Waleed Basyouni – Seeking Tawbah- Is It Permissible for a Muslim Sister to Use a Plan B pill

Waleed Basyouni
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The speaker discusses a situation where a woman who committed Werekla's persona caused a pregnancy and is now experiencing problems. The speaker advises the woman to not give up on her past and to focus on her upcoming deadline to avoid falling into a new cycle. The speaker also provides details about the legal framework for the use of pill and its potential consequences.

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			As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.
		
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			We have a question that it describes a
		
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			situation with a sister who committed adultery with
		
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			a non-Muslim and she got pregnant and
		
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			she aborted the pregnancy after eight weeks and
		
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			she's now very repentant and remorseful about what
		
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			happened and she wants to know what to
		
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			do to make amends and to make that
		
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			go away in a way.
		
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			And there's a follow-up question on the
		
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			same situation.
		
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			It's like the pill the next morning, is
		
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			it allowed to be used in Islam, you
		
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			know?
		
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			Morning after?
		
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			Yeah, the morning after, yes.
		
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			They call Plan B.
		
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			Yeah, okay.
		
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			Bismillah alhamdulillah, salatu salam Rasulullah.
		
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			First of all, I would like to tell
		
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			the sister, congratulations for your tawbah.
		
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			Repentance is such a great act of worship
		
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			and anyone who returned back to Allah, no
		
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			matter how far this person went, Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala welcomed that person with an
		
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			open arm.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, if you
		
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			walk to me, I will run to you.
		
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			No matter how far you were, Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala loves repentance, loves those who
		
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			repent to him.
		
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			Even Ibn al-Umar rahim Allah said, when
		
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			you repent to Allah, you come back to
		
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			a state and a place higher than what
		
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			you were before committing the sin.
		
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			So, I want you to know that don't
		
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			ever give up on the mercy of Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			You know, don't think about this sin in
		
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			a sense that it is the end of
		
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			the world.
		
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			No, it was an opportunity for you for
		
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			a new beginning.
		
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			You're regretting it and every time you remember
		
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			it and you regret it, that's initiating a
		
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			new tawbah because in Nabi salallahu alayhi wa
		
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			sallam said, regret is a form of tawbah.
		
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			So, every time you regret it, you feel,
		
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			you know, that's a new tawbah for you
		
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			and the pure tawbah, perfect tawbah, it means
		
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			you regret it, you are determined not to
		
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			go back to it, you understand why you
		
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			have done this haram, how did you fall
		
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			into this haram and how you were able
		
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			to and how you will protect yourself from
		
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			falling into this haram in the next, inshallah,
		
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			in the future.
		
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			So, it will not be a tawbah if
		
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			you repent, but you still hang out with
		
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			boys and guys and alone and you travel
		
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			with them or you go to the hotel
		
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			room where they will go drink and like
		
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			party with men.
		
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			That's not a tawbah.
		
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			There has to be thummahtada that Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala said, when they repent, they
		
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			guided, they changed their way of life.
		
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			There is a clear change in your life
		
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			and that's what really a tawbah nasuh is
		
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			all about.
		
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			So, if you have that and you do
		
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			this sincerely for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
		
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			not because you're afraid of being exposed or
		
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			anything of that nature, that something inshallah ta
		
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			'ala will only elevate your status with Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			And don't keep thinking about what happened in
		
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			a negative sense.
		
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			Make this an opportunity for you to grow,
		
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			not just to beat yourself up and for
		
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			the sake of putting yourself down.
		
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			No, I did something bad, terrible, horrible.
		
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			I will learn from it.
		
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			I move forward.
		
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			I always remember that I'm weak and I'm
		
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			not going to fall into that, the trap
		
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			of the shaitan again.
		
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			Allah says, wa la taqrabu al zina, don't
		
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			come near to adultery.
		
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			As for aborting the pregnancy, as long as
		
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			the pregnancy is less than 120 days, what
		
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			you did is acceptable.
		
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			Not necessarily the best of choice, but for
		
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			many would say that it would be permissible
		
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			for you to do so.
		
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			Let's say if it's after 120 days and
		
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			a person committed abortion, that's a sin required,
		
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			a toba from it.
		
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			And also there is a penalty for that
		
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			by killing Saul.
		
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			And since not this is the case, there
		
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			is more detail into this.
		
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			As for the morning after pill, is it
		
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			allowed to be used?
		
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			It is allowed to use this type of
		
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			form of a pill if you want to,
		
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			to ensure that there is no pregnancy, if
		
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			there is no pregnancy, but you have to
		
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			consult a doctor about how safe it is
		
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			for you to use it.