Seek forgiveness

Fajr Reminders - Mahmood Habib Masjid and Islamic Center

Auto-generated transcript:Surah Al-A'raf Al-Rayyib Alhamdulillah Al-Rumbal Alameen Salat wa Salamu ala sharafeel anbiya wal mursaleen Muhammadur Rasoolulahi Sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sayyiduhu sallam tasleeman kathiran kathiran On the subject of repentance, Istighfar and Tawbah These are first of all two separate words Istighfar is to seek repentance, is to apologize, is to be sorry, express our regret, be contrite and Tawbah is to turn towards, to turn towards Allah swt So when we say Istighfar and Tawbah the understanding is that if you say any one of them alone the other one is automatically meant So if somebody says make Istighfar to Allah swt, that automatically means that also turn towards Allah And if somebody says make Tawbah it means make Istighfar But in terms of sequence Istighfar comes before Tawbah So we regret what we have done and then we change Our ulama have said that it is necessary to repent for every sin Alhamdulillah we know that Allah swt forgives minor sins Even when a person has not consciously made Tawbah, consciously made Istighfar For example when we make Udu, minor sins are forgiven between two Farsabad Minor sins are forgiven between two Umrahs, between two Jumas and so forth Minor sins are forgiven Alhamdulillah and we thank Allah swt for this But it is not for the slave to imagine and say that this is a minor sin I don't have to seek forgiveness That would be arrogance, that would immediately make, saying that itself would make that, that would be a very major sin That is the sin of arrogance which Mela Marsi has, you know it is one of the things which are, unless Allah wishes to do that It is something which is not forgiven, so therefore it is the position of the slave Position of Abu Dhiyya, of the bondage to Allah swt that we repent from every sin If the offence involves the rights of Allah, not a human, then there are three conditions to be met In order that repentance is accepted by Allah swt The first one is to stop from committing the sin, the first thing to do is to stop doing it Very very important, if I say that I am, that something is wrong, then stop doing wrong For example, from the Hukuk Allah, the first and most important for the person who has taken Shahadah For the person who has entered Islam is to pray on time So if I am not praying or I am not praying on time, if I am being lazy about it and so on, so immediately stop doing that Second one is to stop, is to feel sorry for committing it, so in the heart And Allah knows what is in the heart, so genuine regret, genuine, be genuinely contrite, genuine regret for what we have done And the third one is a strong commitment, never to do it again, never to commit this sin again With strong resolve, this is I will never do it again Now if the repentance does not meet any of these three conditions, then it would not be a sound repentance In addition to that, what Sayyidina Ali, Radhe-i-Lahore and others have recommended is that you also give some charity So every time we make this istighfar, then give some charity as a sign of our sincerity If the sin involves a human's right, which is from the Hukukul Ibad And remember this is, human is whether Muslim or not, doesn't matter If you have violated anybody's right, then it is that person's right that it should be repaired So if the sin involves the human's right, somebody's right has been violated, it requires a fourth condition So the three conditions to stop doing it, to feel sorry for it and never to do it again, these three are there In addition to that, to absolve oneself from such a right, which is if it's a property, he should return it to a rightful owner If it is slandering or backbiting, one should go and ask the person the pardon and the forgiveness of the person who one spoke against Who was, you know, who backbitten and so forth So making amends, this is very important The Sahaba asked the Vishwasala, they said if we have done something like this and the person has d...