The nullification of the deeds of an apostate if he returns to Islam
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: If a person apostatizes from Islam and then returns to it, is his previous work preserved after he returns to Islam, which he did previously?
Answer:
There is a disagreement among the scholars. Some hold that his previous work is nullified and he starts anew, while others hold that it is not nullified if he returns to Islam; his previous work is not nullified, because Allah said[Al-Baqarah 2:217] with this condition, [Al-Baqarah 2:217], which indicates that if he repents before death, his previous deeds return to him. This is the position chosen by Shaykh 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Baz (may Allah have mercy on him).
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: If a person apostatizes from Islam and then returns to it, is his previous work preserved after he returns to Islam, which he did previously?
Answer:
There is a disagreement among the scholars. Some hold that his previous work is nullified and he starts anew, while others hold that it is not nullified if he returns to Islam; his previous work is not nullified, because Allah said
And whoever of you reverts from his religion [to disbelief] and dies while he is a disbeliever
وَمَن يَرْتَدِدْ مِنكُمْ عَن دِينِهِ فَيَمُتْ وَهُوَ كَافِرٌand dies while he is a disbeliever
فَيَمُتْ وَهُوَ كَافِرٌ
Source
إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان 08-07-1439هـ — af.org.sa (1:04:07)
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