The ruling on one who repents from sins and then returns to them
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This is another righteous questioner from al-Kharj asking about repentance to Allah the Exalted after having committed many sins and then returning to them, repenting one time and returning another. What is the legal criterion in this matter, and what is your guidance?
Answer:
The criterion in this is that whenever he sins, he repents to Allah the Exalted, does not despair of the mercy of Allah, and does not say, "I did this and that and repeated it, and Allah will not forgive me." That is a bad opinion of Allah the Exalted, and Allah has forbidden it. So whenever he sins, even if the sin is repeated, he repeats the repentance and holds a good opinion of Allah the Exalted. He stays away from the causes of falling into sin, avoids bad companions, and avoids the things that incite him to fall into sins; he avoids them. Yes.
May Allah reward you. This is another righteous questioner from al-Kharj asking about repentance to Allah the Exalted after having committed many sins and then returning to them, repenting one time and returning another. What is the legal criterion in this matter, and what is your guidance?
Answer:
The criterion in this is that whenever he sins, he repents to Allah the Exalted, does not despair of the mercy of Allah, and does not say, "I did this and that and repeated it, and Allah will not forgive me." That is a bad opinion of Allah the Exalted, and Allah has forbidden it. So whenever he sins, even if the sin is repeated, he repeats the repentance and holds a good opinion of Allah the Exalted. He stays away from the causes of falling into sin, avoids bad companions, and avoids the things that incite him to fall into sins; he avoids them. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [5180] حكم من يتوب من المعاصي ثم يعود إليها - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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