Faraz Rabbani – Weekly Q&A Can One Be Forgiven for Sins Involving Others Rights Without Restoring Them

Faraz Rabbani
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The speaker discusses the importance of learning one's Islamic beliefs to understand their emotions and actions. They also mention the importance of metering actions into their own emotions and reminding oneself of their sin and obligations. The speaker emphasizes the importance of taking the means of repayment gradually and becoming a part of divine mercy.

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			If
		
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			one repents from sins that require restoring
		
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			people's rights
		
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			without having restored them yet,
		
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			may one still be forgiven?
		
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			Firstly, you have to understand
		
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			that.
		
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			And it's this wise I would invite all
		
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			of you to learn your Islamic beliefs. Right?
		
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			To learn the basics of faith well,
		
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			simply, and it's a point of belief
		
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			that
		
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			Imam Ibrahim Al Hakani says in
		
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			whoever dies
		
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			not having yet repented
		
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			from their sins,
		
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			their affair is assigned to their lord.
		
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			Right?
		
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			If and he continues.
		
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			If he will if he wishes, he may
		
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			punish by his justice.
		
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			And if he
		
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			wishes, he will forgive by his mercy. That's
		
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			even without
		
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			us repenting.
		
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			However,
		
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			however,
		
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			sincere repentance wipes out the sin and that's
		
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			a point
		
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			of belief.
		
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			It's a
		
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			It is He, Allah,
		
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			who accepts
		
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			the repentance of his servants.
		
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			Gaafirozemba
		
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			abiluttaub.
		
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			Right? He is the forgiver
		
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			of sins,
		
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			the acceptor of repentance.
		
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			And, of course, he's also shaded al iqab.
		
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			He's also intense in punishment. It's not a
		
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			joke. Right?
		
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			It's not a free ride.
		
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			So we should have conviction of that.
		
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			Now if you repent from a sin,
		
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			but it relates to the rights of others,
		
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			there's 2 components.
		
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			Repentance
		
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			lifts the sin itself.
		
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			What remains is the right.
		
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			What remains is the right.
		
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			That
		
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			that was due. And if you make a
		
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			commitment,
		
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			right, if you commit
		
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			to redressing the wrong, you owed someone
		
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			$10,000.
		
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			You haven't paid. Now repentance lifts the sin.
		
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			The right remains. Then your duty is
		
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			to make the commitment
		
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			to redress the wrong and then to take
		
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			the means
		
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			to redress the wrong.
		
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			How do you take the the means?
		
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			For example, by
		
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			if, you know, if you can't
		
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			redress the wrong immediately and directly, you do
		
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			it gradually. You do it gradually.
		
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			You owe someone money, for example, you
		
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			ask if we if you can set terms
		
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			of repayment.
		
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			If you can set terms
		
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			of repayment, for example.
		
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			If you can set terms of repayment.
		
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			And that is
		
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			and then if you are taking the means
		
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			of repaying
		
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			step by step, then you are of those
		
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			who
		
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			have taken the means of redressing
		
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			that wrong,
		
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			and you're in the circle
		
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			of divine mercy.
		
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			So that is
		
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			from the mercy of Allah that he gives
		
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			us all these many opportunities.