The door of repentance is open, and its repetition drives away the whispers of Satan
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. After this, a message reached the program from one of the female listeners. The sender is Muhammad, and she asks, saying: I am a twenty-two-year-old girl, and in the past I was heedless of worshipping my Lord, Mighty and Majestic. Now, praise be to Allah, I have awakened from my heedlessness, and I desire to draw near to Allah through worship, doing good deeds, and abandoning all sins. However, I face difficulty from my soul that commands evil, and I also suffer from the whispers of Satan, and my feelings are conflicting. Sometimes I follow Satan and commit sins, then I regret, grieve, and return to performing my religious obligations. Therefore, I ask you, Honorable Shaykh, for your advice and guidance on a method that enables me to drive away the whispers of Satan and overcome my soul that commands evil. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Praise be to Allah who has guided you to repentance, to adhering to obedience, and to staying away from sins. As for the whispers of Satan and the soul that commands evil that you encounter, you must strive against these enemies: strive against your self, strive against Satan, and strive against the whispers and temptations by adhering to obedience and persisting in repentance. If a sin occurs from you, you must hasten to repent, for[Ash-Shuraa 42:25]. So, first, you must strive, be patient in obeying Allah, and refrain from the prohibitions of Allah, restraining your self from sins. If it happens that you fall into a sin, the door of repentance is open, praise be to Allah.
So, you must hasten to sincere repentance and seeking forgiveness, for Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, is Forgiving and Merciful. Do not despair of the mercy of Allah, or let Satan tell you that there is no repentance for you because you returned to sin and fell into a sin a second time. Satan says this to you to make you despair of the mercy of Allah. So, you must drive him away and seek refuge from him. Repent whenever the sin is repeated. In fact, a person should always and forever repeat repentance for shortcomings, because a person is not safe from shortcoming in the right of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, even if no apparent sins occur from him. His shortcoming in the right of Allah in itself requires seeking forgiveness. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)Mishkat al-Masabih 145Muttafaqun 'alayh (Zubair `Aliza'i) used to repent to Allah seventy times a day. A person should repeat seeking forgiveness and repeat repentance, and Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, accepts repentance for shortcomings, and accepts repentance for evil deeds and sins. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. After this, a message reached the program from one of the female listeners. The sender is Muhammad, and she asks, saying: I am a twenty-two-year-old girl, and in the past I was heedless of worshipping my Lord, Mighty and Majestic. Now, praise be to Allah, I have awakened from my heedlessness, and I desire to draw near to Allah through worship, doing good deeds, and abandoning all sins. However, I face difficulty from my soul that commands evil, and I also suffer from the whispers of Satan, and my feelings are conflicting. Sometimes I follow Satan and commit sins, then I regret, grieve, and return to performing my religious obligations. Therefore, I ask you, Honorable Shaykh, for your advice and guidance on a method that enables me to drive away the whispers of Satan and overcome my soul that commands evil. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Praise be to Allah who has guided you to repentance, to adhering to obedience, and to staying away from sins. As for the whispers of Satan and the soul that commands evil that you encounter, you must strive against these enemies: strive against your self, strive against Satan, and strive against the whispers and temptations by adhering to obedience and persisting in repentance. If a sin occurs from you, you must hasten to repent, for
who accepts repentance from his servants and pardons misdeeds
الَّذِي يَقْبَلُ التَّوْبَةَ عَنْ عِبَادِهِ وَيَعْفُو عَنِ السَّيِّئَاتِSo, you must hasten to sincere repentance and seeking forgiveness, for Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, is Forgiving and Merciful. Do not despair of the mercy of Allah, or let Satan tell you that there is no repentance for you because you returned to sin and fell into a sin a second time. Satan says this to you to make you despair of the mercy of Allah. So, you must drive him away and seek refuge from him. Repent whenever the sin is repeated. In fact, a person should always and forever repeat repentance for shortcomings, because a person is not safe from shortcoming in the right of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, even if no apparent sins occur from him. His shortcoming in the right of Allah in itself requires seeking forgiveness. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
the Prophet whose former and latter sins have been forgiven him by God
صلى الله عليه وسلم وقد غفر له ما تقدم من ذنبه وما تأخر، كانfrequently repent and seek forgiveness, and he said, (peace and blessings be upon him)
يكثر من التوبة والاستغفار، ويقول صلى الله عليه وسلم
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5012- باب التوبة مفتوح وتكرارها دحر لوسوسة الشيطان - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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