Continuation of the discussion on the interpretation of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “The One who forgives sins, accepts repentance, is severe in punishment, and is the possessor of bounty. There is no deity except Him; to Him is the final destination.”
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The Shaykh : Is it a condition for the validity of repentance that one does not persist in another sin? In other words, is repentance from a sin valid if one persists in another?
The student: The scholars have two opinions on this. The first opinion is that it is not valid. The second opinion is that it is valid, but one does not deserve the description of absolute repentance.
The Shaykh : Regarding the description of absolute repentance, which is more correct? The second is more correct: that repentance from a sin is valid even if one persists in another, but the description of “the one who repents” does not apply to him in an absolute sense. We will now continue to derive the benefits from the verse.
The student: There is a third opinion: yes, if the sin is of the same type as the other sin.
The Shaykh : This is the third opinion, but we have established that it is valid in an absolute sense, he says.
The student: The scholars have two opinions on this. The first opinion is that it is not valid. The second opinion is that it is valid, but one does not deserve the description of absolute repentance.
The Shaykh : Regarding the description of absolute repentance, which is more correct? The second is more correct: that repentance from a sin is valid even if one persists in another, but the description of “the one who repents” does not apply to him in an absolute sense. We will now continue to derive the benefits from the verse.
The student: There is a third opinion: yes, if the sin is of the same type as the other sin.
The Shaykh : This is the third opinion, but we have established that it is valid in an absolute sense, he says.