The factors that help achieve a good ending
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Question:
May Allah be merciful to you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: What are the factors that help one achieve a good ending?
Answer:
Good deeds, sticking to good deeds, and repenting from sins. A person should be ready for death at every moment. This is how Allah, by His permission, grants him a good ending. As for the one who delays repentance and neglects acts of obedience, saying, "I am still young, I am at this age, and I am that," this is not permissible. This is false hope.
[An-Nisa 4:17] Those who, when they commit an indecency or wrong themselves, remember Allah and seek forgiveness for their sins. Do you know what you are doing? Do you know that you might remain for an hour or a moment? You do not know. Yes.
May Allah be merciful to you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: What are the factors that help one achieve a good ending?
Answer:
Good deeds, sticking to good deeds, and repenting from sins. A person should be ready for death at every moment. This is how Allah, by His permission, grants him a good ending. As for the one who delays repentance and neglects acts of obedience, saying, "I am still young, I am at this age, and I am that," this is not permissible. This is false hope.
The repentance accepted by Allah is only for those who do wrong in ignorance [or carelessness] and then repent soon after. It is those to whom Allah will turn in forgiveness
إِنَّمَا التَّوْبَةُ عَلَى اللَّهِ لِلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ السُّوءَ بِجَهَالَةٍ ثُمَّ يَتُوبُونَ مِن قَرِيبٍ فَأُولَٰئِكَ يَتُوبُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2165- 4717] الأسباب المعينة على حسن الخاتمة - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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