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7. Repent Before Death
Before death picks up, it would be nice as a Muslim to repent every time by realizing the mistakes made. Humans do not know when death will come. Meanwhile, death in an unconverted condition is one of the causes of restless hearts according to Islam.
We, as Muslims, often misunderstand repentance which according to Imam Al Ghazali is an obligation commanded by Allah.
We often give the meaning of repentance only to the process of asking God for forgiveness for sins.
Whereas according to Imam Al Ghazali, repentance, in essence, has stages and stages that must be passed.
Every human being, according to Imam Al Ghazali, no one is free from sins and mistakes. Therefore, they were commanded by Allah to repent.
However, this repentance, according to Imam Al Ghazali, cannot be carried out properly without knowledge.
Therefore, as reported by Priangantimurnews.com from the book Ihya ‘Uluum al Diin, Imam Al Ghazali said that repentance is a term that refers to a meaning that includes three things.
Three things that are in the meaning of repentance, as mentioned by Imam Al Ghazali in his book, Ihya’ ‘Uluum al Diin are: knowledge, circumstances, and deeds.
These three things, according to Imam Al Ghazali, are interrelated with one another, so that if one of these three things is not present, then one cannot perform repentance as commanded by Allah.
Knowledge in the sense of repentance, according to Imam Al Ghazali, means that a person first knows that what he is doing is a sin.
If a person does not have knowledge of what the sins and prohibitions of Allah are, then he will never be able to truly repent to Him.
Therefore, so that we can truly repent, Imam Al Ghazali said that each of us is obliged to seek knowledge about what are the sins and prohibitions of Allah.
After that, according to Imam Al Ghazali, in order for our repentance to become true repentance, we must also know the harm caused by these sins.
Everyone who repents, according to Imam Al Ghazali, must be aware that the sins he has committed have a bad impact on his soul.
In addition, a person who repents must also be aware that the sin he has committed has made Allah stay away from him.
And a person who repents must also be aware that the sins and mistakes he has committed have prevented him from getting the grace and blessing of Allah SWT.
If the person who repents is aware of this, according to Imam Al Ghazali, he will truly regret all these sins.
After the person who repents truly regrets his actions, he will earnestly ask Allah for forgiveness.
However, according to Imam Al Ghazali, the stage of repentance is not enough to regret the act, but must also be followed by determination and intention not to do it again and repeat it.
If someone who does repentance really understands and goes through these stages, he will be at the state of repentance nasuha (true repentance).
That is the meaning and stages of repentance according to Imam Al Ghazali in the book Ihya ‘Uluum al Diin. Hope it is useful.
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