A Vow to Quit Smoking and Delaying Repentance
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The questioner:
Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: A man vowed to quit smoking if Allah granted him a child and his wife became pregnant. A man vowed to quit smoking if Allah granted him a child and his wife became pregnant.
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible to delay repentance. If something happens, repent. It is not permissible to delay repenting to Allah. One should hasten to repent. It is not permissible to delay it.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: How do I make all my deeds pure for Allah the Exalted, so that no intention for this world or for people is mixed with them?
The Shaykh:
To complete what was said before: Or, if you delay repentance, do you have a guarantee that you will live until the time you say, “I repent”? You might die before that, and you would still be upon the sin. So hasten to repent.
The questioner:
He says: A man vowed to quit smoking if Allah blessed him.
The Shaykh:
We have finished with this. We said: Do not delay repentance; hasten to it. Yes.
Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: A man vowed to quit smoking if Allah granted him a child and his wife became pregnant. A man vowed to quit smoking if Allah granted him a child and his wife became pregnant.
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible to delay repentance. If something happens, repent. It is not permissible to delay repenting to Allah. One should hasten to repent. It is not permissible to delay it.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: How do I make all my deeds pure for Allah the Exalted, so that no intention for this world or for people is mixed with them?
The Shaykh:
To complete what was said before: Or, if you delay repentance, do you have a guarantee that you will live until the time you say, “I repent”? You might die before that, and you would still be upon the sin. So hasten to repent.
The questioner:
He says: A man vowed to quit smoking if Allah blessed him.
The Shaykh:
We have finished with this. We said: Do not delay repentance; hasten to it. Yes.
Source
تفسير حزب المفصل، تفسير سورة التحريم : الآيات [ 6 - 9 ] — islamhouse.com (51:33)
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