Calling to Allah While Having Sins
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Question:
May Allah reward you. He says: I am involved[Yusuf 12:108] in this matter, but I have sins and disobedience that only Allah knows about. And Shaytan says to me: How do you call to Allah when you are committing sins? What is the ruling?
Answer:
Yes, repent to Allah from the sins. Repent to Allah from the sins and disobedience, because you are calling to Allah, so let your example be a good one.[As-Saf 61:2-3] [Al-Baqarah 2:44] If you urge people to repent, why do you not repent yourself?
Allah knows your state better than you do, and people do not know. So you must repent to Allah the Exalted, and do not leave the call to Allah if you have knowledge from which people can benefit. Do not leave the call. You must do both: repent to Allah while continuing the call to Allah the Exalted. Yes.
May Allah reward you. He says: I am involved
I invite to Allah
أَدْعُو إِلَى اللَّهِAnswer:
Yes, repent to Allah from the sins. Repent to Allah from the sins and disobedience, because you are calling to Allah, so let your example be a good one.
(2) O you who have believed, why do you say what you do not do? (3) Great is hatred in the sight of Allah that you say what you do not do.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لِمَ تَقُولُونَ مَا لَا تَفْعَلُونَ كَبُرَ مَقْتًا عِندَ اللَّهِ أَن تَقُولُوا مَا لَاDo you order righteousness of the people and forget yourselves while you recite the Scripture? Then will you not reason?
أَتَأْمُرُونَ النَّاسَ بِالْبِرِّ وَتَنسَوْنَ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ تَتْلُونَ الْكِتَابَ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَAllah knows your state better than you do, and people do not know. So you must repent to Allah the Exalted, and do not leave the call to Allah if you have knowledge from which people can benefit. Do not leave the call. You must do both: repent to Allah while continuing the call to Allah the Exalted. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-03-التوبة آداب وأحكام|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (41:58)
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