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The Effect of Repentance on the Sin in the Servant's Record

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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If a person repents from a sin, does that sin remain in his record?

The Shaykh:
It is erased.

The questioner:
If the servant repents from his sin with a valid repentance.

The Shaykh:
His sin is erased. Yes.
Indeed, good deeds do away with misdeedsإِنَّ الْحَسَنَاتِ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ
[Hud 11:114]
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Allah will replace their evil deeds with goodيُبَدِّلُ اللَّهُ سَيِّئَاتِهِمْ حَسَنَاتٍ
[Al-Furqan 25:70]
. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 04 من 05 / شرح نظم الأحسائي لعقيدة القيرواني/نفخة إسرافيل في الصور/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (51:26)

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