The Ruling on Repenting from a Sin and Returning to It Repeatedly

Question:
A female listener sent a message and indicated her name with the letters (L. A. H). Our sister says: What is the ruling on one who commits a major or minor sin, then repents from it, then returns to it, then repents, then returns, and so on? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
If the repentance is valid, Allah erases with it what has passed, and every sin from which one has repented is erased from him, and he is held accountable for what comes after it, and if he repents from that as well, it is erased, and so on. If the repentance is valid, he does not sin except with the last sin from which there is no repentance after it, unless Allah forgives it as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: every sin that is followed by sincere, earnest repentance is erased, and its owner is not held accountable for it even if he returns to it; if he returns to it, he is held accountable for the second one, and so on if he returns to the third, and so on for the fourth, and whenever he comes with repentance, it erases the sin, if the repentance is valid, sincere, and earnest, and so on. Yes.

The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.