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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Reconciling the verse: “Indeed, good deeds remove bad deeds” with the invalidation of good deeds by violating the prohibitions in private

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: In the saying of Allah the Exalted
Indeed, good deeds do away with misdeedsإِنَّ الْحَسَنَاتِ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ
[Hud 11:114]
And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said in the hadith of the people who conspire to violate the prohibitions of Allah that this is a cause for the removal of their good deeds, even if they were like the mountains of Tihamah, even if they were like the mountains of Tihamah. How do you reconcile this, as it has become unclear to me?

Answer:
I do not know about what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said. The bad deeds remove the good deeds, even if the good deeds were like the mountains of Tihamah.
Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said, and following that, do not choose the night…
of the day and at the approach of the night. Indeed,النَّهَارِ وَزُلَفًا مِّنَ اللَّيْلِ إِنَّ
[Hud 11:114]
Good deeds are not like other deeds. The reason for the revelation of this verse is that a man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and informed him that he had done everything with a woman except intercourse, namely looking and touching. Then Sa'id came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and Allah revealed this verse. And establish the prayer. This is a final ruling regarding the obligatory duties, meaning the obligatory prayers.
And establish prayer at the two ends of the day and at the approach of the night. Indeed, good deeds do away with misdeedsوَأَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ طَرَفَيِ النَّهَارِ وَزُلَفًا مِّنَ اللَّيْلِ إِنَّ الْحَسَنَاتِ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ
[Hud 11:114]
The one who guards the five prayers, Allah forgives his minor sins through them. As for major sins, they are not remembered except through repentance. But this applies to minor sins, such as looking and touching, or speaking with a woman; this is among the minor sins. As for major sins, repentance is necessary.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1333- 4717] الجمع بين الآية:﴿إن الحسنات يذهبن السيئات﴾وبين إبطال الحسنات بانتهاك المحارم في الخلوات — youtube.com

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