Returning to righteous deeds for one who apostatized and then returned to Islam
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: A man was a Muslim, then he apostatized from Islam, refuge with Allah, and then he returned to it. Do his previous righteous deeds return to him?
Answer:
There is scholarly disagreement on this. The stronger position, which is the position of our Shaykh, Shaykh Ibn Baz (may Allah have mercy on him), is that his deeds before the apostasy return to him if he repents to Allah the Exalted. As for the majority, they say no; his first deeds are invalid and he starts anew. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: A man was a Muslim, then he apostatized from Islam, refuge with Allah, and then he returned to it. Do his previous righteous deeds return to him?
Answer:
There is scholarly disagreement on this. The stronger position, which is the position of our Shaykh, Shaykh Ibn Baz (may Allah have mercy on him), is that his deeds before the apostasy return to him if he repents to Allah the Exalted. As for the majority, they say no; his first deeds are invalid and he starts anew. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 127-2 من 148|شرح كتاب المنتقى|المناسك|طواف القدوم والرمل والاضطباع فيه|صالح الفوزان|الفقه — youtube.com (1:09:10)
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