The resolve not to return.
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The Shaykh : The fourth condition is the resolve not to return, meaning that he resolves in his heart that he will not return to this sin. If he repents, feels remorse, and ceases, but in his heart he believes that if an opportunity were to present itself, he would return to this sin, then his repentance is not accepted.
Now, if he resolves not to return, but then his soul incites him afterward and he returns, is the first repentance invalidated or not? Brother, please stand up.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : And what is it?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : What is the question?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : He resolved not to return, right? He ceased, he resolved not to return, and then...
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Is the first one, the first repentance, invalidated or not?
The student: It is invalidated.
The Shaykh : It is invalidated. Please sit down. Did you understand the answer? The brother says: If he resolves not to return, but then his soul incites him and he returns, then his first repentance is invalidated.
Is this ruling derived from this condition?
The student: No.
The Shaykh : What did we say? We said it is required that he does not return, but it is not required that he resolves not to return?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Yes. It is required that he resolves not to return. If his soul incites him and he returns, his first repentance remains valid and intact, but a repentance occurs for the second sin. Good.
Now, if he resolves not to return, but then his soul incites him afterward and he returns, is the first repentance invalidated or not? Brother, please stand up.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : And what is it?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : What is the question?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : He resolved not to return, right? He ceased, he resolved not to return, and then...
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Is the first one, the first repentance, invalidated or not?
The student: It is invalidated.
The Shaykh : It is invalidated. Please sit down. Did you understand the answer? The brother says: If he resolves not to return, but then his soul incites him and he returns, then his first repentance is invalidated.
Is this ruling derived from this condition?
The student: No.
The Shaykh : What did we say? We said it is required that he does not return, but it is not required that he resolves not to return?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Yes. It is required that he resolves not to return. If his soul incites him and he returns, his first repentance remains valid and intact, but a repentance occurs for the second sin. Good.