Do sins affect sincerity and the blessing of da'wah (calling to Islam) works?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Do sins affect sincerity? If a man has righteous deeds and da'wah efforts that may be beneficial to people, but he also has sins that he hides and conceals, which are constant with him, yet he returns and repents every time, do they affect the sincerity of his work, the blessing of his work, and its benefit to people?
Answer:
If he does not repent from them, they affect it. But if he repents from them, they do not affect it, by the permission of Allah. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Do sins affect sincerity? If a man has righteous deeds and da'wah efforts that may be beneficial to people, but he also has sins that he hides and conceals, which are constant with him, yet he returns and repents every time, do they affect the sincerity of his work, the blessing of his work, and its benefit to people?
Answer:
If he does not repent from them, they affect it. But if he repents from them, they do not affect it, by the permission of Allah. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1835- 4717] هل تؤثر الذنوب على الإخلاص وبركة الأعمال الدعوية؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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