Kelanjutan dalam melakukan dosa akan membawa pada suatu kondisi di mana hati tidak lagi menganggapnya keji. Dosa-dosa itu menjadi kebiasaan yang lumrah, sehingga pelaku dosa tidak lagi merisaukan komentar orang lain. Sebagian pendosa bahkan membanggakan perbuatan jahatnya, memberitahukan kepada orang lain yang sebelumnya tidak mengetahui apa yang telah mereka lakukan. Mereka sangat bergembira ketika menceritakan perbuatan dosa mereka. Orang-orang semacam ini terhalang dari obat dan jalan menuju taubat; karena Nabi ﷺ bersabda: "Semua dosa umatku akan diampuni kecuali dosa orang-orang yang terang-terangan (al-mujahirin), yaitu orang yang melakukan dosa secara terbuka atau menceritakan dosanya kepada orang lain. Contoh dari penceritaan semacam itu ialah seseorang yang berbuat dosa di malam hari, dan meskipun Allah telah menutupinya dari pandangan orang, lalu ia muncul di pagi hari dan berkata: 'Wahai fulan, kemarin aku telah melakukan perbuatan (buruk) ini dan itu.' Ia telah dilindungi tabir Tuhannya sepanjang malam (tidak ada yang mengetahui dosanya), namun di pagi hari ia sendiri menyingkap tabir Allah dari dirinya." [1] Setiap dosa diwarisi dari umat terdahulu yang telah dibinasakan Allah ﷻ. Homoseksualitas diwarisi dari kaum Lut عليه السلام (karena sebagian besar penduduk desanya adalah homoseksual). Kecurangan dalam timbangan diwarisi dari kaum Syu'aib عليه السلام. Menyebarkan kerusakan dan kekejian di muka bumi diwarisi dari kekuasaan Firaun. Kezaliman dan kesombongan diwarisi dari kaum Hud عليه السلام. Maka pendosa sejatinya sedang menyerupai salah satu dari umat-umat tersebut, yang merupakan musuh-musuh Allah ﷻ. Abdullah bin Imam Ahmad meriwayatkan dalam kitab Az-Zuhd karya ayahnya, dari Malik bin Dinar, yang berkata: "Allah ﷻ mewahyukan kepada salah seorang Nabi dari Bani Israil agar menyampaikan kepada kaumnya: 'Janganlah kalian mengikuti jalan Musuh-musuh-Ku; janganlah kalian menyerupai Musuh-musuh-Ku; janganlah kalian menaiki kapal-kapal Musuh-musuh-Ku; janganlah kalian memakan makanan Musuh-musuh-Ku, sehingga kalian akan menjadi seperti Musuh-musuh-Ku.'" Abdullah bin Umar $> meriwayatkan bahwa Nabi ﷺ bersabda: "Aku diutus dengan pedang menjelang Hari Kiamat, hingga Allah ~ disembah semata-mata, tanpa menyekutukan sesuatu pun dengan-Nya. Rezekiku dijadikan di bawah naungan tombakku, dan kehinaan ditetapkan atas orang-orang yang menentang perintahku; dan barangsiapa meniru kebiasaan suatu kaum, maka ia termasuk golongan mereka."2

The continuity of committing sins would lead to a condition where the heart would no longer regard them as vile. They become a common practice, and so a sinner does not worry anymore about other people's comments. Some of the sinners even boast about their evil acts, informing others who did not previously know what they had done. They become extremely delighted when relating their sinful acts. These type of people are denied a cure and a way to repentance; for the Prophet ~ said: "All the sins of my followers will be forgiven except those of the Mujahirin (those who commit a sin openly or disclose their sins to people). An example of such disclosure is of a person who commits a sin at night, and although Allah has screened it from the public, then he appears in the morning, saying: 'O so-and-so, I did such-and-such a ( evil) deed yesterday.' He spent his night screened by his Lord (none knowing about his sin), yet in the morning he removed Allah's Screen from himself." 1 Every sin is inherited from an earlier nation which Allah ~ had destroyed. Homosexuality was inherited from the People of Lut ~' (as most of the people in his village were homosexuals). The cheating of the scales was inherited from the People of Shu'aib ~ ,. Spreading corruption and viciousness on earth was inherited from the rule of Pharaoh. Tyranny and arrogance was inherited from the People of Hud &JJI. A sinner is therefore assuming the form of one of these nations, which were enemies of Allah ~- Abdullah bin Imam Ahmad reported in the book, Az-Zuhd of his father, on the authority of Malik bin Dinar who said: "Allah ~ revealed to one of the Prophets of the Children of Israel tell his people: 'Do not follow the path of My Enemies; do not assume the form of My Enemies; do not board the ships of My Enemies; do not eat the food of My Enemies; thus they would become like My Enemies ." Abdullah bin Umar $> reported that the Prophet ~ said: "I was sent with a sword before the Hour, until Allah ~ is worshipped Alone, without associating any partners with Him. My provision was made under the shade of my lance, and disgrace was set on those people who oppose my command; and whoever copies the manner of a people, he is one of them."2