Conditions of Valid Repentance
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Question:
May Allah reward you and bless you. He says: A hadith was reported:Sunan Ibn Majah 4250Da’if (Darussalam). Honorable Shaykh, even if this sin is one of the major sins, what are the conditions of repentance?
Answer:
Yes, even if this sin is one of the major sins, indeed, shirk (associating partners with Allah) and kufr (disbelief) are forgiven by Allah for the one who repents from them:[Al-Anfal 8:38]. And repentance, as in the hadith: . So praise be to Allah, but the repentance must be valid and fulfill its conditions: that he abandons the sin from which he repented and stays away from it, that he resolves not to return to it, and that he feels remorse for what has passed and what has occurred. If these conditions are met, the repentance is valid and acceptable to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). However, if the repentance is only with the tongue, it does not benefit its owner if he is persisting in the sin, persisting in the sin without abandoning it, while he seeks forgiveness from Allah and repents to Him, but he has not abandoned the sins; then his repentance is not accepted.
Likewise, the repentance must be before the gasping of death, this is for every individual, meaning before death approaches him, before his soul reaches the throat. As for everyone collectively, the repentance must be before the sun rises from the west. Yes.
May Allah reward you and bless you. He says: A hadith was reported:
The one who repents from sin is like one who did not sin.
التائب من الذنب كمن لا ذنب لهAnswer:
Yes, even if this sin is one of the major sins, indeed, shirk (associating partners with Allah) and kufr (disbelief) are forgiven by Allah for the one who repents from them:
Say to those who have disbelieved [that] if they cease, what has previously occurred will be forgiven for them
قُل لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا إِن يَنتَهُوا يُغْفَرْ لَهُم مَّا قَدْ سَلَفَRepentance wipes out what came before it
التوبة تجب ما قبلهاLikewise, the repentance must be before the gasping of death, this is for every individual, meaning before death approaches him, before his soul reaches the throat. As for everyone collectively, the repentance must be before the sun rises from the west. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/014 — archive.org (8:10)
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