How to Atone Our Sins

How to Atone Our Sins?

How to Atone Our Sins?

Question:

Assalamualaikum Ustadz.

About 2 months ago, I contracted a disease but according to the physician there was nothing wrong with my body. Since that, I realized that I’ve done so many sins and it was probably the way Allah the Glorified and Exalted reminded me to repent from my sins. And all praises be to Allah, by reciting remembrances after every prayer, the disease was gradually getting better. Allah the Glorified and Exalted indeed truly being merciful and gave me a chance to repent.

Ustadz, what I’d like to ask is about how could I atone for my past sins?

From: Anna

Answer:

Wa’alaikumsalam warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

All praises be to Allah, who has given His guidance to us all. Likewise, Allah afflicted trial upon His slaves to remind them, and joys for those who were back to remind about it.

Among the ways to atone for sins is by doing sincere repentance (taubat nasuha). The scholars explained that the sincere repentance requires 4 things:

  1. Regret about what has passed.
  2. Abandon the sin.
  3. Intend not to repeat it in the future.
  4. Return the rights of others, if it was related to other people’s rights (such as stealing things from them, etc.)

Among expiation of sins is tawheed, because Allah will forgive our past sins as long as we do not worship any other deity beside Him. And we replace the sins we’ve committed with righteous deeds, according to examples set by the Messenger of Allah -peace and prayer of Allah be upon him- and we stay away from innovations in religion.

And we should try to find a pious teacher (ustadz) and friends who can give us advices and help us to be firm upon the straight path, and we should stay away from friends that can remind us about the past sin and persuade us to do it again.

Note: Reciting remembrances after prayer is a suggested deed in shari’a, but we shouldn’t believe that we got cured because of reciting those remembrances, since such belief needed to be supported by indication.

And Allah knows best.

Answered by: Ustadz Abdullah Roy, MA

Article of www.whatisquran.com

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