Advice for the one who frequently falls into sins and then repents
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Question:
May Allah reward you with the best reward and recompense. Your Eminence, father, these are many questions we are presenting to our Shaykh, whatever is feasible of them. This questioner says: I often fall into sins and transgressions, and every time I repent and turn to obedience, I fall into sins again. I hope for sufficient advice, Your Eminence the Shaykh.
Answer:
Praise be to Allah that you feel this. You realize the danger of sins and disobedience, and before that, you realize the virtue of righteous deeds and the virtue of obedience to Allah and His Messenger. This is how the Muslim is.
There is no doubt that he is tested and tried. He makes mistakes, but the door of repentance is open night and day. Allah, Exalted and Majestic is He, says:[Ash-Shuraa 42:25] And the one who repents from a sin is like one who has no sin; Allah, Exalted and Majestic is He, erases it. And Allah replaces their evil deeds with good ones. Praise and grace belong to Allah. Due to his humanity and because of Satan and his helpers, a person falls into what he falls into, but the door of repentance is open before him night and day. It is not closed except at the Hour. Praise and grace belong to Allah. Night and day.
Whenever the servant repents and turns to his Lord at any hour with sincerity and faith, Allah accepts his repentance, and He has opened His door to those who ask, Blessed and Exalted is He.
So praise be to Allah; the Muslims are in goodness, in goodness, and toward goodness, if Allah wills, no matter what hardships or difficulties befall them in the obedience and worship of Allah. That is counted for them with Allah and in their scales of good deeds. So praise and thanks are due to Allah, and we ask Him for more of His grace, we ask Him for pardon, well-being, forgiveness, and deliverance from the Fire.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh!
May Allah reward you with the best reward and recompense. Your Eminence, father, these are many questions we are presenting to our Shaykh, whatever is feasible of them. This questioner says: I often fall into sins and transgressions, and every time I repent and turn to obedience, I fall into sins again. I hope for sufficient advice, Your Eminence the Shaykh.
Answer:
Praise be to Allah that you feel this. You realize the danger of sins and disobedience, and before that, you realize the virtue of righteous deeds and the virtue of obedience to Allah and His Messenger. This is how the Muslim is.
There is no doubt that he is tested and tried. He makes mistakes, but the door of repentance is open night and day. Allah, Exalted and Majestic is He, says:
accepts repentance from his servants and pardons misdeeds
يَقْبَلُ التَّوْبَةَ عَنْ عِبَادِهِ وَيَعْفُو عَنِ السَّيِّئَاتِWhenever the servant repents and turns to his Lord at any hour with sincerity and faith, Allah accepts his repentance, and He has opened His door to those who ask, Blessed and Exalted is He.
So praise be to Allah; the Muslims are in goodness, in goodness, and toward goodness, if Allah wills, no matter what hardships or difficulties befall them in the obedience and worship of Allah. That is counted for them with Allah and in their scales of good deeds. So praise and thanks are due to Allah, and we ask Him for more of His grace, we ask Him for pardon, well-being, forgiveness, and deliverance from the Fire.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh!
Source
اللقاء المفتوح في جامع الشيخ بن باز بمكة المكرمة-07-12-1440هـ — alfawzan.live (16:10)
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