Acceptance of the servant's repentance from all sins, even shirk (associating partners with Allah) and kufr (disbelief), and an explanation of the conditions of sincere repentance
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Question:
And Allah the Exalted accepts the repentance of the servant from all sins, shirk (associating partners with Allah) and what is less than it, as He the Exalted said:[Az-Zumar 39:53] And He said: [Al-Buruj 85:10] And He the Exalted said: [At-Tawbah 9:11] And He the Exalted said: [Al-Ma'idah 5:73-74] And He said: [Al-Anfal 8:38] So whoever repents from it.
Answer:
Yes, so if the servant repents from it, Allah turns to him in mercy, from shirk and what is less than it. Whoever repents with a sincere repentance, Allah turns to him in mercy. It included a grave matter that he considered, and he had repented from shirk along with his companion in his hadith (peace and blessings be upon him), so Allah turned to them in mercy, and the Muslims accepted them. And likewise, in the time of al-Siddiq, many of the apostates repented and their repentance was accepted.
And Allah the Exalted accepts the repentance of the servant from all sins, shirk (associating partners with Allah) and what is less than it, as He the Exalted said:
O My servants who have transgressed against themselves
يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَىٰ أَنفُسِهِمْIndeed, those who have tortured the believing men and believing women and then have not repented
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُواBut if they repent, establish prayer, and give zakah, then they are your brothers in religion
فَإِن تَابُوا وَأَقَامُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَآتَوُا الزَّكَاةَ فَإِخْوَانُكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ(73) They have certainly disbelieved who say, "Allah is the third of three." And there is no god except one God. And if they do not desist from what they are saying, there will surely afflict the disbelievers among them a painful punishment. (74) So will they not repent to Allah and seek His forgiveness? And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
لَّقَدْ كَفَرَ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ ثَالِثُ ثَلَاثَةٍ وَمَا مِنْ إِلَٰهٍ إِلَّا إِلَٰهٌ وَاحِدٌ وَإِن لَّمْ يَنتَهُوا عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ لَيَمَسَّنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ أَفَلَا يَتُوبُونَ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَهُ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌSay 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 سَلَفَAnswer:
Yes, so if the servant repents from it, Allah turns to him in mercy, from shirk and what is less than it. Whoever repents with a sincere repentance, Allah turns to him in mercy. It included a grave matter that he considered, and he had repented from shirk along with his companion in his hadith (peace and blessings be upon him), so Allah turned to them in mercy, and the Muslims accepted them. And likewise, in the time of al-Siddiq, many of the apostates repented and their repentance was accepted.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 440 - قبول توبة العبد من جميع الذنوب حتى الشرك والكفر وبيان شروط التوبة الصادقة- شرح كتاب الاستقامة — youtube.com
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