Someone asked me about the story of the man who killed 100 and then repented and God accepted him (the one in the attached video),
– So he said:
The video doesn’t answer the question of how Allah deals with sin except to forgive the repentant sinner. But where is justice in such a practice? Judge for yourself, would any man be considered a righteous judge for pardoning every criminal who repented of his crime? Wouldn’t such a judge be considered an accessory to the crime itself? In the video you presented there are 100 families without justice for their murdered love one, what will Allah say to them when they ask him for justice?
– So I said:
Well, consider this:
1. A tyrant killed a thousand of his people and wants to repent. If the door of repentance is closed, then maybe he’d kill a million. Repentance is in favor of the oppressed in the first place.
2. What if YOU did stupid things in your life? And you know you are going to hell anyway? Then what? Kill yourself, or live life or extra destruction?
3. The one who repents needs to compensate the ones he oppressed or their families.
4. Punishment on earth erases punishment hereafter.
5. In terms of crimes that cannot be compensated, or too big for any punishment on earth, and the person repents, then God compensates the oppressed on judgment day until they are satisfied. (there is actually a quote from the prophet about that).
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When God sets rules, He is able to set rules that give everyone hope, and still be just to all, because He is not only the One who sets the rules in this life but also the afterlife is under His command. Our tunnel vision to justice, when constrained to this mortal life cannot solve the problems of total justice, but God can; and maybe that is why he mentions those attributes of His in Quran together in many verses: He is all-forgiving and omnipotent!