The Repentance of the Apostate and the Disbeliever

The questioner:
State, and the repentance of the apostates

The Shaykh:
As we mentioned, if his repentance is valid, it is between him and Allah; Allah does not let his repentance be lost. However, we deal with the apparent reality: we execute him in this world and establish the hadd (fixed punishment) against him. Yes.

The questioner:
And the repentance of the apostate, and the Islam of every disbeliever.

The Shaykh:
When it was mentioned that the apostate is given the opportunity to repent, and if he repents, he is set free, how is the repentance of the apostate? His repentance is like that of other disbelievers, his Islam, by testifying that there is no god but Allah

The questioner:
And I think that Muhammad

The Shaykh:
is the Messenger of Allah. So the disbeliever and the apostate, if they testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, they enter Islam. But if his apostasy was due to denying something of the religion, he must acknowledge it along with the two testimonies, because he may pronounce the two testimonies while denying

The questioner:
that which

The Shaykh:
that which he denied. So he must add to the two testimonies

The questioner:
his acknowledgment

The Shaykh:
and his affirmation of what he denied. Yes.

The questioner:
He said: And the repentance of the apostate and every disbeliever.

The Shaykh:
A disbeliever, meaning a major disbeliever, meaning that repentance is achieved from disbelief and apostasy through the two testimonies: the testimony that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. So whoever refuses...