What is the ruling if a person commits sins until they rise above his heart and become a rust, so that his heart is sealed over, and he then remembers? Does he have any repentance? And Allah the Exalted said: ((
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The questioner : The second question.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : In the noble verse:[Al-Mutaffifin 83:14].
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : If a person commits sins until they rise above his heart, as the scholars mentioned, and become a rust.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : So his heart is sealed over in a state where he remembers afterward; does he have any repentance?
The Shaykh : Of course, who prevents repentance as long as our Lord mentioned in more than one verse of the noble Qur'an, for example[Al-Furqan 25:68-70], that repentance erases sins.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : There is no doubt in this.
The questioner: Yes.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : In the noble verse:
No! Rather, the stain has covered their hearts of that which they were earning.
كَلَّا بَلْ رَانَ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَThe Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : If a person commits sins until they rise above his heart, as the scholars mentioned, and become a rust.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : So his heart is sealed over in a state where he remembers afterward; does he have any repentance?
The Shaykh : Of course, who prevents repentance as long as our Lord mentioned in more than one verse of the noble Qur'an, for example
(68) And those who do not invoke with Allah another deity or kill the soul which Allah has forbidden [to be killed], except by right, and do not commit unlawful sexual intercourse. And whoever should do that will meet a penalty. (69) Multiplied for him is the punishment on the Day of Resurrection, and he will abide therein humiliated - (70) Except for those who repent, believe and do righteous work. For them Allah will replace their evil deeds with good. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful.
وَالَّذِينَ لَا يَدْعُونَ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَهًا آخَرَ وَلَا يَقْتُلُونَ النَّفْسَ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا يَزْنُونَ وَمَنْ يَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ يَلْقَ أَثَامًا *يُضَاعَفْ لَهُ الْعَذَابُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَيَخْلُدْ فِيهِ مُهَانًا * إِلَّا مَنْ تَابَ وَآمَنَ وَعَمِلَ عملًا صالحًا فَأُولَئِكَ يُبَدِّلُ اللَّهُ سَيِّئَاتِهِمْ حَسَنَاتٍ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ غَفُورًا رَحِيمًاThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : There is no doubt in this.
The questioner: Yes.
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