How is it that one who rejoices at the suspension of Allah’s law, or one who does not wish for the establishment of discretionary punishments (ta'zeer), does not disbelieve? And will the reward for enjoining good and forbidding evil be lost if transgressors are punished and people avoid sins?
Whoever dislikes Allah's commits an act of disbelief (kufr), and their deeds become void. This also applies to the hypocrites who align themselves with such people and are content with their state, as evidenced by verses 8 and 9 of Surat Muhammad, and verses 25 and 26 of the same .
It was affirmed that the questioner's feelings of compassion for sinners and hope for their repentance do not constitute a dislike for Allah's law; rather, they are a sincere love for it and a desire to see it implemented. An example was given using the punishment for adultery, explaining that the forbidden leniency is that which prevents the execution of the prescribed punishment, not the natural compassion in one's heart. The of Ma'iz al-Aslami was cited, where the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, showed compassion and desired Ma'iz's repentance, not a dislike for implementing the prescribed punishment.
The questioner was advised to abandon obsessive thoughts and not to give room to Satan.
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