If one does not repent after committing unlawful sexual intercourse and performs righteous deeds, will his faith increase until it returns to what it was?
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The questioner : If one does not repent after that and increases in righteous deeds, will his faith increase until it returns to what it was?
The Shaykh : Perhaps, if Allah wills,[Hud 11:114], but if he is continuing in this act, is he persisting in it?
The questioner : He is not persisting.
The Shaykh : He is not persisting, but for example, regret or the resolve not to return to it has not occurred to him, so perhaps the righteous deeds will expiate it.
The questioner : Will they expiate the major sins?
The Shaykh : Perhaps they will expiate them, meaning in the sense of weighing, the righteous deeds weigh against them, otherwise they do not expiate them by erasing them completely.
The questioner : If he dies while committing unlawful sexual intercourse, what do we rule about him?
The Shaykh : As for the view that he is not complete in faith, the matter is clear; he dies upon his faith, but it is deficient.
As for the view that it was taken from him, Allah knows best; we do not know, perhaps at that moment he forgot everything or considered unlawful sexual intercourse permissible at that moment, Allah knows best, but in principle he is a Muslim, meaning he is washed, shrouded, prayed over, and buried with the Muslims.
The Shaykh : Perhaps, if Allah wills,
Indeed, good deeds do away with misdeeds
إن الحسنات يذهبن السيئاتThe questioner : He is not persisting.
The Shaykh : He is not persisting, but for example, regret or the resolve not to return to it has not occurred to him, so perhaps the righteous deeds will expiate it.
The questioner : Will they expiate the major sins?
The Shaykh : Perhaps they will expiate them, meaning in the sense of weighing, the righteous deeds weigh against them, otherwise they do not expiate them by erasing them completely.
The questioner : If he dies while committing unlawful sexual intercourse, what do we rule about him?
The Shaykh : As for the view that he is not complete in faith, the matter is clear; he dies upon his faith, but it is deficient.
As for the view that it was taken from him, Allah knows best; we do not know, perhaps at that moment he forgot everything or considered unlawful sexual intercourse permissible at that moment, Allah knows best, but in principle he is a Muslim, meaning he is washed, shrouded, prayed over, and buried with the Muslims.