Repentance from one who insulted and abused the family of her daughter’s husband
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Question:
The questioner is your sister in Allah, Samah, who has a group of questions and wrote them in her own style. She recalls and says in her first question that she is a woman sixty years old, married, with four sons and four daughters. She says: My problem is that ten years ago I committed myself to Allah the Exalted and repented. After I committed myself, one of my daughters got married, and problems arose between us and the husband’s family. We exchanged ugly insults and abuse, and I said terrible and hurtful things. Will my repentance be invalidated, or what must I do? Advise us and guide us, may Allah reward you.
Answer:
Repentance to Allah the Exalted and Supreme, if its conditions are met, is accepted, and Allah accepts the repentance of whoever repents. So praise be to Allah that He has granted you repentance and steadfastness. As for speaking about people in this way, it is forbidden and a wrong, and it is not permissible. So you must seek forgiveness from those you insulted, abused, and hurt; you must ask them for forgiveness. And your repentance from the other sins and disobediences is valid, if Allah wills. Yes.
The questioner is your sister in Allah, Samah, who has a group of questions and wrote them in her own style. She recalls and says in her first question that she is a woman sixty years old, married, with four sons and four daughters. She says: My problem is that ten years ago I committed myself to Allah the Exalted and repented. After I committed myself, one of my daughters got married, and problems arose between us and the husband’s family. We exchanged ugly insults and abuse, and I said terrible and hurtful things. Will my repentance be invalidated, or what must I do? Advise us and guide us, may Allah reward you.
Answer:
Repentance to Allah the Exalted and Supreme, if its conditions are met, is accepted, and Allah accepts the repentance of whoever repents. So praise be to Allah that He has granted you repentance and steadfastness. As for speaking about people in this way, it is forbidden and a wrong, and it is not permissible. So you must seek forgiveness from those you insulted, abused, and hurt; you must ask them for forgiveness. And your repentance from the other sins and disobediences is valid, if Allah wills. Yes.
Source
شرح العقيدة الطحاوية [7] — alfawzan.live (1:27:47)
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