Allah loves you. he is always happy to see u repent to him. No matter how far you've gone down wrong, u killed, committed zina, stolen, or even worst- shirk, Allah is ready to accept your repentance and forgive you your past, If you want, and favourably after that, He (Allah) will be pleased with you.
Allah, the, Exalted says:
وَتُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ جَمِيعًا أَيُّهَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ
"And all of you beg Allah to forgive you, O believers, that you may be successful". (24:31)
وَأَنِ اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوا إِلَيْهِ
"Seek the forgiveness of your Rubb, and turn to Him in repentance". (11:3)
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا تُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ تَوْبَةً نَّصُوحًا
"O you who believe! Turn to Allah with sincere repentance!". (66:8)
Now I know you want to repent. these are the conditions necessary to have your repentance accepted by Allah:
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1- Desist from committing it.
2- Feel sorry for committing it.
3- Decide not to recommit it.
Any repentance failing to meet any of these three conditions, would not be sound.
But if the sin involves a human's right, it requires a fourth condition, i.e., to absolve oneself from such right. If it is a property, he should return it to its rightful owner. If it is slandering or backbiting, one should ask the pardon of the offended.
One should also repent from all sins. If he repents from some, his repentance would still be sound according to the people of sound knowledge. He should, however, repent from the rest. Scriptural proofs from the Book and the Sunnah and the consensus of the scholars support the incumbency of repentance.
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: I heard Messenger of Allah (PBUH) saying:
"By Allah, I seek Allah's forgiveness and repent to Him more than seventy times a day.'' [Al-Bukhari].
The Prophet (PBUH), whose past and future sins were forgiven, asked Allah's forigveness - then how about us, who commit sins on regular basis, not to seek pardon andforgiveness from Allah? Sincere and ceaseless prayer for pardon is essential so that sins committed by us unintentionally are also forgiven. The above Hadith lays great emphasis on seeking pardon.
Anas bin Malik Al-Ansari (MayAllah be pleased with him) the servant of the Messenger of Allah narrated:
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said,
"Verily, Allah is more delighted with the repentance of His slave than a person who lost his camel in a desert land and then finds it (unexpectedly)". [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]
In another version of Muslim, he said:
"Verily, Allah is more pleased with the repentance of His slave than a person who has his camel in a waterless desert carrying his provision of food and drink and it is lost. He, having lost all hopes (to get that back), lies down in shade and is disappointed about his camel; when all of a sudden he finds that camel standing before him. He takes hold of its reins and then out of boundless joy blurts out: 'O Allah, You are my slave and I am Your Rubb'.He commits this mistake out of extreme joy".
This Hadith also deals with the inducement and merit of repentance and pardon for sins. Allah is highly pleased with repentance.One will not have to account for a mistake made without any purpose and intention.
THE HOPE CONTINUES UNTIL...
Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
The Prophet (PBUH) said: "Allah, the Exalted, will continue to stretch out His Hand in the night so that the sinners of the day may repent, and continue to stretch His Hand in the daytime so that the sinners of the night may repent, until the sun rises from the west".[Muslim].
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) narrated: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said,
"He who repents before the sun rises from the west, Allah will forgive him". [Muslim].
This first Hadith confirms an essential Attribute of Allah, i.e., the Hand which He stretches out anytime He wishes without drawing similarity to it, nor interpretation. Such was the attitude of the pious predecessors with regards to all of the essential Attributes of Allah. It is deduced from this Hadith that if one commits a sin during any hour of day or night, he should immediately seek the forgiveness of Allah as a result.
But the wordings: "until the sen rises from the west" or "before the sun rises from the west" shows that the rising of the sun will still occur from the west! this is a sign of the end time and means that by this time, no acceptance will be accepted anymore! this means we have to repent today, now, this hour, this minute, this seconds because we may not know if he sun will rise from the west the next morning.
MAY ALLAH ACCEPT OUR REPENTANCE. AMIN
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