Chapter: The Door of Repentance Is Open for Major Sins and Others
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. From the southern region, a listener whose code name is the letters A, A, A, asks and says: What is the ruling on one who has committed a number of major sins? And how should his repentance be? Good morning.
Answer:
If the major sins are less than shirk (associating partners with Allah), he is considered an open sinner. One who commits a major sin or major sins less than shirk is considered an open sinner, deficient in faith. The door of repentance is open for him and for others, for the one who associates partners with Allah, for the disbeliever, for the open sinner, and for the transgressor. The door of repentance is open, and Allah accepts repentance from whoever repents to Him with truthfulness and sincerity. Allah the Exalted said:[Az-Zumar 39:53] Indeed, He is the Forgiver, the Merciful. And Allah the Exalted said: [Taha 20:82] And the verses on this matter and the hadiths are numerous.
So the door of repentance is open for all sins and disobediences, even disbelief and shirk (associating partners with Allah), killing the soul, and so on. Whoever repents, Allah accepts his repentance, and repentance wipes out what came before it. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. From the southern region, a listener whose code name is the letters A, A, A, asks and says: What is the ruling on one who has committed a number of major sins? And how should his repentance be? Good morning.
Answer:
If the major sins are less than shirk (associating partners with Allah), he is considered an open sinner. One who commits a major sin or major sins less than shirk is considered an open sinner, deficient in faith. The door of repentance is open for him and for others, for the one who associates partners with Allah, for the disbeliever, for the open sinner, and for the transgressor. The door of repentance is open, and Allah accepts repentance from whoever repents to Him with truthfulness and sincerity. Allah the Exalted said:
O My servants who have transgressed against themselves [by sinning], do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins.
يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَىٰ أَنفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا مِن رَّحْمَةِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًاBut indeed, I am the Perpetual Forgiver of whoever repents and believes and does righteousness and then continues in guidance.
وَإِنِّي لَغَفَّارٌ لِّمَن تَابَ وَآمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا ثُمَّ اهْتَدَىٰSo the door of repentance is open for all sins and disobediences, even disbelief and shirk (associating partners with Allah), killing the soul, and so on. Whoever repents, Allah accepts his repentance, and repentance wipes out what came before it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4936- باب التوبة مفتوح من الكبائر وغيرها - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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