person commits the sin of immoral conduct, or major sins such as
stealing, backbiting, riba, etc, and persists in doing that for a long
time, then he comes to know Allaah and he repents sincerely to Allaah,
seeking the Face of Allaah, and he seeks the forgiveness of those
about whom he gossiped, and returns what he stole, and gives up riba
(usury) and all the sins that there are between him and Allaah such as
zina, drinking, failing to pray etc, but the hadd punishment is not
carried out on him, will Allaah accept his repentance and his worship,
no matter how great his sins were? Or is it possible that Allaah will
not accept his repentance and his worship will be rejected? Will
Allaah save him from the torment of the grave and from Hell? What
should he do in order to avoid punishment and so that Allaah will be
pleased with him?.
Praise be to Allaah.
You should note that it is not permissible for a Muslim to think of
the sins from which he has repented as being too great, for the mercy,
pardon and forgiveness of Allaah are greater than his sins.
If the sins had to do with other people, then it is obligatory to
restore people's rights to them. If the sin has to do with something
that is between a person and his Lord, then it is sufficient for him
to repent, seek forgiveness, regret what he did and resolve not to go
back to those sins. It is not a condition of repentance that the hadd
punishment be carried out on the repentant person. He should conceal
himself with the concealment of Allaah, Achieving sincere repentance
is better than confessing so that the hadd punishment may be carried
out.
This person has repented well and has given back to people what is
rightfully theirs, so he should not let the Shaytaan come and spoil
his repentance.
It should be noted that Allaah turns the bad deeds of the repentant
into good deeds. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"And those who invoke not any other ilaah (god) along with Allaah, nor
kill such person as Allaah has forbidden, except for just cause, nor
commit illegal sexual intercourse and whoever does this shall receive
the punishment.
69. The torment will be doubled to him on the Day of Resurrection, and
he will abide therein in disgrace;
70. Except those who repent and believe (in Islamic Monotheism), and
do righteous deeds; for those, Allaah will change their sins into good
deeds, and Allaah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
71. And whosoever repents and does righteous good deeds; then verily,
he repents towards Allaah with true repentance"
[al-Furqaan 25:68-71]
The offenses which the sultan (Muslim ruler) hears of are the ones for
which the hudood punishments must be carried out. As for those of
which he does not hear, then it is better to repent from them and to
conceal oneself with the concealment of Allaah.
The scholars of the Standing Committee said:
If the shar'i ruler hears of offenses and they are proven by
sufficient evidence, then the hadd punishments must be carried out,
and it is not waived by repentance, according to scholarly consensus.
The Ghaamidi woman came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him) asking him to carry out the hadd punishment on her after
she had repented, and he said concerning her: "She has repented in a
manner that if the people of Madeenah were to repent in this way, it
would be sufficient for them." But despite that he carried out the
shar'i hadd punishment on her. But no one has the right to do that but
the sultaan.
But if news of that offence does not reach the sultaan, then the
Muslim should conceal himself with the concealment of Allaah and
repent sincerely to Allaah, so that Allaah may accept his repentance.
Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa'imah, 22/15
And they said - responding to one who wanted to carry out the hadd
punishment and who was not sure that repentance from zina would be
accepted -
If a person repents to his Lord sincerely, then Allaah has promised
that He will accept his repentance, and will compensate him with
reward. This is by His kindness and generosity. Allaah says
(interpretation of the meaning):
"And those who invoke not any other ilaah (god) along with Allaah, nor
kill such person as Allaah has forbidden, except for just cause, nor
commit illegal sexual intercourseand whoever does this shall receive
the punishment.
69. The torment will be doubled to him on the Day of Resurrection, and
he will abide therein in disgrace;
70. Except those who repent and believe (in Islamic Monotheism), and
do righteous deeds; for those, Allaah will change their sins into good
deeds, and Allaah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."
[al-Furqaan 25:68-70]
The conditions of repentance include: giving up the sin, regretting
what one has done and resolving not to go back to it. If the matter
involves the rights of other people, then one must also ask them for
forgiveness.
It was narrated from 'Ubaadah ibn al-Saamit (may Allaah be pleased
with him) that when the women gave their oath of allegiance (bay'ah)
to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), he said:
"Whoever among you is faithful (to this oath), his reward will be with
Allaah. Whoever does any of these things (wrong actions) and is
punished for it, that will be an expiation for him. Whoever does any
of these things and Allaah conceals him, then it is up to Allaah: if
He wills He will punish him and if He wills He will forgive him."
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) encouraged
sincere repentance. In the story of Maa'iz he said: "Why did you not
leave him alone, perhaps he would have repented and Allaah would have
accepted his repentance." Maalik narrated inal-Muwatta'from Zayd ibn
Aslam that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) said: "O people, the time has come for you stop
transgressing the sacred limits set by Allaah. Whoever commits any of
these evil actions, let him conceal himself with the concealment of
Allaah, for whoever discloses his actions, then we have to carry out
the hadd punishment (that is prescribed in) the Book of Allaah."
So you have to repent sincerely, offer prayers regularly in
congregation and do a great deal of good deeds.
Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa'imah, 22/44,45
And Allaah knows best.
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