love those who love Me and grow love in My servants. He said: O Lord, how can I grow love for Thee in Thy servants? He said: Remind them that every action of Mine is for their good and remind them of My mercy and kindness for them as they do not know from Me except good.

The sage Ibn Abu Ayash used to give words of hope to the people. Someone dreamt after his death that he said: God took me to His presence and asked me: Why did you say words of hope to the people? He said: O Lord, I hoped to enkindle love for Thee in the hearts of the people. God said: Then 1 have forgiven you.

There is in another Hadis that a man of Banu Tsrail used to say words of despair to the people and mete out to them harsh treat men t. God will say to him on the Resurrection Day: To-day I shall deprive you of My mercy as you deprived My servants of My mercy. The Prophet said: A certain man after living in Hell for one thousand years will cry aloud and say: O Merciful, God will then say to Gabriel: God and take My servant out of Hell. Then he will be taken out of Hell and will be asked to wait before his Lord.
His Lord will ask him: How have you seen the place of Hell? He will reply: A very obnoxious place. God will say: Take him to his former place. Then he will walk and look behind. God will say:
At what thing are you looking back? He will say: I hoped that after my deliverance from Hell. You will not take me back to Hell.

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id says: Take him to Paradise. This shows that hope for God's ircy will lead to his salvation.