How is a debt repaid after striking the cheeks?
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Slapping the cheeks during calamities is forbidden, and some scholars have considered it a major sin because the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, disavowed its perpetrator. Therefore, whoever has done this must repent to Allah by feeling remorse and resolving not to repeat it, and by increasing acts of worship and seeking forgiveness.
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