Advice for one who repents from a sin and then returns to it
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Question:
The questioner says: What is your advice for one who repents from a sin and then returns to it, then repents from it again? And so on. I ask you to pray for the young Muslims to be righteous and guided. That is all.
Answer:
Yes, for a person to repent and then return to the sin is the ruling of desire, the desire of the self and Satan. This is a reality, but praise be to Allah that He has opened the door of repentance. So whenever you make a mistake, repent to Allah the Exalted and Majestic. Even if it happens to you repeatedly, if the mistake repeats, repeat the repentance.
And do not despair of the mercy of Allah[Az-Zumar 39:53], for Allah the Glorious and Exalted says: [Ali 'Imran 3:135] So repeat the repentance. Whenever a sin occurs from you, repeat the repentance, and do not lose hope in the mercy of Allah the Exalted and Majestic. Yes.
The questioner says: What is your advice for one who repents from a sin and then returns to it, then repents from it again? And so on. I ask you to pray for the young Muslims to be righteous and guided. That is all.
Answer:
Yes, for a person to repent and then return to the sin is the ruling of desire, the desire of the self and Satan. This is a reality, but praise be to Allah that He has opened the door of repentance. So whenever you make a mistake, repent to Allah the Exalted and Majestic. Even if it happens to you repeatedly, if the mistake repeats, repeat the repentance.
And do not despair of the mercy of Allah
Say, "O My servants who have transgressed against themselves [by sinning], do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins. Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful."
قُلْ يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَىٰ أَنفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا مِن رَّحْمَةِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُAnd those who, when they commit an immorality or wrong themselves [by transgression], remember Allah and seek forgiveness for their sins - and who can forgive sins except Allah?
وَالَّذِينَ إِذَا فَعَلُوا فَاحِشَةً أَوْ ظَلَمُوا أَنفُسَهُمْ ذَكَرُوا اللَّهَ فَاسْتَغْفَرُوا لِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَمَن يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ
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لقاء مفتوح [الرس] — alfawzan.live (1:03:15)
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