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EPISODE 1️⃣3️⃣ – SIXTH CHARACTERISTIC: THEY DO NOT COMMIT SHIRK, MURDER, AND ZINA (Adultery) (Continuation) – THE REPENTANCE
Making Sincere Repentance
What if one of us had committed these sins in the past? (Shirk, Murder or Adultery)
What about those who have truly regretted, and have abandoned the sins completely?
My dear brothers and sisters in Islam, do not despair the Mercy of Allaah, for Allaah says immediately in the next ayah:
إِلَّا مَنْ تَابَ وَآمَنَ وَعَمِلَ عَمَلًا صَالِحًا فَأُولَٰئِكَ يُبَدِّلُ اللَّهُ سَيِّئَاتِهِمْ حَسَنَاتٍ ۗ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ غَفُورًا رَحِيمًا
Except for those who repent, believe and do righteous work. For them Allaah will replace their evil deeds with good. And ever is Allaah Forgiving and Merciful.
[Surah Al-Furqan 25:70]
Allaah says that those who did shirk, or murdered someone, or did zina – or all three of them – but after that, they do the three conditions, Allaah will forgive all of their sins. Those three conditions mentioned in this ayah are: Repent, Believe, and Do Righteous Deeds:
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Condition #1: Make Repentance
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When someone fell into shirk, murder, and zina, he or she must repent sincerely [tawbatun nasuha] to Allaah from those sins. Allaah says in another surah:
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا تُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ تَوْبَةً نَصُوحًا
O you who believe! Turn to Allaah with sincere repentance [tawbatun nasuha]…
[Surah At-Tahrim 66:8]
Tawbah means to return or to turn to Allaah, i.e. to repent, while Nasuha means sincere or true. Therefore, [tawbatun nasuha] means sincere repentance. According to Imam Al-Nawawi rahimahullah, there are 3 conditions of tawbatun nasuha:
- One must give up the sin.
- One must regret having done it.
- One must resolve never to go back to it.
If one of these three is missing, then the repentance is not sincere. If the sin has to do with the rights of another person, then there are 4 conditions: the three mentioned above and restoring the rights of that person.
Do you still remember the definition of the word Ibad from our first Episode?
Ibad means slaves of Allaah who do sin, who do make mistakes, but they always repent to Allaah whenever they fall into sins, and have a strong desire to constantly rectify themselves in becoming a better slave of Allaah. Indeed, even Ibad-ur Rahman make mistakes. But what sets them apart is that they do not take any of their sin lightly.
Thus, the ones who have sincerely repented are those who immediately desist completely from committing that sin, and regret for committing that sin, and have a strong resolute not to return to the sin ever again!
To be continued… إن شاء الله
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