In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful Repentance is to turn back to Allah and get back on the straight path after being sidetracked by sin and misguidance. All of us need to repent from our sins, both for specific sins and in a general sense. But what are the conditions of sound repentance? Is it an action or a feeling, or both? The scholars agreed that it is an obligation to sincerely repent from every sin, both major and minor sins.
Allah said: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا تُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ تَوْبَةً نَّصُوحًا O you who have faith, repent to Allah with sincere repentance.
Surat al-Tahrim 66:8 Al-Qurtubi comments on this verse, saying: أَمْرٌ بِالتَّوْبَةِ وَهِيَ فَرْضٌ عَلَى الْأَعْيَانِ فِي كُلِّ الْأَحْوَالِ وَكُلِّ الْأَزْمَانِ The command to repent is an obligation upon individuals in every circumstance and every time.
Source: Tafsīr al-Qurṭubī 66:8 The door of repentance, which is to say the opportunity to repent, is available to everyone at every time, except when imminent death is certain or the world ends (signified by the rising of the sun from the west).
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