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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Apostasy and the Invalidation of Deeds

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If we said: The stronger position is that if a person performs an act of worship while he is a Muslim, then he commits apostasy, then he performs an obligatory duty such as the obligation of Hajj, then he commits apostasy again, and then he returns to Islam, does the first obligatory Hajj he performed suffice for him?And regarding the hadith: (And a young man who grew up in the obedience of Allah) Do we say: for example, if a person grew up in the obedience of Allah in his youth, then he committed apostasy, and then he returned, does this hadith apply to him?
It is well known that apostasy invalidates deeds;because of the saying of Allah the Exalted:
if you should associate [anything] with Allah, your work would surely become worthlessلَئِنْ أَشْرَكْتَ لَيَحْبَطَنَّ عَمَلُكَ
[Surah al-Zumar: 65] and because Allah the Exalted said:
But if they had associated others with Allah, then worthless for them would be whatever they were doing.وَلَوْ أَشْرَكُوا لَحَبِطَ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
[Surah al-An'am: 88] but this is restricted to the case where one dies upon disbelief;because of His saying, the Exalted:
And whoever of you reverts from his religion [to disbelief] and dies while he is a disbeliever - for those, their deeds have become worthless in this world and the Hereafter, and those are the companions of the Fire, they will abide therein eternally.وَمَنْ يَرْتَدِدْ مِنْكُمْ عَنْ دِينِهِ فَيَمُتْ وَهُوَ كَافِرٌ فَأُولَئِكَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَالُهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ وَأُولَئِكَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ
[Surah al-Baqarah: 217] So if he commits apostasy and then returns to Islam, his previous righteous deeds prior to the apostasy are not invalidated, and likewise his virtues, merits, and excellences. So the young man who grew up in the obedience of Allah, then committed apostasy, and then returned to Islam, he receives the reward of the young man who grew up in the obedience of Allah. And likewise, if a Companion commits apostasy and then returns to Islam, his status as a Companion is not invalidated; rather, this merit remains for him like all other righteous deeds.
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