Sunday, September 9, 2012

Repentance (tawbah) when a sin involves the rights of another person

If the sin involves a rights of another person then what form should
repentance take?
The basis for the answer is the hadith of the Prophet (peace be upon
him) who said: "He upon whom his brother has a right, be it of the
nature of money or honor, let him compensate for it before he is made
to compensate for it on a day when there will be neither dinar nor
dirham to deal with. Instead, if hehas a good deed in his account it
will be taken away from him and given to the person he had wronged.
And if he has nogood deed in his account, sins of the other person
will be taken from him and added to his account"(Bukhari).
Accordingly, therepentant can escape the questioning only by
eithergiving back the people wronged their due or seeking their
forgiveness. If they forgive, he need not worry, but if they do not,
then he must return their dues.

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