The Repentance of the Married Adulterer and Its Acceptance
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Question:
Your Eminence the Shaykh, if a married man commits adultery and then realizes that the ruling for the married adulterer is execution and that this is a great sin, and he repents, will he have a share in the Paradise of Safety? Please inform us. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
He has repented. Whoever commits adultery and repents with a valid repentance, Allah accepts his repentance. Shirk (associating partners with Allah) is greater than adultery, and if the polytheist repents, Allah accepts his repentance and admits him into Paradise. So, the disobedient Muslim who commits adultery, if he repents with a sincere repentance, Allah will admit him into Paradise. And so it is with the rest of the sins. Allah the Exalted and Majestic says:[Az-Zumar 39:53] Muslims, do not despair of Allah because of sins and shirk [Al-A'raf 7:30], meaning [Az-Zumar 39:53] meaning He forgives them for those who repent, Glorified and Exalted is He. Yes.
The presenter:
May you love Allah.
Your Eminence the Shaykh, if a married man commits adultery and then realizes that the ruling for the married adulterer is execution and that this is a great sin, and he repents, will he have a share in the Paradise of Safety? Please inform us. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
He has repented. Whoever commits adultery and repents with a valid repentance, Allah accepts his repentance. Shirk (associating partners with Allah) is greater than adultery, and if the polytheist repents, Allah accepts his repentance and admits him into Paradise. So, the disobedient Muslim who commits adultery, if he repents with a sincere repentance, Allah will admit him into Paradise. And so it is with the rest of the sins. Allah the Exalted and Majestic says:
Say, "O My servants who have transgressed against
قُلْ يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَىٰinstead of Allah
مِن دُونِ اللَّهِdo not despair of the mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins.
لَا تَقْنَطُوا مِن رَّحْمَةِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًاThe presenter:
May you love Allah.
Source
فتاوى الحج ١٤١٠ هـ - ٦ — archive.org (8:01)
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