about Himself; and to Allah is the final return. (1)
And He the Exalted says: “Indeed, the grip of your Lord is severe.” (2) [al-Burūj 12]
And He says: “Such is the seizure of your Lord when He seizes the towns while they are doing wrong; His seizure is truly painful and severe.” [Hūd 102]

1815 – Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet ﷺ said, “Allah, Exalted and Majestic, feels ghayrah – protective jealousy – and Allah’s ghayrah is aroused when a person does what He has forbidden him.” Agreed upon.

369 – Chapter: What one should say and do after committing a prohibited act

Allah the Exalted says: “If a prompting from Satan should incite you, (3) then seek refuge with Allah.” [Fussilat 36]

He also says: “Indeed, those who are mindful of Allah—when a visitation (4) from Satan touches them, they remember, and then they see clearly.” [al-Aʿrāf 201]

And He says: “Those who, when they commit an obscenity or wrong themselves, remember Allah and ask forgiveness for their sins—and who forgives sins but Allah?—and who do not knowingly persist in what they have done. Their reward is forgiveness from their Lord and gardens underneath which rivers flow, abiding therein forever; how excellent is the reward of those who act.” [Āl ʿImrān 135–136]

And He says: “Turn to Allah in repentance, all of you, O believers, so that you may succeed.” [al-Nūr 31]

1816 – Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet ﷺ said, “Whoever swears an oath and in it says, ‘By al-Lāt and al-ʿUzzā,’ should immediately declare, ‘There is no god but Allah.’ And whoever says to his companion, ‘Come, let me gamble with you,’ (5) should give charity.” Agreed upon.