Repentance of one who has a debt he cannot pay
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, if a young man repents and has a debt that he is unable to pay, is his repentance considered valid?
Answer:
Repentance is between him and Allah in the right of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He). As for the debt, this is a right of the created being, so his conscience is not cleared except by paying it to the created being, and repentance alone is not sufficient. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, if a young man repents and has a debt that he is unable to pay, is his repentance considered valid?
Answer:
Repentance is between him and Allah in the right of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He). As for the debt, this is a right of the created being, so his conscience is not cleared except by paying it to the created being, and repentance alone is not sufficient. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (102) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1436-09-21] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (25:39)
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