Signs of Accepted Repentance

How do we know? What are the indications

and how do we know whether repentance

is accepted?

What are the indications?

The indications as far as for repentance to

be accepted by Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, number

1

is

that you do not commit the same sin

again and your good deeds keep on increasing

and your bad deeds keep on decreasing. This

is number 1 sign, that Allah has accepted

their repentance.

Number 2

that you

have the fear of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala.

Number 3 is that you regret to Allah

Subhanahu wa Ta'ala and you keep on asking

for forgiveness.

Number 4 is that you're humble

and you always address Him in humility.

So these are the 4 signs which show

that

your repentance has been accepted by Allah Subhana

Wa Ta'la. The signs

of non acceptance

of the Tawba is

deficiency in the person's repentance

and he remembers

the pleasures of the sins and he gets

preoccupied in continuing the sin. That's number 1.

Number 2, he is for sure

that his mental will be accepted as though

he has got immunity

and he's immune to it and sure he'll

be forgiven. That's number 2.

Number 3

is

that his eyes don't cry and his heart

is hardened.

Number 4, there's no increase in the good

activities

that he is doing. No increase in the

good deeds and Iblav, if Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi

Wasallam said,

it's mentioned in Sahih Muslim, volume number 4

in the book of repentance, hadith number 6621

that if the people

do not commit any sins, Allah Subhanahu Wa

Ta'ala will wipe them out and replace with

the people who commit sin and who ask

for forgiveness so that Allah can forgive them.

Now here, if you understand this Hadith,

it will look very odd that Allah wants

to do sin. If you don't do sin,

Allah will remove you. What it means is

that there are some people who may do

sin

and who may ask for forgiveness and repent

and make them prove that Allah Subhanahu Wa

Ta'ala and their good deeds will increase.

And these people will go to Jannah. On

the other hand, some people will do good

deeds and they have a conceit.

They are so proud of themselves and that

will take them to the hellfire. So Allah

says that if there is a group of

people who don't do sin, Allah will replace

them with the people who do sin so

that they will ask for forgiveness and Allah

will forgive them. That means you should have

humility. So these

are the signs for not accepting

of your Tawba.

May Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

continue to accept repentance on your Tawba, Doctor

Zakir. There is another

question which I have which is

just to end

this particular session, this particular show,

and that is,

is there any limitation

to

the sins that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala can

accept

our Tawba for.

As far as Allah's forgiveness is concerned and

mercy is concerned,

every Surah, every chapter of the glorious Quran,

it begins with the beautiful formula Bismillahir Rahmanir

Raheem In the name of Allah, Most Gracious,

Most Mostful Every Surah except for Chapter No.

9, Surah Tawba and

Allah's Mother says in the Quran,

in Surah Zumr, Chapter No. 39

verse 53

that, Oh my servants who have transgives against

their souls,

despair

not the mercy of Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala,

for Allah

can forgive all sins

Allah is the Most Merciful

Here Allah says that whatever your sin may

be, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, He can forgive

any of your sins

as long as you repent

If you repent in the right way and

if you ask forgiveness,

Allah will, Insha'Allah, forgive you. And our beloved

Prophet, Nusslellah from him, said, it is mentioned

in Sahih Hadith of Ibn Majah, hadith number

4 to 51, the beloved Prophet said that

every son of Adam, he commits sin.

And the best

is the person who repents.

If you commit sin, no problem, but if

you repent, then you are the best person.

Repentance is very important. It's a special Hadith

of Thirumedi,

Hadith number

3540,

where our beloved Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam

said

that Allah says, O son of Adam, you

may do any sin and I will forgive

all your sins. Even if your sins

reach to the clouds in the sky, I

will forgive them. You ask Me for mercy

and I will

forgive you. It's for the Mishnah Hadith of

Sai Muslim, hadith number 6246,

where the beloved Prophet Sallallahu alaihi wasallam said

that Allah says, even if you do sin

day and night and ask for forgiveness, I

will forgive you. You ask me for pardon,

and I will forgive you.

It's mentioned to say Bukhary,

word number 8,

hadith number

5,999.

There were some prisoners of war who were

released, mainly children and women,

and one lady,

she searches for a son and she cannot

find a son.

The moment she sees any child,

she breastfeeds

the child. Then another child she sees, she

breastfeeds the child.

Finally,

she finds her own child. So the Prophet

asked the Sahabas

that will she throw the sun in the

fire? They said no!

Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala loves His servants

even if they commit sin more than the

lady loves the child

So based on this, we realize that Allah

Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala is willing to forgive any

of your sins as long as you repent

And just a last quotation,

Allah says in the Quran and in Surah

Nisa, chapter number 4, verse number 48,

that if Allah Subhana Wa Ta'la pleases,

He can forgive any sin but the sin

of Shirk, He will never forgive. Here, it

means that if a person does Shirk and

repents before he dies,

before the death rattle, Insha'Allah Allah will forgive

even

the sin of Sheikh. If he repents and

comes to the straight path and believes in

Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'la, believes in Tawhid, Allah

will even forgive him, his sin of Shirk,

which is the biggest sin. But if he

dies as a Mushrik,

after he dies, Allah says here that he

will not forgive the sin of Shirk Any

other sin, if he wishes, he may forgive

But the sin of Shirk, he will never

forgive Shirk is the biggest sin So from

here, we come to know that Allah Subhanahu

Wa Ta'ala is the most merciful and He

the sins of His servants.

the sins of His servants.