The Fourth Condition: The Resolution Not to Return to the Sin.
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The Shaykh : Now, let us return to the conditions of repentance.
The questioner : Not returning.
The Shaykh : The fourth condition is that one does not return to the sin, as our brother said—correcting the expression—that one does not return to the sin, or...
The questioner : That one does not return to the sin.
The Shaykh : If a man repented to Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and we said that one of the conditions of repentance is not to return, and then he did return, is his first repentance invalidated or not? I am asking you.
The questioner : It is invalidated.
The Shaykh : It is invalidated. So, you understood what you answered, but the question now is: is his answer correct?
The questioner : That he resolves not to return a second time.
The Shaykh : Is the brother’s answer correct or not?
The questioner : A mistake.
The Shaykh : Incorrect, incorrect.
The questioner : Not correct.
The Shaykh : Not correct. So, what is the correct answer?
The questioner : That he resolves not to return to the sin a second time.
The Shaykh : The resolution not to return. So, regarding the example I just mentioned: if he repented to Allah, Mighty and Majestic, from the sin and then returned to it, is his first repentance invalidated or not?
The questioner : It is not invalidated.
The Shaykh : It is not invalidated, because at the time of repentance he was resolved not to return. We do not condition that he does not return; rather, we condition that he resolves not to return. May Allah bless you.
The questioner : Not returning.
The Shaykh : The fourth condition is that one does not return to the sin, as our brother said—correcting the expression—that one does not return to the sin, or...
The questioner : That one does not return to the sin.
The Shaykh : If a man repented to Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and we said that one of the conditions of repentance is not to return, and then he did return, is his first repentance invalidated or not? I am asking you.
The questioner : It is invalidated.
The Shaykh : It is invalidated. So, you understood what you answered, but the question now is: is his answer correct?
The questioner : That he resolves not to return a second time.
The Shaykh : Is the brother’s answer correct or not?
The questioner : A mistake.
The Shaykh : Incorrect, incorrect.
The questioner : Not correct.
The Shaykh : Not correct. So, what is the correct answer?
The questioner : That he resolves not to return to the sin a second time.
The Shaykh : The resolution not to return. So, regarding the example I just mentioned: if he repented to Allah, Mighty and Majestic, from the sin and then returned to it, is his first repentance invalidated or not?
The questioner : It is not invalidated.
The Shaykh : It is not invalidated, because at the time of repentance he was resolved not to return. We do not condition that he does not return; rather, we condition that he resolves not to return. May Allah bless you.