Discussion of the interpretation of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “He 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 : I seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the accursed. We spoke yesterday about the conditions of repentance. Can you mention them in general terms?
The student: Five conditions: The first condition is sincerity, the second condition is abandoning the sin and giving it up, the third condition...
The Shaykh : Regret for the sin that has passed...
The Shaykh : Or before the sun rises from the west. That is complete.
The Shaykh : If the repentance is from a right belonging to a human being? We mentioned that it has categories.
The student: In wealth, in the body, or in honor. If it is in wealth, it is necessary to deliver the wealth to him, or to his heirs, or to the public treasury. If it is in the body, he can...
The Shaykh : He can be subject to retaliation (qisas). And if it is in honor?
The student: If he insulted him in his presence, he can ask his forgiveness. And if it was in his absence...
The Shaykh : If it was in his absence, there is a detailed ruling. What is the detail?
If he knows that the backbiting reached him, he must go and seek his forgiveness. This is one case. If it did not reach him, there are two opinions among the scholars. What is the first opinion?
The student: That he seeks forgiveness for him and praises him in the places where he used to insult him. The second opinion...
The Shaykh : That he goes to him, informs him, and says, “Forgive me.” The correct opinion is the first one.
The student: Five conditions: The first condition is sincerity, the second condition is abandoning the sin and giving it up, the third condition...
The Shaykh : Regret for the sin that has passed...
The Shaykh : Or before the sun rises from the west. That is complete.
The Shaykh : If the repentance is from a right belonging to a human being? We mentioned that it has categories.
The student: In wealth, in the body, or in honor. If it is in wealth, it is necessary to deliver the wealth to him, or to his heirs, or to the public treasury. If it is in the body, he can...
The Shaykh : He can be subject to retaliation (qisas). And if it is in honor?
The student: If he insulted him in his presence, he can ask his forgiveness. And if it was in his absence...
The Shaykh : If it was in his absence, there is a detailed ruling. What is the detail?
If he knows that the backbiting reached him, he must go and seek his forgiveness. This is one case. If it did not reach him, there are two opinions among the scholars. What is the first opinion?
The student: That he seeks forgiveness for him and praises him in the places where he used to insult him. The second opinion...
The Shaykh : That he goes to him, informs him, and says, “Forgive me.” The correct opinion is the first one.