How does one repent for sins one has forgotten or whose nature one has forgotten, and is it a condition for general repentance to abandon every known sin for it to be accepted, and what is the method of repentance for one who assisted in a sin that is still ongoing?
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The majority of scholars hold that repentance from a sin is valid if its conditions are met, even if a person persists in other sins.
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