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" "For whoever has taqwa of Allah, He will remit his sins from him and will enlarge his reward" (al-Talaaq 5). (1 1) Allah only accepts deeds from those who have taqwa, if a deed is not done with taqwa it will not be accepted: vI w hI jƞa::l l1 ,,.. / ; "Allah only accepts deeds from the muttaqeen" (al-Maaidah 27). (12) Prosperity and success comes to the muttaqeen: ;;I ,,,. / ,., 0 ;;:i ,., / _:._ I ਚ,ǜ ""' l:J :,,, I I '· "\: .....:_.) া I' G=:i • 41.1 yA-J J "And have taqwa of Allah so that you may be prosperous and successful" (al­ Baqara 1 89). (13) Allah gives glad tidings in both this life and the Hereafter to the muttaqeen, and that, in fact, is the greatest of rewards: Li.DI o ਞਟ:.ii · , _>'jl ''.I $ ƈ '.:: i '·lb.: i ਘ: 1: ----: .:JI " "',,F"'- ( ,..:._; • ß @ .....:_.) ग j-J ') ஁ > ....:._r.: "For those who believed and had taqwa is glad tidings in the worldly life and in the Hereafter. [That is the word of Allah] and verily there is no changing the word of Allah. And that is the great success" (Yoonus 63-64). (14) The muttaqeen will be entered into Paradise: "Verily, for the muttaqeen are gardens of delight with their Lord" (al-Qalam 34). (15) The muttaqeen will be spared the Hell-fire, ,,.. .... / ࡸ ;:;;i J "' :'. r; ' ਝ-- I; . ! r; \;.,"";_ :1., : ਗ: : , ,.... i -:' I: ''I "" .:JT èj / // ,,. 4-T / / / "And He it is who accepts repentance from His bondsmen and pardons the evil deeds and knows what you do" (al-Shoora 25). Furthermore, the Prophet (peace be upon him) once said, ,,.. ,,. ,,. ,,. rP /. ' t / ƽ · ,, •. / ..J D t...:-:,1.:.J "The one who repents from a sin is like one who has no sin."1 Ibn Rajah stated, based on the Quranic verses and hadith related to repentance, that if a person repents to Allah and truly meets the conditions of repentance, then Allah will definitely accept that repentance from him in the same way that Allah accepts a disbeliever embracing Islam. This is the opinion of the majority of the scholars and ibn Abdul Barr even gives some indication that there is a consensus on this point. 2 There are some scholars who say that one cannot definitively say that a repentance that meets all of its necessary conditions will be accepted by Allah. 1 Recorded by ibn Maajah. According to ibn Hajr and al-Hilaali, it is hasan. See Shuaib al­ Amaoot's footnotes to ibn Rajah, Jaami, vol. 1 , p. 4 14; al-Hilaali, Eeqaadh, p. 251 . 2 Ibn Rajab, Jaami, vol. 1 , p . 418. Hadith #18: "Fear Allah wherever you are ... " Instead, the person hopes for this. He is under the will of Allah-- if Allah wills, He may punish him, and if He wills, He may forgive him. However, ibn Rajab answers their arguments and states that one can definitively say that a true repentance is accepted by Allah. 1 Note that there is a difference of opinion over whether or not one must repent from both major and minor sins. The majority opinion is that one must also repent from the minor sins. lbn Rajab concludes that this is the strongest opinion and gives numerous arguments in its defense. 2 (2) Simply by recognizing that one has committed a sin and recognizing that Allah forgives sins and then asking forgiveness from Allah for that sin: In the Sahihs of al-Bukhari and Muslim there is the following hadith: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, "A slave committed a sin and said, 'O Lord, I have committed a sin, so forgive me.' The Lord said, 'My slave knows that he has a Lord that forgives sins. Therefore, I have forgiven my slave. ' Then he committed another sin and said, 'O Lord, I have committed another sin, so forgive me! ' His Lord says, 'My slave knows that he has a lord who forgives sins, therefore, I have forgiven him.' And on the third or fourth occurrence Allah says, 'He may do whatever he wishes.'" (Recorded by al-Bukhari and Muslim.) What this hadith means is that if the person continues to behave in this manner, committing a sin but then realizing his mistake and asking forgiveness, then Allah will continue to forgive him. Al-Hasan al-Basri was once asked, "Shouldn't we be shy in front of Allah to ask Him to forgive a sin and then we do it again, then we again ask Him to forgive the sin and we do it again?" Al-Hasan answered, "Satan wishes that he could gain that victory over you. Do not get bored with asking forgiveness. "3 1 Ibn Rajab, Jaami, vol. 1, p. 418. 2 See ibn Rajab, Jaami, vol. 1 , pp. 446-451 .