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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is repentance accepted from one whose apostasy has recurred?

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: If a person’s apostasy has recurred, such that he believed, then disbelieved, then believed, then disbelieved, does he have a chance of repentance?

Answer:
Yes, the scholars have differed on this regarding one whose apostasy has recurred. Some scholars say he is to be killed and not offered the chance to repent, because his apostasy has recurred, so he is killed and not offered the chance to repent. While the other group says he is to be offered the chance to repent, even if his apostasy has recurred.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1915- 4717] هل تقبل توبة من تكررت ردته؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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