Is it obligatory to disclose a sin that Allah has concealed and whose perpetrator has repented?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I committed a sin, and Allah the Exalted concealed it from me, and I have repented from it. Every time I recall that sin, I regret it and have not returned to it, praise be to Allah. But Satan comes to me and says that I must disclose this sin, and he does not know.
Answer:
No, do not obey Satan. Do not disclose it. Allah has concealed it from you, so conceal it from yourself, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I committed a sin, and Allah the Exalted concealed it from me, and I have repented from it. Every time I recall that sin, I regret it and have not returned to it, praise be to Allah. But Satan comes to me and says that I must disclose this sin, and he does not know.
Answer:
No, do not obey Satan. Do not disclose it. Allah has concealed it from you, so conceal it from yourself, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/3214] هل يجب الإخبار بالذنب الذي ستره الله وقد تاب منه صاحبه؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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