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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What does one do who repents from a sin, then his soul incites him to fall into it again, then he repents, and so on?

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: A servant repents from a specific sin and resolves not to return to it, but Satan incites him and he returns to it again. Then he repents and weeps over his sin again, then he returns to it. What should he do? And does committing sins in seclusion, with repeated repentance, fall under the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the one who, when he is alone with the prohibitions of Allah, transgresses them?

Answer:
Repentance wipes out what came before it. He must repent to Allah with a sincere repentance, and Allah will accept his repentance as Allah promised, and he should not despair of the mercy of Allah, saying, "I disobeyed and disobeyed and returned." He repents to Allah and makes a repentance for every sin. In the hadith, Allah the Glorious and Exalted says: "My servant committed a sin"
he has a Lord Who forgives the sinsوعلم أن له ربا يغفر الذنب
Sahih Muslim 2758a
. If he commits a sin and repents from it, Allah accepts his repentance. Then if he returns to it and repents from it, Allah the Glorious and Exalted says: "My servant knew that he has a Lord who forgives the sin and punishes for it," so Allah accepts his repentance. Every time he repeats the repentance, Allah accepts his repentance, and he should not despair of the mercy of Allah.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2234- 4717] ماذا يفعل من تاب من ذنب ثم سولت له نفسه فوقع فيه ثم تاب وهكذا؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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