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Taubah & Repentance
31 fatawa from 2 South African Darul Iftas on Taubah & Repentance, part of Beliefs & Aqeedah. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
Subtopics are grouped from each Darul Ifta’s own categories and the fatwa titles, so the count is approximate.
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Taubah & Repentance fatawa
- Mufti Online28 Jan 2025
Repenting from major sins and shirk
If someone continuously commits major sins and then commits shirk, will his repentance for shirk not be accepted since he's attached in major…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online2 Dec 2024
Forgetting to make taubah after committing kufr
What will happen if a person commits kufr but later forgets about it? Secondly, if you get bad thoughts about Allah Ta'ala and you feel the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online25 Nov 2024
Repeating the shahaadah and making sincere taubah after committing an act of kufr
If a Muslim commits an act of kufr like mocking Allah Ta'ala, will saying the shahada be enough for him to become a Muslim again or is repentance…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam30 Sep 2023
Is making taubah a verbal affirmation on confessing sins?
As salamu alaykum warahmathullahi wabarakathuh, Dear Shaykh, I have a question related to repentance (Taubah) - Is making taubah a verbal…
Hammad Ibn Ismail Jogiat - Ask Imaam21 May 2022
OCD and Tawbah from spreading incorrect Aqaa’id
Assalamu aleykom Brother. I have a question about sura baqarah ayah 159 and 160. I have spread wrong knowledge about Allah's sifat and about hazrat…
Safwaan Navlakhi - Mufti Online8 Oct 2020
Taubah for saying that a Nabi is the son of God
If a Muslim says God forbid, Jesus is the son of God, will he have to say the shahaadah and testify that Isa (alaihis salaam) is the messenger of…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online19 Sep 2020
Repenting from making bracelets that have signs of shirk
I made thread bracelets for a school project and my family. Since we’re from the subcontinent, amulets are common. Some of my cousins asked for…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam4 Mar 2020
What is Taubah?
Salaam aleikum. Fulfilling 100% the conditions for repentance means: 1) You will be forgiven with certainty. 2) a chance to be forgiven no more nor…
Mahmood Suliman - Ask Imaam29 Oct 2019
Tawbah after publishing Kufr Statements
What is the case if somebody published statements of kufr in an online research article that is currently published. This person has now repented…
Bilal Yusuf Pandor - Ask Imaam12 Oct 2019
Is my forgiveness subject to the repentance of the one I committed Zinā with?
As-salaamu 'alaykum. A female muslim performed Zina. She has repented but does not know if there is more to do in order for her repentence to be…
Ikraam Elias Gangat - Ask Imaam30 Sep 2019
Is my repentance an oath, vow or a covenant?
Assalum Alaikum shiekh, I have a major problem troubling me right now. So basically, in the past months i used to repent alot of times. On each…
Mohamed Ebrahim bin Ismail Abdullah - Mufti Online31 Aug 2019
Renewing one's Imaan and making tawbah for uttering words of kufr
If I uttered a kufr or shirk word, is it enough to say shahadah again or do I have to do tawba?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online24 Aug 2019
Repenting after uttering words of kufr
I uttered words of kufr and shirk. If I say the shahadah and ask Allah to forgive me, is that enough? Also, if an apostate returns to Islam, is he…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam10 Jan 2019
Repenting after receiving punishment in the Dunyaa
assalamualaikum I want to know lets say a person visits prostitutes and suffers from AIDS....then repents after seeing his worldly loss... is it of…
Muajul I. Chowdhury - Mufti Online21 Nov 2017
Love spells
I am 15 years old but I was misguided and tried a few love chant spells that didn't work. What can I do to ask for forgiveness and do I need to…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online13 Jul 2017
Calling oneself a kaafir
I want to ask, I'm a Muslim wife and in the state of anger I committed a sin...Me and my husband used to fight everyday in the start of our…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online10 Jul 2017
Thoughts of shirk
Sorry for the disturbance it will be feel like am playing but please help me understand today one insident happened when I go through internet I get…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online8 Feb 2017Roman Urdu
Qur'an paak ki behurmati se tawbah
Na'uzubillah Qur'an paak ki Jaan bujh kar Behurmati kr guzarny ka kya kaffara he owr Tawbah kaisy mangi jay?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online19 Nov 2016
Doing an act of kufr unintentionally
If someone does or says something kufr or shirk due to lack of knowledge or ignorance or unintentionally, can he/she be excused or will it be…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online19 Dec 2015Urdu
Tawbah karna owr Islam me phir daakhil hona
مجھے یہ سوال پوچھنا تھا کہ جب انسان نے اللہ کو گالی اور نبی ص کی شان میں توہین کی ہو یا معاذ اللہ گالی دی ہو۔ اور ایسا وہ کئی بار کر چکا ہو اور…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online2 Oct 2013
Repenting from kufr and shirk
If a Muslim did kufr and shirk i.e. sins which put him out of the fold of Islam, then how can he come back into the fold of Islam? Also if he has…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online10 Sep 2013
Repenting from shirk
After committing shirk how can you repent and why do you feel like you have lost imaan? I get evil thoughts from shaitaan and I don't know what todo?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam2 Jul 2013
Cursing Allah and uttering the words of Kufr
When something bad happens to me I lose my temper and say very very bad things about Allah(SWT) like he is not merciful, he is cruel, and I also…
Abdul Hannan Nizami - Mufti Online6 Mar 2013
Taubah after Irtidaad
If a believer commits an act of kufr which renders him a murtad thereafter he repents, will that repentance be accepted or not? E.g: Someone spoke…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online14 Apr 2012
Repentance after Apostasy
If a believer commits an act of kufr which renders him a murtad thereafter he repents, will that repentance be accepted or not? E.g. Someone spoke…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam18 Jun 2008
I heard before that if someone commits sin that Allah (sw) allows us a few amount of time such as hours to repent before it is written down! is this true?
I heard before that if someone commits sin that Allah (sw) allows us a few amount of time such as hours to repent before it is written down! is this…
Ml. Safraz Mohammed - Ask Imaam13 Dec 2003
Is this shirk if someone thinks there is more than one god for one second but really its just a thought that comes to their mind and they actually believe in one allah swt. How does one repent.
Salaam Alikum. I have a question that is really bothering me. The other night I was listening to the 99 names of allah swt, and out of no where i…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam5 Dec 2003
If a person commits all kind of sins like Zina, drinking alcohol etc either knowingly or unknowingly, and now he become a pious person after repenting and keep asking Allah for forgiveness.
My questions is does his sins will be forgiven or he has to go through the punishment. If not what he should do to seek Allah?s forgiveness?
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam28 May 2003
sentence "FOR EVERY SIN THERE IS DIFFERENT METHOD OF REPENTANCE (TAWBAH)" Please elaborate some big sins and explain all the different methods of repentance.
1)Can we use spoon to eat ice cream and other sweets or it si against sunnah. 2)Explain Taqwa in detail, i mean to say considering all fields and…
Mufti Muhammad Ashraf - Ask Imaam23 Oct 2002
My question is on repentance and disbelief. Are people who commit disbelief unknowingly considered kuffar? Will they spend an eternity in Hell?
what if a person commits kufr, or shirk, or both, unknowingly? What is the ruling on such a person? Is he/she a disbeliever? I mean, they committed…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam27 Aug 2000
the Almighty said that backbiters wont be forgiven even if they repent
.i have backbited about my friend because i was provoked.she says shes a good muslim but has boyfriends,made me lie 2 her parents that she is going…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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