✮ CONDITIONS FOR REPENTANCE ✮ The scholars have derived from the Quraan and the Sunnah THREE conditions for acceptance of repentance : 1. To desist from committing the sin. 2. To feel sorry for committing it. 3. To make a firm decision not to return to it. ... These are the three main conditions IF the OFFENSE INVOLVES THE RIGHT OF ALMIGHTY ALLAAH. If the OFFENSE IS AGAINST ANOTHER PERSON, then there is a FOURTH condition which is to absolve oneself from such a right. If it is property which was taken without right, he should return it to its owner. If it is slandering or backbiting, he should ask the pardon of the offended. Allaah says, “... And all of you should beg Allaah to forgive you, O believers, that you may be successful.” (Surah Noor 24:31) He also says, “... Seek the forgiveness of your Rabb, and turn to Him in repentance (and) He will let you enjoy a good provision for a specified term and give every doer of favour His favour .” (Surah Hood 11:3) Al-Agharr al-Muzani who was from amongst the Companions of Allaahs Apostle (may peace be upon him) reported that Ibn Umar stated to him that Allaahs Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: O people, seek repentance from Allaah. Verily, I seek repentance from Him a hundred times a day. (Sahih Muslim : Book 35, Hadith 6523) Abu Musa reported Allahs Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying that Allaah, the Exalted and Glorious, Stretches out His Hand during the night so that the people repent for the fault committed from dawn till dusk and He stretches out His Hand daring the day so that the people may reprint for the fault committed from dusk to dawn. (He would accept repentance) before the sun rises in the west (before the Day of Resurrection). (Sahih Muslim : Book 37, Hadith 6644) It is also reported from the Prophet (SalAllaahu alaihi wa sallam), “Allaah accepts a slave’s repentance up until the time the soul is about to leave the body.” (Tirmidhi, who graded the hadith Hasan). REPENTANCE is a must for all of us as we all fall into sin... The Prophet (SalAllaahu alaihi wa sallam) said, “Every son of Adam sins, and the best of those who sin are those who repent.” {Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 2499; classed as hasan by al-Albaani} We all know we should repent but we sometimes do not understand how TAWBAH is made. Stick to the conditions mentioned and remember these ahadith. Remember, if you make repentance then fall into the sin again all you have to do is repeat the process. The door is always open, you just have to knock. Allaah Subhanahu wa taala says (interpretation of the meaning) : “O you who believe! Turn to Allaah with sincere repentance!” [Surah at Tahreem 66:8] And verily, I am indeed forgiving to him who repents, believes (in My Oneness, and associates none in worship with Me) and does righteous good deeds, and then remains constant in doing them (till his death)” [Surah Taha 20:82] May Almighty Allaah give us the ability to turn to him in sincere repentance and may it be accepted from us... Aameen.
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