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Thu 19 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 8-6-2023AD at 5:26 pm #90173
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REGRET IS REPENTANCE
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The Mercy and Forgiveness of Allah ﷻ
➖➖➖In a hadith narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas’ud رضي الله عنه: The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ said:
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“Regret is part of repentance.”
[Sunan Ibn Majah 4252]Abdullah ibn Mas’ud رضي الله عنه reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“The one who completely repented of sin is like one who has not sinned at all.”
[Sunan Ibn Majah 4250]How do we not repent to Allah, whilst Allah ﷻ extends His hands in the night to forgive those who sinned in the day, and while He extends His hands in the day to forgive those who sinned at night.
Until the sun rises from the west.
How do we not repent to Allah ﷻ when Allah wants Tawbah from us?
And when He wants us to return and go back to Him ﷻ?
Allah ﷻ says in the Qur’an:وَٱللَّهُ يُرِيدُ أَن يَتُوبَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ وَيُرِيدُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِ أَن تَمِيلُواْ مَيۡلًا عَظِيمٗا
And Allah wants to accept your repentance, and those who follow desires wish to deviate you greatly.
[4:27]Just as how the prophet ﷺ said Hajj is Arafah,
Meaning without Arafah, Hajj is not complete and thus not correct.Similarly without regret, Tawbah is not complete.
Without true sincere regret over a sin, how can someone who doesn’t regret ever repent?
The names of Allah, التواب (The Oft Forgiving), الغفار (The Most Forgiving), الغفور (The most forgiving) come on patterns of مبالغة or exaggeration.
Meaning by their very formation as a word, they indicate emphasis and exaggeration in meaning!But what is the difference between الغفار and الغفور and التواب?
Al Ghaffaar is the name for that indicates that Allah ﷻ forgives a person who has a lot of sins.
While Al Ghafoor indicates that Allah ﷻ forgives a person who has major sins.
While At Tawwaab indicates that Allah accepts the Tawbah of a person time after time after time, sin after sin.So how do we not repent?
When the Prophet ﷺ said:إن الله يقبل توبة العبد ما لم يغرغر
Indeed Allah accepts the Tawbah of a slave for as long as he does not enter the choking of death.
[At-Tirmidhi]May Allah ﷻ accept our repentance and save us from His punishment and anger and enter us into His Jannah Al Firdous.
آمين
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