We All need it ..Repentance
A Cry for Help - Turn to Repentance Shaykh Ibn Baaz , Al-Istiqaamah Magazine, Issue No.6 - Dhul-Qa'dah 1417H / March 1997 [Q] : I am a young man, nineteen years of age, and have involved myself in a great deal of sin. Even to the extent that I do not pray most of my Prayers in the mosque, and I have never completely fasted the month of Ramadaan in my entire life. Besides these, I have committed other sins as well. I have vowed to repent many times before, however, after doing so I lapse back into these same sins. The youths of my area are just as bad, as are the friends that I associate with. And Allaah knows that I have transgressed against myself and that whenever I repent, I return back to the same sins. I hope that you may direct me to a path that will bring me closer to my Lord and distance me from these evil actions of mine. [A] : Allaah - the Might and Majestic - says: "Say O My Slaves who have transgressed against their own souls! Do not despair of Allaah...