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September 17, 2025·Rabiʻ I 25, 1447 AH·5:42 AM·7m·Wednesday-Fajr

Three Steps to Real Repentance from Allah

The Conditions of Sincere Repentance (Tawbah) in Islam

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Summary

This lecture discusses the Islamic concept of repentance (Tawbah) and its conditions according to Islamic jurisprudence, particularly referencing Al-Nawawi's teachings from Riyadul Saliheen. The speaker explains that repentance from sins between a servant and Allah requires three conditions: abandoning the sin, feeling remorse, and resolving never to return to it. When a sin involves another person's rights, four conditions apply: the three aforementioned conditions plus making restitution or seeking forgiveness from the wronged party. The speaker details specific cases including returning stolen property, restoring someone's reputation through slander or backbiting, and the need for sincere repentance. The lecture emphasizes that complete repentance from all sins is obligatory, though partial repentance is accepted for the sins one repents from while remaining responsible for others.

Transcript

Note: This transcript was generated using YouTube's automatic captioning, with AI-assisted cleanup for readability. It may contain inaccuracies due to background noise, audio quality, or limitations of the transcription software — particularly during Arabic recitation. Listener discretion is advised; please refer to the original video for precise wording.

من كل ذنب فان كانت المعصيه بين العبد وبين الله تعالى لا تتعلق بحق ادمي فلها ثلاثه شروط النووي رحمه الله الصالحين ‏tell us that repentance isation is binding upon everyone from every sin from each sin hence if the sin being repented from is between the servant and between and does ‏another person احدها ان يقلع عن المعصيه which is being repented from ان يندم على فعلها the second is the والثالث ان يعزم الا يعود اليها ابدا neverان فقد احد الثلاثه لم تصح توبته ‏any وان كانت المعصيه تتعلق بادمي فشروطها اربعه هذه الثلاثه وان يبرا من حق صاحبها if being repented ‏of another being repentance from such a sin has four these three affirmed the three affirmed conditions من حق صاحبها and that the person return or make فان كانت مالا او نحوه رده ‏if some kind of monetary value that the person unrifully taken from another is whoever they have taken it from حدفوه مكنه منه او طلب عفوه andves another person's character or another person's reputation then in order to repent a person must admit to their wronging and seek forgiveness from the person that they have wrongedutation وان كانت غيبه استحله منه and if قذف قذف القذف الشرعي او القذف العرفي او اللغوي ‏accuses anotheruly this is not only ma sin but this is veryathing to a person's reputation so the person must give them up and they must admit to that or if it is which is back bting speaking ويجب ان يتوب من جميع الذنوب فان تاب من بعضها صحت توبته عند اهل الحق من ذلك الذنب وبقي عليه الباقي ‏And if toent from sin and not a holistic repentance their repentance is accept with to what they have repent from and whatever they have not repented from ising upon them and they are considered responsible for وقد تظاهر دلائل الكتاب والسنه واجماع الامه على وجوب التوبه قران ofentation.

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