Repent to Allah who Accepts Repentance

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

وَالَّذِينَ إِذَا فَعَلُوا فَاحِشَةً أَوْ ظَلَمُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ ذَكَرُوا اللَّهَ فَاسْتَغْفَرُوا لِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَمَنْ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَلَمْ يُصِرُّوا عَلَى مَا فَعَلُوا وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ (آل عمران: 125)

Human obligation is to obey the rules of Allah in the form of sharia brought by the prophets sent to them. For the present, the prophet who was sent to the entire universe is His Majesty the Great Prophet Muhammad. Shari'a which he brought is a prevailing one, replacing the previous prophets’ shari’a. Shari'a leads men carry true noble morality, because the law of the Prophet Muhammad is to enhance good morals.
Prophet said:

إِنَّمَا بُعِثْتُ لأُتَمِّمَ صَالِحَ الأَخْلاَقِ (رواه أحمد)

It means: "I was sent only to enhance good morals" (HR Ahmad n.y.)

Shari'ah brought by Prophet Muhammad was comprehensive. All matters relating to human actions can not be separated from it. All have been governed by the Koran and Hadith in the form of laws of fiqh that it’s five (mandatory, sunnah, permissible, makruh and haram).

All have been governed by the Koran and Hadith in the form of laws of fiqh which is five (wajib / mandatory, sunnah / desirable, mubah / permissible, makruh / disliked and haram / forbidden).

1. Wajib is an act that gives reward to the performers and punishment to ignoramus.

2. Sunnah is an act that gives reward to the performers, but do not give punishment to ignoramus.

3. Mubah is an act that does not give a reward or punishment to the performers and the ignoramus.

4. Makruh is an act that does not give punishment to the performers, but reward to ignoramus (with the intention of ignoring).

5.Haram is an act that gives punishment to the performers and reward for ignoramus (with the intention of ignoring).

People who violate the law had been insubordinate towards Allah. What a wretched man who rebel against the King of the most powerful in the universe. Fortunately, Allah is the King who is Forgiving, Merciful. The transgressors still got the chance to ask for forgiveness and repent. Allah SWT. says:

فَمَنْ تَابَ مِنْ بَعْدِ ظُلْمِهِ وَأَصْلَحَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يَتُوبُ عَلَيْهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ (المائدة: 39)

It means: "And whoever repents after committing a crime and improve themselves, then Allah accepts repentance. Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. " (al-Maidah: 39)

Therefore, let us, as human beings which is in fact the place of wrongness and forgetfulness to always remember Allah, Always ask for forgiveness and repent if we do immoral, although it is difficult to avoid immoral. Can not refused, that we are now in the time foretold by the Prophet Muhammad p.b.u.h.:

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- (وَيْلٌ لِلْعَرَبِ مِنْ شَرٍّ قَدِ اقْتَرَبَ فِتَناً كَقِطَعِ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ يُصْبِحُ الرَّجُلُ مُؤْمِناً وَيُمْسِى كَافِراً يَبِيعُ قَوْمٌ دِينَهُمْ بِعَرَضٍ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا قَلِيلٍ الْمُتَمَسِّكُ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِدِينِهِ كَالْقَابِضِ عَلَى الْجَمْرِ) (رواه أحمد)

It means: "Messenger of Allah. said: 'Woe to the Arabs (Arabs called because they are the highest Muslim at that time). They have approached so much slander like pieces of dark night, which makes a person faithful in the morning and infidel in the afternoon. People selling their religion with little treasures of the world. People who cling to religion at that time like a person who holds the coals "

Then the lucky people who want to repent and admit mistakes. People like that, Allah promised forgiveness and reward received from Him, their Lord, as to which Allah said when explaining the nature of those who fear Him:

وَالَّذِينَ إِذَا فَعَلُوا فَاحِشَةً أَوْ ظَلَمُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ ذَكَرُوا اللَّهَ فَاسْتَغْفَرُوا لِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَمَنْ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَلَمْ يُصِرُّوا عَلَى مَا فَعَلُوا وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ. أُولَئِكَ جَزَاؤُهُمْ مَغْفِرَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ وَجَنَّاتٌ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا وَنِعْمَ أَجْرُ الْعَامِلِينَ (آل عمران 135-136)

It means: "And (those who fear also are) those who, when working on indecency or wronging themselves, they remember Allah and ask forgiveness for their sins and anyone else who can forgive sins but Allah? and they did not pursue the evil deeds they did, whilst, they knowing. Their reward is forgiveness from their Lord and heaven in which rivers flow, to dwell therein forever; and that is the best to reward those who do good. " (Ali Imran: 135-136)

Let us carry out repentance by to meet the elements (read: the pillars of) it, namely: regretting the deed, left it and convince yourself not to repeat. It would be better if the implementation is done with prayers of repentance as a medium / wasilah in order to be accepted by Allah. Prophet taught us:

رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- يَقُولُ « مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يُذْنِبُ ذَنْبًا فَيُحْسِنُ الطُّهُورَ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فَيُصَلِّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ يَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ إِلاَّ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ ». ثُمَّ قَرَأَ هَذِهِ الآيَةَ (وَالَّذِينَ إِذَا فَعَلُوا فَاحِشَةً أَوْ ظَلَمُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ ذَكَرُوا اللَّهَ) إِلَى آخِرِ الآيَةِ. (رواه أبو داود)

Meaning: "Messenger of Allah. said: 'No servant ever commit a sin then he take ablutions well and stand praying two cycles, after which he asks forgiveness to Allah except He forgives'. Then the Prophet read the verse 'walladzina idza fa'alu ... "(HR Abu Dawud n.y.)

Al-Bujairimi said: The benefit of repentance is that if it is legitimate then it will remove the sin of kufr certainly and remove sins but Kufr is dhanni uncertainly, even such a great sin. To implement repentance is mandatory, though repentance from small sin or from delaying repentance. Yeah, delaying repentance is a sin that should also be repented. Repentance is included as foremost obedience. Repentance does not have to be renewed when considering sin. It’s required that repentance must to occurs before lives up to the throat and before the sun rises from the west. Also required the fulfillment of the pillars of repentance, namely regretting the deed, left and convince yourself not to repeat (al-Bujairimi n.y.).

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