The Ruling on the Acts of an Apostate After His Repentance and the Reperformance of Hajj
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The questioner:
This is a resident in one of the Western countries who sent this question. He says: Honorable Shaykh, I am a person upon whom Allah decreed that I would fall into apostasy from my religion, may Allah protect us from that, and then He granted me guidance and guided me to Islam. So I performed the ritual bath and pronounced the testimony of faith. I ask Allah for steadfastness and ask you for supplication. The question is: Are my previous deeds, meaning before I fell into apostasy, invalidated? And is it obligatory for me to repeat the obligatory Hajj, since I fell into apostasy after having performed Hajj, and I am now a Muslim, praise be to Allah?
The Shaykh:
Praise be to Allah who guided you to Islam and repentance, and we ask Him to keep us and you steadfast upon the religion of Islam until we meet Him with it.
The presenter:
Amen.
The Shaykh:
As for your deeds before the apostasy, the scholars have differed on this. If one repents after his apostasy, do his deeds return to him after the repentance or not? There are two opinions among them: some hold that they are invalidated and do not return, while others hold that if he repents to Allah and returns to his religion, they return to him. This is based on two opinions from the people of knowledge. Regarding Hajj, performing it a second time is more cautious for you and clears your conscience. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
This is a resident in one of the Western countries who sent this question. He says: Honorable Shaykh, I am a person upon whom Allah decreed that I would fall into apostasy from my religion, may Allah protect us from that, and then He granted me guidance and guided me to Islam. So I performed the ritual bath and pronounced the testimony of faith. I ask Allah for steadfastness and ask you for supplication. The question is: Are my previous deeds, meaning before I fell into apostasy, invalidated? And is it obligatory for me to repeat the obligatory Hajj, since I fell into apostasy after having performed Hajj, and I am now a Muslim, praise be to Allah?
The Shaykh:
Praise be to Allah who guided you to Islam and repentance, and we ask Him to keep us and you steadfast upon the religion of Islam until we meet Him with it.
The presenter:
Amen.
The Shaykh:
As for your deeds before the apostasy, the scholars have differed on this. If one repents after his apostasy, do his deeds return to him after the repentance or not? There are two opinions among them: some hold that they are invalidated and do not return, while others hold that if he repents to Allah and returns to his religion, they return to him. This is based on two opinions from the people of knowledge. Regarding Hajj, performing it a second time is more cautious for you and clears your conscience. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/221 — archive.org (9:30)
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