Can a Repenting Apostate Still Reach Jannat Al-Firdaws?

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

Question

Can a Muslim still have a chance for Jannatul Firdaus after coming back from something as grave as apostasy?

Answer

I hope you’re doing well, insha’Allah.

Repentance wipes out all sins. Re-entering Islam after apostasy wipes out the sin of leaving Islam.

Allah is Generous.

Allah Most High says: “Say: My servants who have wronged yourselves, never despair of God’s mercy. God forgives all sins: He is truly the Most Forgiving, the Most Merciful.” [Quran, 39:53]

Please find related answers in the SeekersGuidance Answers: www.seekers.flywheelstaging.com

[Shaykh] Faraz Rabbani

Shaykh Faraz Rabbani spent ten years studying with some of the leading scholars of recent times, first in Damascus and then in Amman, Jordan. His teachers include the foremost theologian of recent times in Damascus, the late Shaykh Adib al-Kallas (may Allah have mercy on him), as well as his student Shaykh Hassan al-Hindi, one of the leading Hanafi fuqaha of the present age. He returned to Canada in 2007, where he founded SeekersGuidance in order to meet the urgent need to spread Islamic knowledge–both online and on the ground–in a reliable, relevant, inspiring, and accessible manner. He is the author of: Absolute Essentials of Islam: Faith, Prayer, and the Path of Salvation According to the Hanafi School (White Thread Press, 2004.) Since 2011, Shaykh Faraz has been named one of the 500 most influential Muslims by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center.