Repenting from one's sin and resolving not to return to it, then being overcome by one's self and falling into it again
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. The one who sent this is a young man from Jeddah. In his first question, he says: "Praise be to Allah, I grew up being committed to the religion, but these days, and for a period of time, I have been committing some sins, then I return and repent, then I commit sins again and return and repent again. This state has continued with me. What is your guidance and supplication for me in this regard?"
The Shaykh:
It is obligatory for you to refrain from sins and to repent to Allah with a sincere repentance. One of the conditions of sincere repentance is the resolve not to return to the sins a second time. However, if his soul that commands evil or Satan causes him to fall into the sin a second time after his resolve not to return to them, he repents to Allah the Exalted and Majestic. Every time a sin issues from him, he repents,[Ali 'Imran 3:135], so he repeats the repentance. Every time a sin occurs from him, he repeats the sincere repentance, and Allah the Exalted and Majestic accepts his repentance. He should not say, "I repented and then I returned," or "I only have one chance to repent." This is from Satan.
The questioner:
No matter what he commits, despair is not to be had.
The Shaykh:
No matter what you commit,[Az-Zumar 39:53]
The presenter:
Yes.
May Allah reward you. The one who sent this is a young man from Jeddah. In his first question, he says: "Praise be to Allah, I grew up being committed to the religion, but these days, and for a period of time, I have been committing some sins, then I return and repent, then I commit sins again and return and repent again. This state has continued with me. What is your guidance and supplication for me in this regard?"
The Shaykh:
It is obligatory for you to refrain from sins and to repent to Allah with a sincere repentance. One of the conditions of sincere repentance is the resolve not to return to the sins a second time. However, if his soul that commands evil or Satan causes him to fall into the sin a second time after his resolve not to return to them, he repents to Allah the Exalted and Majestic. Every time a sin issues from him, he repents,
And those who, when they commit an immorality or wrong themselves [by transgression], remember Allah and seek forgiveness for their sins
وَالَّذِينَ إِذَا فَعَلُوا فَاحِشَةً أَوْ ظَلَمُوا أَنفُسَهُمْ ذَكَرُوا اللَّهَ فَاسْتَغْفَرُوا لِذُنُوبِهِمْThe questioner:
No matter what he commits, despair is not to be had.
The Shaykh:
No matter what you commit,
Say, "O My servants who have transgressed against themselves [by sinning], do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins. Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful."
قُلْ يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَىٰ أَنفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا مِن رَّحْمَةِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُThe presenter:
Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5429- يتوب من ذنبه ويعزم أن لا يعود إليه ثم تغلبه نفسه فيسقط فيه مرة أخرى - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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