I committed a sin, then turned to Allah with repentance for this sin and performed the expiation for it, then I committed the sin again and performed the expiation for it.
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The questioner : I committed a sin, then turned to Allah with repentance for this sin and performed the expiation for it, then I committed the sin again and performed the expiation for this sin again, and until now I am repentant for this sin. What is the ruling of the Shari'ah in your view regarding my action?
The Shaykh : The answer is: If a person commits a sin and then repents to Allah with sincere repentance that fulfills the five conditions of repentance, which are that his repentance be pure for Allah the Mighty and Majestic, that he regrets the sin he committed, that he abandons it immediately, that he resolves not to return to it in the future, and that the repentance be at a time when it is accepted, meaning before the appointed time arrives and before the sun rises from the west.
I say: If a person repents with this repentance, then Allah the Exalted accepts his repentance. Then, if he returns to the sin again and repents, Allah the Exalted accepts his repentance, and so on; whenever he repents, Allah accepts his repentance. As long as the situation is as the questioner described about himself, as long as his current state is one of rectitude and repentance, goodness is hoped for him in the future. We ask Allah the Exalted to bestow upon us and upon him sincere repentance.
The questioner : This is a message we received from the listener 'Abd al-Fattah 'Abbud, of Egyptian nationality, who works in Iraq. He says in his message:
The Shaykh : The answer is: If a person commits a sin and then repents to Allah with sincere repentance that fulfills the five conditions of repentance, which are that his repentance be pure for Allah the Mighty and Majestic, that he regrets the sin he committed, that he abandons it immediately, that he resolves not to return to it in the future, and that the repentance be at a time when it is accepted, meaning before the appointed time arrives and before the sun rises from the west.
I say: If a person repents with this repentance, then Allah the Exalted accepts his repentance. Then, if he returns to the sin again and repents, Allah the Exalted accepts his repentance, and so on; whenever he repents, Allah accepts his repentance. As long as the situation is as the questioner described about himself, as long as his current state is one of rectitude and repentance, goodness is hoped for him in the future. We ask Allah the Exalted to bestow upon us and upon him sincere repentance.
The questioner : This is a message we received from the listener 'Abd al-Fattah 'Abbud, of Egyptian nationality, who works in Iraq. He says in his message: