Using the hadith: “If it were not that you commit sins and then seek forgiveness…” as evidence for falling into sin

Question:
May Allah reward you. The questioner, Abu Maqbul from Yemen, who resides in Riyadh, says: Some of the people of sins, when we advise them, cite the hadith, “If it were not that you commit sins and then seek forgiveness…” What is the comment on this, and we ask for an explanation of the hadith. May you be rewarded.

Answer:
The comment on the hadith itself is that it says, “you commit sins and then seek forgiveness.” It is obligatory for them to seek forgiveness with a sincere heart and intention, and to abandon the sins. This is the meaning of seeking forgiveness. Seeking forgiveness and repentance mean the same thing: that one abandons the sin, feels remorse for what occurred, and resolves not to return to it. Yes.