What is the advice for one who sins, then repents, then is overcome by desire and returns to the same sin?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: I sin, then I sin a second time, then I repent, and I try not to sin, but my desire overcomes me, so I sin a second time, then I repent. Am I playing with repentance, and is there anything required of me?
Answer:
Leave the causes. Perhaps you return to the sin because you did not leave the causes and temptations that lead you to sin. Stay away from the causes: the forbidden gaze, free mixing with women, watching obscene channels, looking at indecent images. Stay away from the causes, and Allah the Exalted will help you. But with this,[Az-Zumar 39:53] if you sin, repent to Allah; hasten to repentance. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: I sin, then I sin a second time, then I repent, and I try not to sin, but my desire overcomes me, so I sin a second time, then I repent. Am I playing with repentance, and is there anything required of me?
Answer:
Leave the causes. Perhaps you return to the sin because you did not leave the causes and temptations that lead you to sin. Stay away from the causes: the forbidden gaze, free mixing with women, watching obscene channels, looking at indecent images. Stay away from the causes, and Allah the Exalted will help you. But with this,
do not despair of the mercy of Allah
لَا تَقْنَطُوا مِن رَّحْمَةِ اللَّهِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [458 -858] ما النصيحة لمن يذنب ثم يتوب ثم تغلبه الشهوة ويعود لنفس الذنب؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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