He has repented from interfering with his sisters’ daughters – what should he do?
Question I am a 28 year old man. When I was young I used to interfere with girls, at the instigation of my older brother, when I did not understand anything. This continued until it became a habit. I started by interfering with my sisters’ daughters when they were small, until they grew up and…
Question
Praise be to Allah.
We praise Allaah for having guided you to become religiously
committed and righteous, and to repent. We ask Him to forgive you for the
wrongs that you have mentioned towards your sisters and their daughters. You
have to pray for forgiveness a great deal and do many righteous deeds, and
keep away from the things that lead to sin.
The door of repentance is open, no matter how great the sin,
as Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Know they not that
Allaah accepts repentance from His slaves and takes the Sadaqaat (alms,
charity), and that Allaah Alone is the One Who forgives and accepts
repentance, Most Merciful?”
[al-Tawbah 9:104]
“And verily, I am indeed
forgiving to him who repents, believes (in My Oneness, and associates none
in worship with Me) and does righteous good deeds, and then remains constant
in doing them (till his death)”
[Ta-Ha 20:82]
Repentance erases that which came before it of sin, no matter
how great or how many the sins. Allaah says:
“Say: O ‘Ibaadi (My
slaves) who have transgressed against themselves (by committing evil deeds
and sins)! Despair not of the Mercy of Allaah, verily, Allaah forgives all
sins. Truly, He is Oft‑Forgiving, Most Merciful”
[al-Zumar 39:53]
As for restoring rights, you have to make a lot of du’aa’ and
pray for forgiveness for those whom you wronged, and Allaah accepts the
repentance of the one who repents.
And Allaah knows best.
