Is there repentance for a married person who commits zina?
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The questioner : Is there repentance for a married person who commits zina?
The Shaykh : Yes, there is repentance for a married person who commits zina, and indeed for every sinner, by the saying of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He):[Az-Zumar 39:53] This is a text regarding generality: [Az-Zumar 39:53].
The scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) said: This was revealed regarding the repentant, and Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Furqan 25:68-70].
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, Shaykh Muhammad.
The Shaykh : Yes, there is repentance for a married person who commits zina, and indeed for every sinner, by the saying of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He):
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."
قُلْ يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ لا تَقْنَطُوا مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُIndeed, Allah forgives all sins
إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًاThe scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) said: This was revealed regarding the repentant, and Allah the Exalted said:
(68) And those who do not invoke with Allah another deity or kill the soul which Allah has forbidden [to be killed], except by right, and do not commit unlawful sexual intercourse. And whoever should do that will meet a penalty. (69) Multiplied for him is the punishment on the Day of Resurrection, and he will abide therein humiliated - (70) Except for those who repent, believe and do righteous work. For them Allah will replace their evil deeds with good. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful.
وَالَّذِينَ لا يَدْعُونَ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَهًا آخَرَ وَلا يَقْتُلُونَ النَّفْسَ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَلا يَزْنُونَ وَمَنْ يَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ يَلْقَ أَثَامًا * يُضَاعَفْ لَهُ الْعَذَابُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَيَخْلُدْ فِيهِ مُهَانًا * إِلَّا مَنْ تَابَ وَآمَنَ وَعَمِلَ عَمَلًا صَالِحًا فَأُوْلَئِكَ يُبَدِّلُ اللَّهُ سَيِّئَاتِهِمْ حَسَنَاتٍ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ غَفُورًا رَحِيمًاThe questioner : May Allah reward you with good, Shaykh Muhammad.