The meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “Indeed, repentance is only for those who do evil out of ignorance…” the verse
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Question:
May Allah reward you and may He bless you. Your Excellency the Shaykh (may Allah preserve you), we are in the month of repentance, and one of the brothers says: What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted[An-Nisa 4:17].
Answer:
Yes, Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said[An-Nisa 4:17]
[An-Nisa 4:17] Any sins committed out of ignorance. Here, ignorance means a lack of forbearance; it does not mean ignorance of the legal rulings, as in the poet’s saying: “Let no one be rude to us, lest we be rude to them beyond the rudeness of the people of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance.”
[An-Nisa 4:136] Making it clear. Yes.
May Allah reward you and may He bless you. Your Excellency the Shaykh (may Allah preserve you), we are in the month of repentance, and one of the brothers says: What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted
The repentance accepted by Allah is only for those who do wrong in ignorance [or carelessness] and then repent soon after. It is those to whom Allah will turn in forgiveness, and Allah is ever Knowing and Wise.
إِنَّمَا التَّوْبَةُ عَلَى اللَّهِ لِلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ السُّوءَ بِجَهَالَةٍ ثُمَّ يَتُوبُونَ مِن قَرِيبٍ فَأُولَٰئِكَ يَتُوبُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًاAnswer:
Yes, Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said
The repentance accepted by Allah
إِنَّمَا التَّوْبَةُ عَلَى اللَّهِThe repentance accepted by Allah is only for those who do wrong
إِنَّمَا التَّوْبَةُ عَلَى اللَّهِ لِلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ السُّوءَbelieve in Allah and His Messenger and the Book that He sent down upon His Messenger and the Scripture which He sent down before. And whoever disbelieves in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, and the Last Day has certainly gone far astray.
آمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَالْكِتَابِ الَّذِي نَزَّلَ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِ وَالْكِتَابِ الَّذِي أَنزَلَ مِن قَبْلُ وَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِاللَّهِ وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ ضَلَالًا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، معنى قوله تعالى: (إنما التوبة للذين يعملون السوء بجهالة..) الآية - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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