The Conditions of Repentance: The First Condition: Sincerity with Evidence.
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The Shaykh : The conditions of repentance, the first condition.
The questioner : That it be pure for the sake of Allah.
The Shaykh : The first condition is that it be pure for the sake of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Good, sit down. What is the evidence for the obligation of sincerity in repentance? Do you hear it?
The questioner : So call upon Allah, being sincere to Him in religion.
The Shaykh :[Al-Bayyinah 98:5] And repentance is an act of worship. Good, rest. Is there a hadith indicating the obligation of sincerity?
The questioner :Sahih al-Bukhari 1.
The Shaykh : The saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):Sunan Abi Dawud 2201Sahih (Al-Albani) Is there another hadith?
The questioner : The saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):.
The Shaykh : This is not marfu' (traced to the Prophet). (peace and blessings be upon him) in what he narrates from his Lord:Sahih Muslim 2985 As for this first one, what do you say about a man who committed a sin and feared the punishment of the ruler, so he abandoned the sin, not out of fear of the Most Merciful, but out of fear of the ruler's punishment? Is his repentance accepted or not accepted?
The questioner : It is not accepted.
The Shaykh : Why?
The questioner : Because it is not pure for the sake of Allah.
The Shaykh : His repentance is not accepted because it is not pure for the sake of Allah. Good, what do you say about a man who heard the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1085Da'if (Darussalam) and he was on a great level of disobedience, and when he wanted to propose to a woman, he abandoned this disobedience? His repentance is not accepted, it is not pure for the sake of Allah. What is the parallel in the hadith we mentioned a moment ago?
The questioner : Whoever's hijrah was...
The Shaykh : What is its parallel? What is the example that applies to it in the hadith we referred to?
The questioner : Whoever's hijrah was...
The Shaykh : Yes,Sahih al-Bukhari 2529 Good, rest.
The questioner : That it be pure for the sake of Allah.
The Shaykh : The first condition is that it be pure for the sake of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Good, sit down. What is the evidence for the obligation of sincerity in repentance? Do you hear it?
The questioner : So call upon Allah, being sincere to Him in religion.
The Shaykh :
And they were not commanded except to worship Allah, [being] sincere to Him in religion
وما أمروا إلا ليعبدوا الله مخلصين له الدينThe questioner :
The reward of deeds depends upon the intentions and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended.
إنما الأعمال بالنيات وإنما لكل امرئ ما نوىThe Shaykh : The saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):
Actions are to be judged only by intentions and a man will have only what he intended. When one’s emigration is to Allaah and His Apostle, his emigration is to Allaah and His Apostle but his emigration is to a worldly end at which he aims or to a woman whom he marries , his emigration is to that for which he emigrated.
إنما الأعمال بالنيات وإنما لكل امرئ ما نوى فمن كانت هجرته إلى الله ورسوله فهجرته إلى الله روسوله ومن كانت هجرته لدنيا يصيبها أو امرأة يتزوجها فهجرته إلى ما هاجر إليهThe questioner : The saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
Three things...
ثلاث ...The Shaykh : This is not marfu' (traced to the Prophet). (peace and blessings be upon him) in what he narrates from his Lord:
I am the One, One Who does not stand in need of a partner. If anyone does anything in which he associates anyone else with Me, I shall abandon him with one whom he associates with Allah.
أنا أغنى الشركاء عن الشرك من عمل عملا أشرك فيه مع غيري تركته وشركهThe questioner : It is not accepted.
The Shaykh : Why?
The questioner : Because it is not pure for the sake of Allah.
The Shaykh : His repentance is not accepted because it is not pure for the sake of Allah. Good, what do you say about a man who heard the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
When someone whose religion and character you are pleased with comes to you then marry (her to) him
إذا أتاكم من ترضون دينه وخلقه فأنكحوهThe questioner : Whoever's hijrah was...
The Shaykh : What is its parallel? What is the example that applies to it in the hadith we referred to?
The questioner : Whoever's hijrah was...
The Shaykh : Yes,