Will sins be forgiven due to suffering from a disease one was born with?
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It is hoped for the sick person that Allah expiates their sins through their illness, and the majority of scholars specify that illness expiates minor sins. Calamities expiate sins, even a thorn prick, but this does not mean that a believer should indulge excessively in sins, relying on their forgiveness through illness. Rather, they must hope for their Lord's mercy and fear Him, for Allah Almighty said: "Did they then feel secure from the plan of Allah? But no one feels secure from the plan of Allah except the losing people."
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