{"id":26800,"date":"2022-11-21T12:46:59","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T12:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/?p=26800"},"modified":"2022-11-21T14:47:35","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T14:47:35","slug":"repentanceif-a-person-sinned-and-felt-remorse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/repentanceif-a-person-sinned-and-felt-remorse\/","title":{"rendered":"If a Person Sinned and Felt Remorse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Fatwa ID: 06340<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Answered by: Alimah Zakiratul Hoque<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><u>Question:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">If a person sinned and he felt remorse, he left the sin and intended to not commit it again but he didn\u2019t say Astaghfirullah verbally nor make Dua verbally, and based on something one read, he thought that this would amount to repentance such that it wouldn\u2019t be required to say AstaghfiruLlah or did he have somewhere in mind that he didn\u2019t need to seek forgiveness if he met the 3 conditions then after he feared falling into kufr and he repented intending to repent from kufr, what do you say?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><u><strong>In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/strong><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><u><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The scholars suggest that the method for repenting from sins is as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">To stop doing the sin<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">To regret doing the sin<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">To resolve to never return to the sin<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cIf one of the three is missing, his repentance is not valid.\u201d (Riyaadhus Saaliheen, Pg 13)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">If the sin relates to the rights of another person he should also fulfil their rights and seek their forgiveness (Riyaadhus Saaliheen, Pg 13).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Doing verbal Istighfaar is not a necessity for repentance. However, one should do istighfaar verbally as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Abu Hurairah (ra) said that he heard the Prophet \ufdfa say, \u201cBy Allah! I ask for forgiveness from Allah and turn to Him in repentance more than seventy times a day.\u201d (Sahih Bukhari, 6307)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Note: Regarding Kufr, the way a person would leave the fold of Islam is to stop believing in the things that make them a believer. 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font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u0642\u0627\u0644<\/strong> <strong>\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0644\u0645\u0627\u0621<\/strong> <strong>\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0648\u0628\u0629<\/strong> <strong>\u0648\u0627\u062c\u0628\u0629<\/strong> <strong>\u0645\u0646<\/strong> <strong>\u0643\u0644<\/strong> <strong>\u0630\u0646\u0628<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Only Allah knows best.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Written by Alimah Zakiratul Hoque<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatwa ID: 06340 &nbsp; 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