How is the repentance of one who has fallen into the nullifiers of Islam?
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Question:
I love you for the sake of Allah, O Shaykh, and I ask Allah by His right that you make du'a for me and my relatives constantly, that Allah may guide us to all that He loves and is pleased with. You mentioned, O Shaykh, in your book "The Correct Creed and What Opposes It" several nullifiers of Islam. If a person falls into one of these nullifiers, is it sufficient for him to seek forgiveness from Allah, repent, and turn back from it?
Answer:
First: May Allah love you, just as you have loved us for His sake. We ask Allah to make us and you among those who love one another for His majesty. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: On the Day of Resurrection: Where are those who love one another for My majesty? Today I will shade them in My shade on a day when there is no shade except My shade. So loving one another for the sake of Allah is among the greatest acts of drawing near to Him. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: meaning: She invited him to lewdness, so he said: I fear Allah. And so, the man who invites a woman to lewdness and she says: I fear Allah, is among the seven. These are categories. The sixth is: Sahih al-Bukhari 1423, and so is the woman. The seventh is: Sahih al-Bukhari 660, and so is the woman. The meaning is general for everyone.
So loving one another for the sake of Allah is among the best acts of drawing near to Him. We ask Allah to guide us, you, your relatives, all the listeners, and all the Muslims to all that He loves and is pleased with, and to guide us all to His straight path. Indeed, He (Exalted and Majestic is He) is generous and noble.
What is his question?
Q: He says: You mentioned, O Shaykh, in your book "The Correct Creed"?
The Shaykh: Yes, if he repents and turns back to Allah, yes, any nullifier. The door of repentance is open even for Pharaoh. If he repents, Allah will accept his repentance. The door of repentance is open for all sinners and for all disbelievers. Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Nur: 31]. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan Ibn Majah 4250Da’if (Darussalam). And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih Muslim 121.
So the nullifiers of Islam: such as shirk (associating partners with Allah), worshipping idols, calling upon the dead, seeking aid from the dead, making vows to them, and slaughtering for them; this is among the nullifiers of Islam. Cursing the religion and mocking it is among the nullifiers of Islam. Cursing Allah, cursing the Messenger, and cursing the Prophets; this is among the nullifiers of Islam. Denying the Hereafter, denying Paradise, denying the Fire; this is among the nullifiers of Islam. For a person to believe that something other than the Shari'ah is better than it, and that the ruling of taghut (the ruling of laws) is better than the ruling of the Shari'ah, or equal to the ruling of the Shari'ah, or permissible as well; this is apostasy from Islam. Even if he says: The Shari'ah is better. If he considers the ruling of laws permissible instead of the Shari'ah, even if he says: The Shari'ah is better, he is among the nullifiers of Islam.
And so, if one openly supports the disbelievers and assists them against the Muslims and helps them: such as one who helps the Russians and the communists against the Afghan mujahideen, or helps the Jews against the Palestinians; he becomes an apostate from Islam. And so on. But whoever repents, Allah will accept his repentance. Whoever repents sincerely, feels remorse, abandons the sin, and resolves not to return to it, Allah will accept his repentance from all sins.
I love you for the sake of Allah, O Shaykh, and I ask Allah by His right that you make du'a for me and my relatives constantly, that Allah may guide us to all that He loves and is pleased with. You mentioned, O Shaykh, in your book "The Correct Creed and What Opposes It" several nullifiers of Islam. If a person falls into one of these nullifiers, is it sufficient for him to seek forgiveness from Allah, repent, and turn back from it?
Answer:
First: May Allah love you, just as you have loved us for His sake. We ask Allah to make us and you among those who love one another for His majesty. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Allah the Exalted says:
يقول الله Seven whom Allah will shade in His shade on a day when there is no shade except His shade: a just ruler, a young man who grew up in the worship of Allah, a man whose heart is attached to the mosques, two men who love one another for the sake of Allah, they meet for that and part for that, and a man whom a woman of high status and beauty invited to lewdness, so he said: I fear Allah
سبعة يُظلهم الله في ظلِّه يوم لا ظلَّ إلا ظله: إمام عادل، وشابٌّ نشأ في عبادة الله، ورجل قلبه مُعلَّق بالمساجد، ورجلان تحابَّا في الله، اجتمعا على ذلك، وتفرَّقا عليه، ورجل دعته امرأةٌ ذات منصبٍ وجمالٍ فقال: إني أخاف اللهa person who practices charity so secretly that his left hand does not know what his right hand has given
رجل تصدَّق بصدقةٍ فأخفاها، حتى لا تعلم شمالُه ما تُنفق يمينهand a person who remembers Allah in seclusion and his eyes are then flooded with tears
رجل ذكر الله خاليًا ففاضت عيناهSo loving one another for the sake of Allah is among the best acts of drawing near to Him. We ask Allah to guide us, you, your relatives, all the listeners, and all the Muslims to all that He loves and is pleased with, and to guide us all to His straight path. Indeed, He (Exalted and Majestic is He) is generous and noble.
What is his question?
Q: He says: You mentioned, O Shaykh, in your book "The Correct Creed"?
The Shaykh: Yes, if he repents and turns back to Allah, yes, any nullifier. The door of repentance is open even for Pharaoh. If he repents, Allah will accept his repentance. The door of repentance is open for all sinners and for all disbelievers. Allah the Exalted said:
And turn to Allah in repentance, all of you, O believers, that you might succeed.
وَتُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ جَمِيعًا أَيُّهَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَThe one who repents from sin is like one who did not sin.
التائب من الذنب كمَن لا ذنبَ لهVerily migration wipes out all the previous (misdeeds)
التوبة تهدم ما كان قبلهاSo the nullifiers of Islam: such as shirk (associating partners with Allah), worshipping idols, calling upon the dead, seeking aid from the dead, making vows to them, and slaughtering for them; this is among the nullifiers of Islam. Cursing the religion and mocking it is among the nullifiers of Islam. Cursing Allah, cursing the Messenger, and cursing the Prophets; this is among the nullifiers of Islam. Denying the Hereafter, denying Paradise, denying the Fire; this is among the nullifiers of Islam. For a person to believe that something other than the Shari'ah is better than it, and that the ruling of taghut (the ruling of laws) is better than the ruling of the Shari'ah, or equal to the ruling of the Shari'ah, or permissible as well; this is apostasy from Islam. Even if he says: The Shari'ah is better. If he considers the ruling of laws permissible instead of the Shari'ah, even if he says: The Shari'ah is better, he is among the nullifiers of Islam.
And so, if one openly supports the disbelievers and assists them against the Muslims and helps them: such as one who helps the Russians and the communists against the Afghan mujahideen, or helps the Jews against the Palestinians; he becomes an apostate from Islam. And so on. But whoever repents, Allah will accept his repentance. Whoever repents sincerely, feels remorse, abandons the sin, and resolves not to return to it, Allah will accept his repentance from all sins.
Source
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