The Conditions of Repentance
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Question:
May Allah reward you, and I say: Peace be upon you, and Allah's mercy and blessings. I bear witness to Allah regarding your preservation by Him. My question is: Does repentance have conditions that we hope to be granted?
Answer:
You heard the conditions during the speech. Repentance between the servant and his Lord has three conditions. The first condition is ceasing the sin, meaning abandoning the sin from which one repented. The second condition is the resolve not to return to it for the rest of one's life.
As for the one who repents at a time while intending to return at another time, like the one who repents in Ramadan, and then after Ramadan returns to the sins, making a firm intention to return to the sins. This is a temporary repentance and is not accepted. Repentance must be permanent. One must intend to resolve not to return to the sin.
The third condition is regret over what occurred from him. He regrets it every time he remembers this sin, for he regrets it. This is proof of the sincerity of the repentance. And if the repentance is between the servant and people regarding their rights and injustices, a fourth condition is added to these three conditions, which is to return the injustices to the wronged and to seek their forgiveness. Yes.
May Allah reward you, and I say: Peace be upon you, and Allah's mercy and blessings. I bear witness to Allah regarding your preservation by Him. My question is: Does repentance have conditions that we hope to be granted?
Answer:
You heard the conditions during the speech. Repentance between the servant and his Lord has three conditions. The first condition is ceasing the sin, meaning abandoning the sin from which one repented. The second condition is the resolve not to return to it for the rest of one's life.
As for the one who repents at a time while intending to return at another time, like the one who repents in Ramadan, and then after Ramadan returns to the sins, making a firm intention to return to the sins. This is a temporary repentance and is not accepted. Repentance must be permanent. One must intend to resolve not to return to the sin.
The third condition is regret over what occurred from him. He regrets it every time he remembers this sin, for he regrets it. This is proof of the sincerity of the repentance. And if the repentance is between the servant and people regarding their rights and injustices, a fourth condition is added to these three conditions, which is to return the injustices to the wronged and to seek their forgiveness. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-03-التوبة آداب وأحكام|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (15:58)
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