The ruling on one who makes a covenant with Allah to abandon a sin and then returns to it
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: A man committed a sin, then repented and made a covenant with Allah not to return to it, but after a period he returned to this sin, then he made a covenant with Allah again not to return to it and he returned. Is he required to do anything? And what is required of him?
Answer:
He is required to repent every time he returns, and he is also required to pay an expiation, because the covenant is an oath, so it is a vow that he will not return, and he broke his oath, so he is required to repent and pay the expiation. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: A man committed a sin, then repented and made a covenant with Allah not to return to it, but after a period he returned to this sin, then he made a covenant with Allah again not to return to it and he returned. Is he required to do anything? And what is required of him?
Answer:
He is required to repent every time he returns, and he is also required to pay an expiation, because the covenant is an oath, so it is a vow that he will not return, and he broke his oath, so he is required to repent and pay the expiation. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1109- 4717] حكم من عاهد الله على ترك الذنب ثم رجع إليه - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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