Explanation of the Conditions of Repentance.
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The Shaykh : The scholars have mentioned that repentance has conditions. How many? It has five conditions. Yes, it has five conditions:
The first condition is sincerity for Allah. Do not repent to please so-and-so or so-and-so, or to draw near to so-and-so or so-and-so. Repent to Allah, for Allah.
The second is regret for the sin that occurred. Regret means that you are emotionally affected by the sin that you committed.
The third is abandoning the sin immediately.
The fourth is the resolve not to return to it.
The fifth is that this must be before the door of repentance is closed. That is before the time of death arrives for each individual, or before the sun rises from the west for everyone. The sun now rises from where?
The student: The east.
The Shaykh : And it sets where?
The student: The west.
The Shaykh : A time will come when it will come out of the west, the opposite of how it is moving now. When people see the sun coming out of the west, they will all believe, even the communists, the atheists, and the hypocrites. They will all believe because they will know that no one can turn the sun from its course to the opposite direction. But will it benefit them? No, it will not benefit them. Listen to the noble verse:[Al-An'am 6:158] and it is the rising of the sun from the west [Al-An'am 6:158]. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan Abi Dawud 2479Sahih (Al-Albani)
I ask Allah the Exalted to guide us and you to sincere repentance, and to turn to us in repentance by His grace and generosity. Indeed, He is capable of all things.
And to the questions in the remaining time. The remaining time for me is half a minute. So, shall we stick to what we have said and not take any more?
The student: More, more.
The first condition is sincerity for Allah. Do not repent to please so-and-so or so-and-so, or to draw near to so-and-so or so-and-so. Repent to Allah, for Allah.
The second is regret for the sin that occurred. Regret means that you are emotionally affected by the sin that you committed.
The third is abandoning the sin immediately.
The fourth is the resolve not to return to it.
The fifth is that this must be before the door of repentance is closed. That is before the time of death arrives for each individual, or before the sun rises from the west for everyone. The sun now rises from where?
The student: The east.
The Shaykh : And it sets where?
The student: The west.
The Shaykh : A time will come when it will come out of the west, the opposite of how it is moving now. When people see the sun coming out of the west, they will all believe, even the communists, the atheists, and the hypocrites. They will all believe because they will know that no one can turn the sun from its course to the opposite direction. But will it benefit them? No, it will not benefit them. Listen to the noble verse:
The Day that some of the signs of your Lord
يوم يأتي بعض آيات ربكno soul will benefit from its faith as long as it had not believed before or had earned through its faith some good
لا ينفع نفسا إيمانها لم تكن آمنت من قبل أو كسبت في إيمانها خيراMigration will not end until repentance ends, and repentance will not end until the sun rises in the west.
لا تنقطع الهجرة حتى تنقطع التوبة ولا تنقطع التوبة حتى تخرج الشمس من مغربهاI ask Allah the Exalted to guide us and you to sincere repentance, and to turn to us in repentance by His grace and generosity. Indeed, He is capable of all things.
And to the questions in the remaining time. The remaining time for me is half a minute. So, shall we stick to what we have said and not take any more?
The student: More, more.