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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is the feeling of guilt sufficient for repentance and its conditions?

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Question:
Abu Sami says: Shaykh Salih, is feeling guilty sufficient for repentance? Is repentance accepted in that case? And what are its conditions?

Answer:
Repentance and seeking forgiveness are necessary.
And those who, when they commit an immorality or wrong themselves [by transgression], remember Allahوَالَّذِينَ إِذَا فَعَلُوا فَاحِشَةً أَوْ ظَلَمُوا أَنفُسَهُمْ ذَكَرُوا اللَّهَ
[Ali 'Imran 3:135]
So seek forgiveness from Him, and seek forgiveness for your sins. One must seek forgiveness based on belief and with the presence of the heart; it is not sufficient to merely feel the need for forgiveness without uttering it, nor is it sufficient for it to pass over the tongue without the presence of the heart. Yes. He asks about a book, Shaykh (may Allah preserve you).
Source قناة «مؤسسة الدعوة الخيرية»، فتاوى على الهواء الفوزان 25-01-1438هـ — youtube.com (12:20)

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