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IRSYAD HUKUM KE-49: MAKSUD TAUBAT DAN SYARAT-SYARATNYA
What is the meaning of repentance (taubat) and what are its conditions?
Short answer
Linguistically, taubat means returning: a servant returns from sin, while Allah returns to the servant with mercy.
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- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Irsyad al-Hukum (Umum)
- Topic
- Ethics, Remembrance & Supplication
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
Linguistically, taubat means returning: a servant returns from sin, while Allah returns to the servant with mercy. Technically, al-Ghazali describes it as cleansing and purifying the heart from sin, and the ruling also cites sayings of several Sufi scholars. Its conditions are abandoning sin voluntarily, repenting of the sin already committed, and choosing to leave sin out of reverence for Allah.
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Federal Territories Mufti Office. “IRSYAD HUKUM KE-49: MAKSUD TAUBAT DAN SYARAT-SYARATNYA”, 22 July 2015. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/irsyad-hukum/umum/1951-irsyad-fatwa-ke-49-maksud-taubat-dan-syarat-syaratnya. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/meaning-of-repentance-and-its-conditions/