Repentance
314 questions
Is it incumbent upon one who repents not to commit any sin in their life?
What is the way to get rid of laxity in performing acts of worship, disobedience to parents, and the involuntary cursing of Allah Almighty resulting from extreme anger, especially after the ineffectiveness of ruqyah?
What is Islam's view of individuals with criminal records? Do their status and value diminish due to their crimes? Does Islam prevent their integration into society and marriage?
How can one repent from unintentionally taking pictures at a wedding, and from the presence of personal wedding photos in an abandoned house that someone might have seen?
Do major sins—from which a servant has sincerely repented—nullify the reward of righteous deeds that preceded them, and does the reward of those good deeds return to him after his repentance?
Is a repentant young man's return to a sin he has habitually committed after every repentance, considered insistence on sin, and what should he do?
My brothers: How can a servant seek forgiveness through action?
What action is obligatory to get rid of sin and the fear of punishment after repenting from practicing tribadism, knowing that seeing the friend stirs up painful memories?
Will God not forgive on the Day of Judgment those who openly committed sins, whereas He may forgive sins that were not openly committed?
Is the greater sin in lying and concealing a transgression, or in openly committing it and revealing Allah's concealment? And is it better to continue lying and concealing sins until sincere repentance, or to confess the sin to one's wife?
How can one repent from falling into polytheism (shirk), how can one rectify injustices committed against others, how can one free themselves from attachment to a person that led to sins, and what is the way to deal with feelings of sadness and distress that follow the severing of a relationship?
What should a girl do who lied to a young man, claiming to belong to a well-known family, and now wishes to atone for her sin?
Is absolute seeking of forgiveness sufficient to expiate all of a person’s sins, or is it necessary to specify them by praying for those who have been wronged?
What is the way to atone for the sin of adultery, while preserving the existing marriage and avoiding marital problems that may result from the wife's knowledge of what happened?
What is the way to repent and atone for paying a bribe, knowing that I am deeply regretful?
Do previous sins that God has forgiven return after a relapse?
Will Allah accept the repentance of a sinner who wronged his brother, regretted it, and sought forgiveness, but his brother refused to forgive him?
Will the person who repented from abandoning prayer at an early age and became committed to his prayers and reading the Qur'an be punished in the grave or in the Fire?
What can I do to be consistent in my prayers given the many distractions and influences that keep me from them, especially when I feel extreme distress at leaving them?
What must a young man who committed fornication, engaged in anal sex with women, and participated in the abortion of a fetus do for his repentance to be accepted and for Allah to expiate his sins, and what is the expiation for these actions?
What is the ruling of the Shari'ah concerning a girl who willingly committed fornication anally while she is still a virgin, and she wishes to atone for her sin by having the Hadd (prescribed punishment) carried out upon her? Will her repentance be accepted, and is it obligatory for her to inform her suitor of her deed?
What is the ruling on someone who was disobedient to Allah, then repented, and after years remembered a sin, which is that when he used to watch Christian TV series, he would be affected by their way of prayer and admire and imitate it, but he would not say what they say of blasphemies, rather he would say: "O Allah, forgive me" and so on, and he knew that they were upon falsehood? And another time he would imitate them because he wanted to know how they feel when they close their eyes, and he would imitate them in wearing nuns' habits? And what is the ruling on his past prayers when he was unaware of this sin?
Is it necessary to take a gradual approach to repentance to avoid boredom and backsliding into sin, and is it permissible to gradually implement acts of worship after repentance?
Is the scribe considered cursed and bearing an ongoing sin until the Day of Judgment, knowing beforehand that the lines he wrote will be used for tattooing, and how can he repent and nullify this ongoing sin?