If repentance wipes out what came before it, is what is in the records of bad deeds erased?
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The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : Repentance wipes out what came before it.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Does that mean that what is in the records is erased...?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : And one starts anew?
The Shaykh : Yes, and more than that: Allah replaces their bad deeds with good deeds. Replacement means the complete removal of the former. Yes.
The questioner : Repentance wipes out what came before it.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Does that mean that what is in the records is erased...?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : And one starts anew?
The Shaykh : Yes, and more than that: Allah replaces their bad deeds with good deeds. Replacement means the complete removal of the former. Yes.