Repentance for forbidden Sex
Mu' meneen Brothers
and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa
Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be
upon all of you)
One of our
brothers/sisters has asked this question:
If a person knows
that sex is forbidden but does it;but now if he repents will it be
accepted
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Answer:
In the name of Allah, We praise
Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none
can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright.
We bear witness that there is no one (no idol,
no person, no grave, no
prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
If one has committed illegal
sexual intercouse out of marriage, and
realizes and recognizes the injustice he has done to himself by transgressing
the boundaries of Allah Subhanah, and
seeks sincere repentance and Taubah from the Merciful; it is expected that he will find the Lord
Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
Whatever deeds one might have
done, if one turns to Allah Subhanah in
sincere Taubah and seeks forgiveness,
Allah Subhanah has promised in the Holy Quran that He will forgive all
the sins of such a believer, even if
one has committed the gravest sin of all: ‘Shirk’! Not only that, our Lord
is so Merciful and Generous, that He
not only will forgive the sins of the believer, He will change his evil deeds done into good deeds!
The conditions or ways to seek
sincere Taubah or Repentance from the Merciful Lord is:
One is aware that he has
sinned, and feels sorry and ashamed at
his sin.
Makes a solemn covenant and
promise with Allah that he will not repeat his sin again.
Turns to Allah and seeks
forgiveness, before he has met with his
appointment of death.
Is a believer and does righteous
good deeds thereafter.
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 39 Surah Zumur verses 53-54:(O Prophet) say: “O My servants who
have wronged their own souls….Do not despair of Allah’s Mercy! Surely,
Allah forgives all sins. He
indeed is the All Forgiving, All
Merciful. Return to your Lord and
submit to Him before the scourge overtakes you; for then you may get no help from anywhere.”
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 3 Surah Ale Imraan verse 135-136:Allah likes such good people very much, who, if ever they commit a base deed or wrong their own soul by the commission of a sin, remember Allah instantly, and ask for forgiveness from Him for their shortcomings. For who, but Allah, can forgive sins? (And Allah loves those) who do not knowingly persist in the wrongs they did. These will be rewarded with forgiveness from Allah, and with Gardens beneath which canals flow, and they will reside therein forever! How excellent is the reward of those who do good deeds!
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 25 Surah Furqaan verses 63-71:The (true) servants of the Merciful
are those who walk humbly on the earth.
When the ignorant people behave insolently towards them, they say, “Peace to you”; (And those) who pass their nights in
prostrating themselves and standing before their Lord and pray, “O our
Lord, save us from the torment of
Hell, for its torment is killing! It is an evil abode, and an evil resting place”. (And those) who, when they spend are neither extravagant, nor miserly, but keep the golden mean between the two extremes. (And those) who do not invoke any god but
Allah Alone, nor kill a soul
unjustly, which Allah has
forbidden, nor commit adultery… He who
does this shall be punished for his sin,
and his torment shall be doubled on the Day of Resurrection, and he shall abide in a state of
ignominy; EXCEPT THE ONE WHO MAY HAVE
REPENTED (AFTER THOSE SINS), AND HAVE
BELIEVED AND DONE RIGHTEOUS DEEDS. For
then, Allah will change his evil deeds
into good deeds, and He is very
Forgiving and Merciful. In fact, one who repents and does righteous
deeds, returns to Allah as one rightly
should!
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 6 Surah Anaam verse 54:When those come to you who believe in Our
Signs, say: "Peace be on you! Your Lord had inscribed for Himself (the
rule of) Mercy. Verily if any of you
did evil in ignorance, and thereafter
repented and amended (his conduct), Lo!
He is Oft-Forgiving, Most
Merciful."
Whatever written of Truth and
benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error
is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He
is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in
Islam,
Burhan