Repentance and Its Conditions
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The questioner:
What do we say? We found that the Shaykh is to be the light.
The Shaykh:
It works.
The presenter:
The sincere repentance or its conditions.
The Shaykh:
Repentance is obligatory. Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nur 24:31] And repentance has conditions.
First, one must abandon the sin he is committing, and he does not repent with his tongue while he remains upon the sin. Second, he must resolve not to return to the sin from which he repented; if he intends to return to it, then this is a temporary repentance and it is not accepted from him. The third condition is regret for what has passed; he must have regret for the sin and the transgression. He does not say, "That is finished, I have kept it from you, and that is it." No, he must have regret and fear of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). These are the conditions of sincere repentance.
And if the sin is between the servant and people, there is a fourth condition, which is that he seeks their pardon and asks their forgiveness for what he wronged them with, and returns to them what he took of their wealth.
What do we say? We found that the Shaykh is to be the light.
The Shaykh:
It works.
The presenter:
The sincere repentance or its conditions.
The Shaykh:
Repentance is obligatory. Allah the Exalted said:
And turn to Allah in repentance, all of you, O believers, that you might succeed.
وَتُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ جَمِيعًا أَيُّهَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَFirst, one must abandon the sin he is committing, and he does not repent with his tongue while he remains upon the sin. Second, he must resolve not to return to the sin from which he repented; if he intends to return to it, then this is a temporary repentance and it is not accepted from him. The third condition is regret for what has passed; he must have regret for the sin and the transgression. He does not say, "That is finished, I have kept it from you, and that is it." No, he must have regret and fear of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). These are the conditions of sincere repentance.
And if the sin is between the servant and people, there is a fourth condition, which is that he seeks their pardon and asks their forgiveness for what he wronged them with, and returns to them what he took of their wealth.
Source
بلوغ المرام [12] — alfawzan.live (51:50)
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