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In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful .
Repentance
."And O believers, all of you, repent to Allaah in order that you may be successful." (The Qur'an: An-Noor 31)
| What is Repentance |
| Why we Should Repent |
| Are Some Sins too Big or Too Many? |
| Conditions of Repenting |
| Best Times to Repent |
| The Master of Invocations for Forgiveness |
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Repentance means turning back from disobeying Allah to
obeying Him. It is an obliagation on every believer to repent as
we can see from the verse (ayah) from the Qur'an:
"O you who believe! Turn to Allaah in sincere repentance!" [Surah At-Tahreem: 8]
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All
humans are subject to making mistakes. Some mistakes we aren't
even aware we made them. It is to our advantage to repent so that
we may be saved from Allah's punishment. We all want success of
some kind. The most desirable success is to obtain entrance into
the highest level of the heaven. Allah has given us clear
guidlines to success, one of which is:
"And O believers, all of you, repent to Allaah in order that you may be successful." (The Qur'an: An-Noor 31)
.Allah the Most Merciful, forgives sins no matter
how big or how many they are, through sincere repentance.
Allah says:
"And those who do not supplicate to another god with Allah, nor do they kill a person that Allah has made forbidden (to kill) except with just cause, nor do they commit fornication. And whoever does this shall receive the punishment. The torment will be doubled for him on the Day of Resurrection and he will abide therein in disgrace. Except those who repent and believe and do righteous deeds, for those, Alah will change their sins into good deeds. And Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful." [Surah Al-Furqaan: 68-70]
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repentance must meet certain conditions in order to be acccepted:
The person repenting must do it only for the sake of Allah, seeking His reward and salvation from His punishment.
The person repenting must be sorry and sad for the sin he committed. He should wish that he had never done it.
The person repenting should stop doing the sin immediately, or hasten to do whatever obligation he had abandoned, whichever is the case.
If the sin was against another person, he should free himself from it, seeking forgiveness from that person.
The person repenting must not go back to doing that sin again.
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The door to
repentance is open at all times of the day and night.
The Prophet (peace
be upon him) said:
"Verily, Allah extends His hand out at night in order to
accept the repentance of the sinner by day. And He extends His
hand during the day in order to accept the repentance of the
sinner by night, until (the day) when the sun will rise from its
west." [Reported by Muslim]
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The
Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "The master of
invocations for forgiveness is that the servant says:
Allaahumma anta Rabbee, laa ilaaha illaa anta, khalaqtanee, wa ana 'abduka, wa ana `alaa `ahdika wa wa`dika mastata`tu, a`oothu bika min sharri ma sana`tu, aboo'u laka bini`matika 'alayya, wa aboo'u bithambee, faghfirlee fa'innahu laa yaghfiru-th-thunooba illaa anta.
(O Allah! You are my Lord, there is none worthy of worship but You. You created me, and I am your slave, and I will stick to my covenant and promise [of faith and sincere obedience] to You as much as I am able to. I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done, I acknowledge to You your bounties upon me, and I acknowledge to You my sin. So forgive me, as none forgives sins except You. )
Whoever says this as he enters upon evening then dies that night, he would enter Paradise; and if one says this as he enters upon morning then dies that day, he would enter Paradise". [Al-Bukhari]
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