00:00I have committed zina, but soon afterwards I regretted my actions.
00:05Will Allah forgive me or must I be flogged a hundred times?
00:10Finally, I need advice on becoming a better Muslim.
00:15The question posed by a Nigerian student is that he unfortunately committed zina and he repented and he has regretted.
00:23Will Allah forgive him? Should he be flogged?
00:26Point number one, if anyone commits a sin, he should repent for it.
00:33And for repenting, there are five criteria.
00:35And I said this earlier also.
00:36Number one, he should agree what sin he is doing is wrong.
00:42Number two, he should stop it immediately.
00:45Number three, he should not commit that sin again.
00:48Number four is he should repent to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for that sin.
00:53Number five, if he can undo it, for example, if he has robbed something, he can give it back.
00:59If the act is he has taken something and can undo it, he should undo it.
01:03Otherwise, it's okay.
01:05So the fifth point is, if he's robbed something, he should give it back.
01:09Or if he cannot undo, it's excused.
01:12So there are minimum five criteria.
01:13First, agree it is wrong.
01:14Stop it immediately.
01:15Not to do it again.
01:16Repent for it.
01:17And ask Allah for forgiveness.
01:18If something and can undo it, he should undo it.
01:20Otherwise, it's okay.
01:22So now since this Muslim Nigerian student has committed zina, he has regretted it.
01:28You have agreed it is wrong.
01:29You have stopped it.
01:30See, you don't do it again.
01:32Ask for forgiveness.
01:33Inshallah, Allah will forgive you.
01:35Regarding a question that should you be flogged, then only Allah will forgive you.
01:40No, it's not required.
01:41Allah also says that the sin you do, you keep it to yourself.
01:45Keep it private.
01:45Don't make it public.
01:46It is not allowed for you to make your sin public.
01:51That's the reason I did not even read your name.
01:54So if you do some evil act, try and hide it.
01:58Repent.
01:58If your evil act is known to the public, and if you go to a court of law to a judge, then
02:06the judge will give you punishment.
02:08But if it's not known, if it's personal, it's your act what you have done, you have done
02:12wrong, keep it to yourself.
02:13Ask for forgiveness.
02:14Inshallah, Allah will forgive you.
02:16Yes, there have been cases in the past when there were lady companions of the prophet who
02:24didn't want to take any chances and told the prophet they did zina.
02:27Prophet said, go away.
02:28Come afterwards.
02:29Come after delivery of the child.
02:31Later on, then the punishment was given.
02:34And when some people started cursing her, the prophet said, the repentance of her, if you distribute
02:40in Medina, it will be sufficient for the full town of Medina.
02:43That means she was of that high level that she wanted to take no chances that she did a sin
02:49and she wanted punishment.
02:50But generally, you should not proclaim your sin.
02:54You don't have to be punished to be forgiven if it's known to the public.
02:59And even in the court of law, normally, there's a paqase de sharia that if someone goes and
03:04says, okay, fine.
03:05They will say, are you sure?
03:07And they try and such things, they delay and they give a smaller punishment rather than the
03:12hud penalty.
03:13So in your case also, you ask for forgiveness.
03:15Follow the five points.
03:16Inshallah, Allah will forgive you.
03:17There's no requirement of you to be flogged.
03:21Inshallah, Allah will forgive you.
03:23See to it that you repent and you do more good deeds.
03:27What do you have to do?
03:28That if you have done a sin, see to it that you do more good deeds.
03:31Beside doing the farayahs of your zakat, give more charity.
03:34Beside your normal farayah salah, you do more nafil, do more sunnah, do more of your tahajjud.
03:41So when you do evil, you compensate by extra good deeds.
03:44Beside the farayahs, more of the sunnah.
03:46And then last question was, how can you be a bitter Muslim?
03:49See to it that you are on tawhid.
03:53That you are sure that you are on tawhid of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
04:00See to it that you offer five times salah.
04:02Beside five times salah, even offer the sunnah and jihara muqad along with it.
04:06See to it that you get up in the last one third of the night and pray our tahajjud.
04:10Very important.
04:11See to it that besides giving zakat, give a percentage of income.
04:17Whether it be 10%, whether it be 30%, 40%, the more you give, the better for you.
04:21See to it that you fast in the month of Ramadan.
04:25And besides the farad fast of the month of Ramadan, you also fast on the first nine days of Zulijjah and on the Muharram, the fasting of Ashura.
04:38Preferably the three days, 9th, 10th and 11th of Muharram.
04:41See that you fast on the Ayyam al-Beed.
04:43And if possible, even on Mondays and Thursdays.
04:49See to it that you increase your ibadah.
04:52Not don faj, go for hajj.
04:54And inshallah, read the Quran daily with translation.
04:57Inshallah, you will be on salat al-mustakim.
04:59And you'll see that every year, you keep on increasing your ibadah, increasing your sunnah, so that you become a better Muslim every time.
05:08Hope that answers the question.
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