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AL-KAFI #1589: ADAKAH FIRAUN SEMPAT BERTAUBAT SEBELUM KEMATIANNYA
Did Pharaoh manage to repent before drowning in the sea, and was his repentance accepted by Allah?
Short answer
Pharaoh did declare his faith as he was about to drown, as mentioned in Surah Yunus verse 90.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Al-Kafi li al-Fatawi
- Topic
- Creed (Aqidah)
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
Pharaoh did declare his faith as he was about to drown, as mentioned in Surah Yunus verse 90. However, his repentance was not accepted because it was made at the point of death, after Allah's punishment had arrived, when he had already been given warnings and time to believe. The ruling relies on the tafsir of al-Qurtubi and al-Maraghi and on the hadith that repentance is accepted until the soul reaches the throat.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Akan tetapi Allah SWT tidak menerima taubatnya kerana ia bertaubat dalam keadaan ia sedang nazak dan tidak dapat berbuat apa-apa.
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Federal Territories Mufti Office. “AL-KAFI #1589: ADAKAH FIRAUN SEMPAT BERTAUBAT SEBELUM KEMATIANNYA”, 10 February 2020. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/al-kafi-li-al-fatawi/4152-al-kafi-1589-adakah-firaun-sempat-bertaubat-sebelum-kematiannya. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/was-pharaohs-repentance-accepted-by-allah/