What is required of one who commits major sins and then seeks forgiveness
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: If a person commits some major sins and then seeks Allah's forgiveness, is anything else required of him?
Answer:
I do not know that anything else is required of him; he is required to repent. If he repents to Allah, and if the sins were between him and Allah, repentance is sufficient. But if the sins involved wronging someone, taking someone's money, or encroaching on someone, then in addition to repentance, he must return the rights to their owners or seek their forgiveness. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: If a person commits some major sins and then seeks Allah's forgiveness, is anything else required of him?
Answer:
I do not know that anything else is required of him; he is required to repent. If he repents to Allah, and if the sins were between him and Allah, repentance is sufficient. But if the sins involved wronging someone, taking someone's money, or encroaching on someone, then in addition to repentance, he must return the rights to their owners or seek their forgiveness. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وأما سماعه من المرأة الأجنبية أو الأمرد فمن أعظم المحرمات — islamhouse.com (59:43)
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