Feeling of Sin After Repentance and Fear of Despair
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Question:
This questioner says that he committed one of the major sins, and he says that he has repented, praise be to Allah, but the feeling of guilt still lingers with him, and he fears that the fear of what he committed is despair of Allah's mercy. What is your opinion? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
Repentance wipes out what came before it, and praise be to Allah. Whoever repents, Allah accepts his repentance. The feeling of guilt helps him to remain steadfast; a feeling of guilt and its magnitude. This is what helps him to remain steadfast in his repentance. He should beware of despair, remain steadfast in his repentance, keep the company of the good, and beware of keeping the company of the disappointed. He should keep the company of the living and the good, and beware of keeping the company of the arrogant and the foolish. He has the glad tidings of good. Yes.
This questioner says that he committed one of the major sins, and he says that he has repented, praise be to Allah, but the feeling of guilt still lingers with him, and he fears that the fear of what he committed is despair of Allah's mercy. What is your opinion? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
Repentance wipes out what came before it, and praise be to Allah. Whoever repents, Allah accepts his repentance. The feeling of guilt helps him to remain steadfast; a feeling of guilt and its magnitude. This is what helps him to remain steadfast in his repentance. He should beware of despair, remain steadfast in his repentance, keep the company of the good, and beware of keeping the company of the disappointed. He should keep the company of the living and the good, and beware of keeping the company of the arrogant and the foolish. He has the glad tidings of good. Yes.
Source
وبالوالدين إحسانا — islamhouse.com (38:51)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.