66- What are the Two Times in Which Repentance is Not Accepted? – Imam Ibn Uthaymeen

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Translation text: لابد أن تكون التوبة قبل حلول الأجل، يعني الموت، فإن كانت بعد حلول الأجل فإنها لا تنفع التائب Tawbah (repentance) must be before the appointed time comes, meaning before death. So, if it is after the appointed time, then it does not benefit the one who repents. لقول الله تعالى: (وَلَيْسَتِ التَّوْبَةُ لِلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ السَّيِّئَاتِ حَتَّىٰ إِذَا حَضَرَ أَحَدَهُمُ الْمَوْتُ قَالَ إِنِّي تُبْتُ الْآنَ.) Because of Allah the Exalted’s saying: "But repentance is not [accepted] of those who [continue to] do evil deeds up until, when death comes to one of them, he says, "Indeed, I have repented now,"" [Al-Nisa’: 18] هؤلاء ليس لهم توبة وقال تعالى: (فَلَمَّا رَأَوْا بَأْسَنَا قَالُوا آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَحْدَهُ وَكَفَرْنَا بِمَا كُنَّا بِهِ مُشْرِكِينَ * فَلَمْ يَكُ يَنفَعُهُمْ إِيمَانُهُمْ لَمَّا رَأَوْا بَأْسَنَا ۖ سُنَّتَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي قَدْ خَلَتْ فِي عِبَادِهِ ۖوَخَسِرَ هُنَالِكَ الْكَافِرُونَ). Those people do not have a Tawbah, Allah the Exalted said: "And when they saw Our punishment, they said," We believe in Allah alone and disbelieve in that which we used to associate with Him." But never did their faith benefit them once they saw Our punishment. [It is] the established way of Allah which has preceded among His servants. And the disbelievers thereupon lost [all]." [Ghafir: 84-85] فالإنسان إذا عاين الموت وحضره الأجل فهذا يعني أنه أيس من الحياة So, when the person sights death and the appointed time comes, then this means that he is despairing from life. فتكون توبته في غير محلها بعد أن أيس من الحياة وعرف أنه لا بقاء له يذهب فيتوب؟ So, his Tawbah is not in its right place after he has despaired from life, and he knows that he cannot stay anymore, so he goes and repents? هذه توبة اضطرار فلا تنفعه، ولا تقبل منه لابد أن تكون التوبة سابقة. This is a Tawbah of compulsion (i.e., where one has no other choice) so, it does not benefit him nor is it accepted from him. Tawbah must be before that. أما النوع الثاني فطلوع الشمس من مغربها. As for the second time (in which Tawbah is not accepted), then it is when the sun rises from the West. فإذا طلعت الشمس من مغربها، لم ينفع أحدا توبة. So, when the sun rises from the West, repenting will not benefit anyone. قال تعالى: (يَوْمَ يَأْتِي بَعْضُ آيَاتِ رَبِّكَ لَا يَنفَعُ نَفْسًا إِيمَانُهَا لَمْ تَكُنْ آمَنَتْ مِن قَبْلُ أَوْ كَسَبَتْ فِي إِيمَانِهَا خَيْرًا)، Allah the Exalted said, "The day that some of the Signs of your Rabb do come, no good will it do to a person to believe then, if he believed not before, nor earned good (by performing deeds of righteousness) through his Faith." [Al-An’am: 158] وهذا البعض هو طلوع الشمس من مغربها كما فسر ذلك النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، And this "some" is the rising of the sun from the West, as the Prophet ﷺ explained it. إذاً فلابد أن تكون التوبة في وقت تقبل فيه التوبة فإن لم تكن كذلك فلا توبة للإنسان. Therefore, Tawbah must be in a time in which it is accepted, and if not, then there is no Tawbah for the person. ----------------------------------------------------- Rabbaniyeen ربانيين 🔴اليوتيوب🔴👇 https://youtube.com/channel/UCSZQ94R_9fXNumssaa5BAkg 🔴الانستجرام🔴👇 https://www.instagram.com/rabbaniyeen/ 🔴التيليغرام🔴👇 https://t.me/Rabbaniyeen