How to achieve sincere repentance?
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The questioner : May Allah reward the honorableThe Shaykh : I am a young man who wants to repent. Allah knows that I did not come to this lesson tonight except to seek guidance. However, I shave my beard, my garment is long, and I have a shower in my house. Nevertheless, I want to repent. What is the way? I ask Allah, Mighty and Majestic, to make this happen through your hands and through your guidance to me and to my Muslim brothers who fall into such things.
The Shaykh : Yes, I ask Allah for their guidance. O Allah, guide him and make guidance easy for him. There is no doubt that this question has its significance. Let him be glad of good as long as this is his intention. Repentance is easy for the one for whom Allah makes it easy. The first thing is that he should go now to the shower and break it. Even if he has lost a great deal in it, Allah will compensate him, because he broke it for Allah. And remember, indeed some scholars mentioned that when the horses were presented to Sulayman (peace be upon him) until the sun set before he prayed the 'Asr prayer, and the horses were being ridden because they are fast, Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, rewarded him for that by making the wind easy for him to carry him. And the wind is faster than the horses, is it not?
The students: Faster.
The Shaykh : Faster. So when he left that for Allah, Allah compensated him with something better than it.
And Ibrahim (peace be upon him) was commanded to slaughter his son, who was the most beloved of people to him, as he had no other son. He was commanded to slaughter him when he had reached the age of running with him, when his attachment to him had become strong. So he obeyed the command of Allah. With what was he rewarded? Allah the Exalted took him as a close friend. Allah took him as a close friend, so He gave him something better than what was taken from him.
So I say to this brother: Praise be to Allah who opened the door for him. The first thing is that he should go now, with the help of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and break the shower. As for the garment, how easy it is to tuck up its lower part and be safe from its evil. As for shaving the beard, how easy it is also to let it grow until it comes out. And he should ask Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, for steadfastness in the matter. He should strive to keep the company of people of good. And I ask Allah the Exalted, and I hope that you will join me in my supplication, that He guide him. O Allah, guide him and rectify his religion and his worldly affairs.
The questioner : Amen.
The Shaykh : Yes, I ask Allah for their guidance. O Allah, guide him and make guidance easy for him. There is no doubt that this question has its significance. Let him be glad of good as long as this is his intention. Repentance is easy for the one for whom Allah makes it easy. The first thing is that he should go now to the shower and break it. Even if he has lost a great deal in it, Allah will compensate him, because he broke it for Allah. And remember, indeed some scholars mentioned that when the horses were presented to Sulayman (peace be upon him) until the sun set before he prayed the 'Asr prayer, and the horses were being ridden because they are fast, Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, rewarded him for that by making the wind easy for him to carry him. And the wind is faster than the horses, is it not?
The students: Faster.
The Shaykh : Faster. So when he left that for Allah, Allah compensated him with something better than it.
And Ibrahim (peace be upon him) was commanded to slaughter his son, who was the most beloved of people to him, as he had no other son. He was commanded to slaughter him when he had reached the age of running with him, when his attachment to him had become strong. So he obeyed the command of Allah. With what was he rewarded? Allah the Exalted took him as a close friend. Allah took him as a close friend, so He gave him something better than what was taken from him.
So I say to this brother: Praise be to Allah who opened the door for him. The first thing is that he should go now, with the help of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and break the shower. As for the garment, how easy it is to tuck up its lower part and be safe from its evil. As for shaving the beard, how easy it is also to let it grow until it comes out. And he should ask Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, for steadfastness in the matter. He should strive to keep the company of people of good. And I ask Allah the Exalted, and I hope that you will join me in my supplication, that He guide him. O Allah, guide him and rectify his religion and his worldly affairs.
The questioner : Amen.