The Persistence of a Sin in the Record After Repentance
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If a person repents from a sin, does that sin remain in his record?
Answer:
It is erased. If a servant repents from his sin with a valid repentance, his sin is erased.[Hud 11:114] [Al-Furqan 25:70], yes
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If a person repents from a sin, does that sin remain in his record?
Answer:
It is erased. If a servant repents from his sin with a valid repentance, his sin is erased.
Indeed, good deeds do away with misdeeds
إِنَّ الْحَسَنَاتِ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئَاتِAllah will replace their evil deeds with good
يُبَدِّلُ اللَّهُ سَيِّئَاتِهِمْ حَسَنَاتٍ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، فصل في البعث بعد الموت والجزاء — youtube.com (56:15)
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