Advice for One Who Repents and Then Returns to Singing
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Shaykh, I repent one time, and then I listen to singing, then I repent, and so on. What do you advise me?
Answer:
I advise you to persist in repentance. The repentance should be sincere, meaning that you resolve not to return to the sin.
And that you abandon it completely, and that you feel remorse for the sin that occurred from you. These are the conditions of repentance: abandoning the sin, resolving not to return to it a second time, and feeling remorse for what has passed. If these conditions are met, the repentance is valid. If one of them is lacking, the repentance is not valid. However, if the conditions are met and he repents to Allah, but Satan and the soul inclined to evil overcome him and he listens to singing a second time, he repents a second time and renews his repentance. Every time he sins, he repents. He does not say, "I repented the first time and abandoned the sin," and then continues with the sins. That is from Satan. Rather, every time he sins, he hastens to repent and does not despair of the mercy of Allah. This is from one aspect. From another aspect, he should stay away from the causes that lead him to disobedience, such as having bad companions with whom he sits, and they listen to singing and he listens with them, or that he turns on the singing, turning the radio or the recorder to singing. He should abandon these means; he does not turn it on and does not sit with its people. He stays away from that. If he becomes accustomed to abandoning it, Allah will help him, and then he will not be inclined toward it afterward.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Shaykh, I repent one time, and then I listen to singing, then I repent, and so on. What do you advise me?
Answer:
I advise you to persist in repentance. The repentance should be sincere, meaning that you resolve not to return to the sin.
And that you abandon it completely, and that you feel remorse for the sin that occurred from you. These are the conditions of repentance: abandoning the sin, resolving not to return to it a second time, and feeling remorse for what has passed. If these conditions are met, the repentance is valid. If one of them is lacking, the repentance is not valid. However, if the conditions are met and he repents to Allah, but Satan and the soul inclined to evil overcome him and he listens to singing a second time, he repents a second time and renews his repentance. Every time he sins, he repents. He does not say, "I repented the first time and abandoned the sin," and then continues with the sins. That is from Satan. Rather, every time he sins, he hastens to repent and does not despair of the mercy of Allah. This is from one aspect. From another aspect, he should stay away from the causes that lead him to disobedience, such as having bad companions with whom he sits, and they listen to singing and he listens with them, or that he turns on the singing, turning the radio or the recorder to singing. He should abandon these means; he does not turn it on and does not sit with its people. He stays away from that. If he becomes accustomed to abandoning it, Allah will help him, and then he will not be inclined toward it afterward.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 10 — archive.org (9:13)
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