The Ruling on the Repentance of One Who Repeatedly Apostatizes
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The questioner:
The statement "You have disbelieved after you believed" indicates that they were believers, but when they uttered this phrase, whoever spoke it and whoever was present and did not deny it, they all became apostates. They all became apostates, apostates by that. He said: And [the ruling applies] to one whose apostasy has been repeated.
The Shaykh:
The repentance of one whose apostasy has been repeated is not accepted, because he has become one who treats religion with contempt. He repents, then apostatizes, then repents, then apostatizes. Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nisa 4:137]
The questioner:
Then they abandoned it.
The Shaykh:
They disbelieved, then their disbelief increased.
The questioner:
No
The statement "You have disbelieved after you believed" indicates that they were believers, but when they uttered this phrase, whoever spoke it and whoever was present and did not deny it, they all became apostates. They all became apostates, apostates by that. He said: And [the ruling applies] to one whose apostasy has been repeated.
The Shaykh:
The repentance of one whose apostasy has been repeated is not accepted, because he has become one who treats religion with contempt. He repents, then apostatizes, then repents, then apostatizes. Allah the Exalted said:
Indeed, those who have believed then disbelieved, then believed
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا ثُمَّ كَفَرُوا ثُمَّ آمَنُواThe questioner:
Then they abandoned it.
The Shaykh:
They disbelieved, then their disbelief increased.
The questioner:
No
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، شرح زاد المستقنع (حلقات إذاعية)|180 من 194|كتاب الحدود|باب حكم المرتد|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (20:08)
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