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How does a good deed erase a bad deed? Does the bad deed go away and the good deed remain?

Shaykh Muhammad ibn Salih al-‘Uthaymeen

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The questioner : He asks, "How does a good deed erase a bad deed? Does the bad deed go away and the good deed remain?"

The Shaykh : Yes, this is what Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said. Allah the Exalted said:
Indeed, good deeds do away with misdeeds إِنَّ الحَسَناتِ يُذهِبنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ
[Hud 11:114]
Therefore, if a person does a good deed after a bad deed, it removes and erases it completely, especially if the good deed is repentance from that sin, for repentance wipes out what came before it. Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) said:
Say, "O My servants who have transgressed against themselves [by sinning], do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins. Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful." قُل يا عِبادِيَ الَّذينَ أَسرَفوا عَلى أَنفُسِهِم لا تَقنَطوا مِن رَحمَةِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَغفِرُ الذُّنوبَ جَميعًا إِنَّهُ هُوَ الغَفورُ الرَّحيمُ
[Az-Zumar 39:53]
Yes.
Source alathar.net

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