What is your advice for the committed person who has been afflicted with a sin?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. He says: I am a young man who was in great heedlessness regarding Allah, drinking alcohol, using narcotics, and other forbidden things. Now, praise be to Allah, I have repented to Allah and abandoned these forbidden things, except that I am afflicted with a sin. Every time I make a covenant with Allah, I regret it, and I weep, I hold back from it for sometimes three months, and sometimes less than that, and then I return to it. This is while I am committed, I stand in prayer at night, I fast during the day, I love the poor, I weep out of fear of Allah, I love the scholars and the righteous, and I order my family to pray and do good deeds, praise be to Allah, except that I am afflicted with this vile sin that has torn me apart, that has torn me apart. So, Your Eminence the Shaykh, what is your advice? By Allah, I am afraid that my end will be sealed with evil, and I ask you and whoever has an accepted supplication to ask Allah to grant me safety from it.
Answer:
Praise be to Allah who guided you to repentance and regret. You must have sincere determination and seek help from Allah. Increase in supplication that Allah will help you to abandon these forbidden things. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) will help you; Allah is near and responsive. Then you must stay away from bad companions. Perhaps you sit with or walk with bad, sinful companions. Stay away from them, sit with and keep the company of the people of good, and attend gatherings of dhikr (remembrance of Allah). Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) will help you to abandon these matters. Do not despair of the mercy of Allah, do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Say: "O My servants who have transgressed against themselves, do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins. He is the Forgiving, the Merciful." And turn to your Lord and submit to Him. It is obligatory for you to increase in repentance, increase in seeking forgiveness, adhere to the obedience of Allah, and maintain the obligations of Allah. You must keep the company of the righteous, increase in reciting the Qur'an, listen to scholarly lessons, and attend gatherings of dhikr. May Allah grant you success, if Allah wills, for these are the means of salvation by the permission of Allah.
May Allah reward you. He says: I am a young man who was in great heedlessness regarding Allah, drinking alcohol, using narcotics, and other forbidden things. Now, praise be to Allah, I have repented to Allah and abandoned these forbidden things, except that I am afflicted with a sin. Every time I make a covenant with Allah, I regret it, and I weep, I hold back from it for sometimes three months, and sometimes less than that, and then I return to it. This is while I am committed, I stand in prayer at night, I fast during the day, I love the poor, I weep out of fear of Allah, I love the scholars and the righteous, and I order my family to pray and do good deeds, praise be to Allah, except that I am afflicted with this vile sin that has torn me apart, that has torn me apart. So, Your Eminence the Shaykh, what is your advice? By Allah, I am afraid that my end will be sealed with evil, and I ask you and whoever has an accepted supplication to ask Allah to grant me safety from it.
Answer:
Praise be to Allah who guided you to repentance and regret. You must have sincere determination and seek help from Allah. Increase in supplication that Allah will help you to abandon these forbidden things. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) will help you; Allah is near and responsive. Then you must stay away from bad companions. Perhaps you sit with or walk with bad, sinful companions. Stay away from them, sit with and keep the company of the people of good, and attend gatherings of dhikr (remembrance of Allah). Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) will help you to abandon these matters. Do not despair of the mercy of Allah, do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Say: "O My servants who have transgressed against themselves, do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins. He is the Forgiving, the Merciful." And turn to your Lord and submit to Him. It is obligatory for you to increase in repentance, increase in seeking forgiveness, adhere to the obedience of Allah, and maintain the obligations of Allah. You must keep the company of the righteous, increase in reciting the Qur'an, listen to scholarly lessons, and attend gatherings of dhikr. May Allah grant you success, if Allah wills, for these are the means of salvation by the permission of Allah.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما نصيحتكم للملتزم الذي ابتلي بمعصية؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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