Name: Allah Loves Repentance | Episode 2
Uploaded: 2019-05-07T09:00:43.000Z
Channel: Dr. Omar Suleiman
Description: “Every single one of the Children of Adam is a sinner.” But no matter how far down we fall, it’s never outside of the bounds of Allah’s love and mercy. In this episode, we review how the process of repentance is actually meant to strengthen your relationship with Allah.

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Allah Loves: Series Introduction

Allah Loves Piety | Episode 1

Allah Loves Repentance | Episode 2

Allah Loves Excellence | Episode 3

Allah Loves Angelic Praise | Episode 4

Allah Loves Sincere Supplication | Episode 5

Allah Loves Those Who Are Trying | Episode 6

Allah Loves Tears and Traces | Episode 7

Allah Loves Trust | Episode 8

Allah Loves Patience | Episode 9

Allah Loves Justice | Episode 10

Allah Loves Beneficial People | Episode 11

Allah Loves Strength | Episode 12

Allah Loves Independence | Episode 13

Allah Loves Healthy Pride | Episode 14

Allah Loves Honor | Episode 15

Allah Loves Gentleness | Episode 16

Allah Loves Humility Without Disgrace | Episode 17

Allah Loves Forbearance and Deliberation | Episode 18

Allah Loves Due Diligence | Episode 19

Allah Loves Consistency | Episode 20

Allah Loves Punctual Prayer | Episode 21

Allah Loves Cleanliness | Episode 22

Allah Loves The Mosques | Episode 23

Allah Loves Love | Episode 24

Allah Loves Your Mother | Episode 25

Allah Loves the Unnoticed | Episode 26

Allah Loves Generosity in Trade | Episode 27

Allah Loves Being Prophetic | Episode 28

Allah Loves the Acceptance of His Gifts | Episode 29

Allah Loves Beauty | Episode 30

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 As-salamu alaykum, welcome back to Allah Loves. So last time we talked about taqwa, piety  being the goal and you have to avoid those thorny bushes that are on the road to Allah  and you are meant to go back to Allah but then these things keep getting in the way.  Now here is the thing, you are inevitably going to be struck by a thorn and there is  absolutely nothing you can do about it because the Prophet peace be upon him said every single  one of the children of Adam is a sinner. Every single one of us is going to commit sins,  are going to get pricked, are going to fall behind and the best of us are those who come  back to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. The best of those who make mistakes are those who repent  to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And so this is very important that just after we talk  about these concepts of taqwa and don't commit sins, the next mention that Allah has within  surah al-Baqarah is inna allaha yuhibbu al-tawwabin. Allah loves those who repent. Again framed  within the love of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. I am not going to talk about repentance here  and the conditions of repentance and what repentance means but I do want you to understand  it within the same framework of how we mentioned the first thing. Allah did not create you  to not sin. Allah created you to know how to properly deal with sin and there is a major  difference between those two. The word tawba means that you turn back to Allah subhanahu  wa ta'ala, not necessarily that you have removed all of the effects of that sin. Realize that  even the word repentance comes back to your relationship with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.  So how does this all work? The sinfulness is part of your humanity. The forgiveness  is part of Allah's attributes. And if you pair those two things together and you acknowledge  your sinfulness, though you don't intentionally commit sins, but you acknowledge your sinfulness,  even if you did intentionally commit a sin, you acknowledge your sinfulness and you try  to get back on that path to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, you actually rise up in the degrees  of favor because Allah loves at tawwabin. Allah loves those who turn back to Allah subhanahu  wa ta'ala. The Prophet peace be upon him said that if you were not to sin, then Allah would  have replaced you with the people who would sin and then they would seek their forgiveness  and then they would be forgiven by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala because Allah loves to forgive and  Allah loves repentance and Allah loves those who repent. And the beauty of how we pair  these two things together is that there is no such thing as failure in Islam unless you  don't do anything about that failure. There is no such thing as an action that can permanently  disqualify you from the love of Allah if you repent afterwards and if you use that to propel  you towards Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And what the Prophet peace be upon him is telling  us here is that when a person commits a sin and then a person seeks forgiveness from Allah  for that sin, what happens? The effect of it on the heart, the Prophet peace be upon  him said that the dark spot that is placed on the heart is polished. So it is not just  removed, not only is the dark spot removed but the spot is polished. As for the effect  on the deeds, the Prophet peace be upon him said that the sin is turned into a good deed  on your scrolls. So it is actually a hasana, it is actually a good deed. Allah removes  the sin and gives you a good deed for the repentance. The effect of it on us in regards  to our position with the love of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, Allah loves those that are always  turned back towards him. And so the effect of it with our position is that we actually  get closer to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala than we were before we committed the sin. Hence  we become more beloved to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala than before we committed the sin.  This is why it is not unjust that Allah created us and asked us not to sin but we still commit  sin. Because the degree that Allah guarantees us after committing the sin is greater than  even his sinless creatures in the angels. Because when a human being learns to deal  with those sins in a way that they seek Allah's forgiveness and they turn back to him, then  they ascend even beyond the angels in rank. Ibn Al Qayyim rahim Allah puts this together  and he gives us the context of two prophets. He says, Shaytan, the devil delighted when  he saw that he caused Adam alayhis salam to fall. But what he didn't realize is that when  a diver goes into the ocean, he collects the gems and the pearls at the bottom of the ocean  and then he rises up once again. So Adam was better after his tawbah, even though he had  to come to this earth, he was better after his repentance than he was before it in paradise  in regards to his rank. Yunus alayhis salam, Jonah was better after he was swallowed by  the whale than he was before he went into it. That's why Allah says, Fajitabahu rabbuhu  wa…

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