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1. Riyaad-us-Saliheen
Repentance
Taught by Br Wajdi Akkari
Commentary of Shaikh Ibn Uthaymeen
Lesson 4

2. There are Shuroot (conditions for Taubah) which have to be met for it to be accepted:
• Sincerity
• Regret
• Leaving the sin
• Having the determination to never return to it again
• If it includes the rights of people their rights should be given
Notes

3. It has been related by Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I
heard the Messenger of Allah (‫)ﷺ‬ say: By Allah - Verily I appeal for forgiveness from
Allah and seek repentance towards Him on more than seventy occasions in one day.
[Al-Bukhari]
• Allah has forgiven all his errs in judgement (choosing a lesser option and not actual
errors)
• Yet He (‫)ﷺ‬ still asks for Allah’s forgiveness
• We are in more need of His forgiveness
Hadith

4. It has been related by al-Agarree ibn Vassar al-Muzanee (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (‫)ﷺ‬ said: O People, Seek repentance
towards Allah and appeal for His forgiveness. For verily I seek penitence one
hundred times in a day.
[Al-Muslim]
Hadith

5. It has been related by Abu Hamzah Anas bin Maalik al-Ansaaree (may Allah be
pleased with him), the servant of the Messenger of Allah (‫,)ﷺ‬ who said: The
Messenger of Allah (‫)ﷺ‬ said: Allah is more delighted with the repentance of His slave,
than one of you who finds his camel after having previously lost [the animal] in a
barren, desert land.
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]
In the narration of Muslim: “Allah is more delighted with the repentance of His slave
when he seeks penitence towards Him, than one of you who was upon his riding
camel in a barren, desert land. Thereafter [the camel] escaped from [it's owner],
carrying his food and water [upon it's back]. He therefore abandoned all hope of
[finding the animal]. He approached a tree and lay down beneath it's shade, for verily
he has despaired of finding his camel. [However], whilst he was in that state, the
animal appeared, standing before him. He grasped it's reins and declared as a result
of extreme happiness: 0 Allah - You are my slave and I am your Lord.”
The Prophet ‫ﷺ‬ said he erred by virtue of his extreme delight.
Hadith

6. • We affirm the quality of joy of Allah – however it is different to our happiness
• Joy that befits Allah’s majesty – unlike that of his creation
• Siffat (attributes) are not like that of the creation
• Even though we may share the title of the quality, the essence of Allah's quality is
different
• Example - Allah made humans able to see and hear
• Yet he says: There is no matter comparable to Him, He is the All-Hearer, the All-
Seer.
[Surah al-Shoora : Ayah 11]
• Evidence a person may make a statement of Kuffar by err without thinking – he is
not held accountable for that as long as he did not intend it
Commentary

7. It has been related by Abu Moosa 'Abdullah ibn Qays al-'Asha'ree (may Allah be pleased with him),
from the Prophet (‫')ﷺ‬ who said: Indeed Allah the Most High extends His Hand by night in order to
accept the penitence of the one who transgresses during the day. In addition, He extends His Hand
by day in order to accept the penitence of the one who transgresses during the night. [He shall
continue to do so] until the sun rises from the West.
[Al-Muslim]
• Allah will accept repentance
• Affirming quality of two hands – Yadah [Maidah, 05:64]
• We do not know how or have any image of it
• Never seen anything like it
• Affirm it in this fashion
Hadith

8. It has been related by Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:
The Messenger of Allah (‫)ﷺ‬ said: Allah shall accept the penitence from the one
who seeks it before the sun rises from the West.
[Muslim]
Hadith

9. It has been related by Abu'AbdurRahman: 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may
Allah be pleased with them both), from the Prophet (‫,)ﷺ‬ who said: Indeed Allah the
Exalted, the Majestic, shall accept the penitence of the slave [up to the point] that
his soul does not reach the throat.
[At-Tirmidhi]
Hadith

10. It has been related by Zirr ibn Hubaysh, who said: I came to Safwaan ibn 'Assaal
(may Allah be pleased with him) in order to question him concerning [the action of]
wiping over al-Khuffain (the plural of al-Khuff; It is worn upon the feet of an
individual, for instance: The sandal, or the shoe) [Hereafter the term 'Khuff' is
referred to as a Sandal](leather sock – applicable to normal sock irrelevant to
thickness – nothing from sunnah that stipulates sahabah were not rich and may
have had holes). He said: For what reason have you come 0 Zirr? I responded: In
pursuit of knowledge. He said: Indeed the angels spread their wings for the one who
quests for knowledge, pleased with what he is seeking. I said: [The action of] wiping
over the sandals after a discharge of urine or faeces has caused me confusion. You
were an individual from amongst the Companions of the Prophet (‫,)ﷺ‬ hence I have
approached you in order to question you [concerning this matter]. Did you hear him
mention this issue? He responded: Yes, if we were on a journey - or travellers - he
would command us to [the effect that] we need not remove our sandals for a
[period] of three days and nights [in order to perform ablution], except [in a state]
of major ritual impurity. However, [it is not necessary to remove the sandals] [by
reason of] a discharge of faeces, urine or sleep.
Hadith

11. I then questioned him: Did you hear him make reference to love and Affection? He
responded: Yes, we were with the Messenger of Allah on a journey when a bedouin
Arab called out to him in a loud voice: 0 Muhammad. The Messenger of Allah ‫ﷺ‬
responded in a similar fashion [and said]: Come here I said to the bedouin: Woe be
to you - soften your tone, for you are in the presence of the Prophet ‫ﷺ‬ and you
have been forbidden to [address him in this manner]. He said: By Allah - I will not
soften my tone, then [addressing the Prophet ‫ﷺ‬ said: What [do you say
concerning] the individual who loves a [group] of people but is not comparable to
them? The Prophet ‫ﷺ‬ responded: An individual shall be in the company of those
whom he loves on the Day of Judgment. He continued to converse with us until he
made reference to a doorway situated in the West, whose width could be traversed
by a rider in [a period of] forty or seventy years. Sufyaan - one of the narrators -
mentioned: [This doorway] is situated towards the direction of Shaam. Allah created
it on the day He created the Heavens and the earth. It shall remain open [for those
questing] for penitence until the sun rises from it.
[At-Tirmidhi]
• Time begins from first time you wiped – many ulama
• 24h for residents
Hadith cont.