The Repentance of the Sorcerer and the Implementation of the Punishment Against Him
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, you mentioned that if a servant repents from shirk (associating partners with Allah), atheism, or kufr (disbelief), Allah forgives him. So what if a sorcerer repents and says, "I repent to Allah from sorcery"? Is his repentance accepted, or is he killed? And if he is killed, is it for apostasy or as a fixed punishment?
Answer:
He is killed; the fixed punishment is applied to him even if he repents, because we do not consider his repentance valid based on what appears to us. As for what is with Allah (Mighty and Majestic), Allah knows best the reality of his state. If he is sincere in his repentance, Allah will accept it. This concerns matters of the Hereafter and is with Allah. As for us, we apply the fixed punishment. This does not mean that we invalidate his repentance; rather, we refer the matter to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, you mentioned that if a servant repents from shirk (associating partners with Allah), atheism, or kufr (disbelief), Allah forgives him. So what if a sorcerer repents and says, "I repent to Allah from sorcery"? Is his repentance accepted, or is he killed? And if he is killed, is it for apostasy or as a fixed punishment?
Answer:
He is killed; the fixed punishment is applied to him even if he repents, because we do not consider his repentance valid based on what appears to us. As for what is with Allah (Mighty and Majestic), Allah knows best the reality of his state. If he is sincere in his repentance, Allah will accept it. This concerns matters of the Hereafter and is with Allah. As for us, we apply the fixed punishment. This does not mean that we invalidate his repentance; rather, we refer the matter to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب قول الله - تعالى - : { أَفَأَمِنُوا مَكْرَ اللَّهِ فَلا يَأْمَنُ مَكْرَ اللَّهِ إِلا الْقَوْمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ } — islamhouse.com (1:07:02)
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