Dought&clear, - Is repentance accepted if the hadd punishment is not carried outon a person?

I have a question that is confusing me. If a married or unmarried
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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For children, - Story of Honesty

An Arab while crossing a desert came across a huge rock half buried in
the sand. Written on the boulder was: "TURN ME OVER AND YOU WILL
BENEFIT FROM IT"
The Arab felt assuming there was a great treasure hidden underneath it
worked mightily to turn it over. He succeeded after several hours. But
there was no treasure there, only an inscription on the underside of
the rock: "GREED IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL REMEMBER THIS AND YOU WILL BE
A BETTER MAN."
Haven't you collected free pens, note books at conferences? Watch
people picking up candies, freshening tissues, napkins in the flights
simply to go home and throw them. People go on collecting things out
of greed and fear.
"Greed is a projection of fear. It is because of fear that man becomes
greedy. He is so much afraid, that he wants to accumulate for the
future. He is so afraid, that he sacrifices his today for tomorrow and
the tomorrow never comes. The greedy man never becomes rich.
He may have the whole world at his disposal, but he remains poor. He
cannot enjoy it, his greed won't allow that. He remains miserly. He
always remains in such fear of the future that he cannot part with his
money. He accumulates, accumulates, wastes his whole life and one day
dies.
He was a poor man his whole life - empty- handed he had come,
empty-handed he has gone, and his whole life went down the drain with
no significance."

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Youth, - Help your loved ones stopsmoking

A fifth of the world's population is Muslim, and most Muslims live in
areas where the prevalence of smoking is high and increasing by the
day. According to statistics, it is estimated that out of the five
million people who die due to smoking related causes every year, one
million are Muslims. Yet, thanks to media influences and advertising,
which erroneously portray smoking as part of a glamorous lifestyle,
many Muslims -- both men and women -- are prompted to take to the
habit themselves.
In response to the growing trend, health and religious authorities
across the world have launched anti-smoking drives, to deter people
and raise awareness of the harmful effects of smoking. Besides the
mandatory health warning on cigarette packets, it has been proposed
that the pack should carry graphic images of the diseases that can be
contracted by smoking, to drive the point home to smokers.
In another official initiative, many cities and public places around
the world have designated areas as 'non-smoking', to make it difficult
for people to light up. Recently the holy cities of Makkah and
Madeenah have been declared no-smoking zones, and smoking or even
selling cigarettes has been made a punishable offence there.
Similarly, mosques and religious leaders across the world have taken
it upon themselves to educate people about the harmful effects of
smoking, which is considered a prohibited act in Islam. The Quran
says )what means(:
}...make not your own hands contribute to your destruction{]Quran 2: 195[
}...nor kill or destroy yourselves{]Quran 4:29[.
Every Ramadan, there are wide-ranging campaigns run in Muslim
communities in the West and the Middle East, in order to highlight the
problem and its consequences. Anti-smoking messages are the subject of
many religious discourses and Friday khutbahs. Yet, according to the
World Health Organization, which has been studying smoking trends and
statistical patterns across the globe, the trend to take up smoking
shows no signs of abating. Most smokers begin early in life, before
they are 25 years old and the majority of smokers in affluent
countries begin in their teens, with a decline in the age of starting
smoking observed worldwide.
Where all these initiatives come from external sources, which may not
have much of an immediate impact on a person, there is something
closer home that is often overlooked in the campaign against smoking
that can have a positive influence on a smoker. A Muslim woman can do
a lot in her capacity as a wife, mother, sister and daughter to
discourage smoking in her loved ones, or help them quit the habit.