format_quote Originally Posted by
Dagless
Are you sure that we need to remember in order to repent?
Yes I guess :-\. You know, to repent from a sin, it means to promise (Allah) to never do that sin again, and regret it. I don't how we can do that without being conscious about what the sin is.
format_quote Originally Posted by
Dagless
I am sure most normal people cannot recall, or be aware of, every single incident of sin. In my opinion this would be a normal thing (ie. not to recall all sins).
ermm.. I guess you're right here.
Yes, I think if the repentance from every single sin is impossible, may be we should use other means, like doing more hasanat, and always saying "istighfar".
format_quote Originally Posted by
Ahmed Waheed
We should repent, but not on a limited numeric scale. No matter how much a person repents; the sins committed are not the whole story. Even a "perfect human being" needs Allah's mercy to enter paradise, as all the good deeds can never be enough to measure up to the blessings of Allah. This is why we cannot limit repentance to a number of sins we may have counted.
Thanks bro. That clarifies things for me.
format_quote Originally Posted by
ghost
make intention to go to hajj. then when you die you'd have died with the intention. and if you can't make it to hajj then make intention to go to hajj anyway and if you find a way then go, if not, make intention for next year. if you sinned and forgot about it, then ask for forgiveness for the sins you forgot about. and then if you remember (say in 93 years time) then ask for forgiveness then. islam isn't a hard religion, Allah said that he has made it easy for us. don't let these little things consume you - notice i didn't say don't worry about these little things, i'm saying don't let them consume you.
Baraka Allahu fik brother, that's a very helpful advice too.
I have a litle off-topic question here : if you have a reward of one hajj without doing it (only because of your intention), will that clear all your sins like a real hajj ?
There is other acts that can give you the reward of one hajj (for example, by reading zikr/quran after salat-ul Fajr untill the sun rises), I know this won't relieve you from doing the real hajj, because it's a fardh, But will that be also exactly like doing a hajj : will it clear all your sins ?