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OP - January 10, 2015, 11:00 PM

Hi All,

For many years I've wonder this question but never had anyone to ask until I found this forum

I had a Muslim brother-in-law for about 8 years although we kept in contact for a number of years after. Anyway, he wasn't a practicing Muslims and he would at times do dubious things, nothing serious tho. He would justify this with his religious beliefs by telling us something along the line of, 'as long as no one knows, then it's fine with Allah'.

Is this a commonly held belief or was this just him?

It would be great to finally solve this mystery
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Reply #1 - January 10, 2015, 11:05 PM

A sin is worse if committed in public, but a sin in private is still a sin.

Edit: typo fix.

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Reply #2 - January 10, 2015, 11:11 PM

No what he misinterpreted was the notion that you should keep your sins private, i.e. what you've done wrong is between you and Allah.

This still means that a sin is a sin.

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Reply #3 - January 10, 2015, 11:13 PM

Okay I always didn't quite believe that one

Thanks for the replies. So its like most religious beliefs people twist it to suit them
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Reply #4 - January 10, 2015, 11:20 PM

What teapot and qtian said - there are hadith about not boasting or making sins public, but keep hidden what allah has concealed... or smthng like that.
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Reply #5 - January 10, 2015, 11:27 PM

Quote from: ateapotist on January 10, 2015, 11:05 PM
A sin is worse if committed in public, but a sin in private is still a sin.

Edit: typo fix.

Off-topic here but I cannot get my head out of pronouncing your name A-tee-apostist
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Reply #6 - January 11, 2015, 12:00 AM

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_teapot

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Reply #7 - January 11, 2015, 12:06 AM

I know Russel's Teapot Musivore, just didn't see it in the name until after it had got set as ahh-tea-apostist, I thought "They like tea and are an apostate/apostate supporter." Speaking of which, teapot, make us a cuppa!
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Reply #8 - January 11, 2015, 12:41 AM

Hey Lily,
That was kinda cute. It's a bit late at night to drink tea. You won't be able to sleep!

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