How to make taubah or repentance
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:
I have done something really bad, i am
so ashamed i wish it didn`t happen, i had a major fight with my dad and i swore
at him, ive also had fights with other older family members where i have ended
up swearing at them, i don`t mean to , but i just lose it sometimes, what can i
do to get forgiveness, i have already apologised to my father and he has
accepted it. But im not satisifed with myself, i should have never done it.
What should i do ?, i want peace of mind
As -
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Answer:
How to make taubah or repentance
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.
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.
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 way 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.
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