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[يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا تُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ تَوْبَةً نَصُوحًا]

"Oh you believed, repent to Allah with a sincere repentance..." [66:8]

Ibn Kathir mentioned the following narration in his explanation of this ayah:

Ibn Abi Haatim said ... that Abu 'Amr ibn al-'Alaa' heard al-Hasan say: Sincere repentance is that you hate the sin just as you had previously loved it, and that you seek forgiveness for that sin whenever you are reminded of it.

Whoever does not experience any grief should fear that he will be one of the people of the hellfire because the people of Jannah say

[الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَذْهَبَ عَنَّا الْحَزَنَ]

"All praise is to Allah who has removed grief from us." [Faatir 34]

and whoever does not experience fear should fear that he will not be one of the people of Jannah because the people of Jannah say

[  إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبْلُ فِي أَهْلِنَا مُشْفِقِينَ ‎]

"Indeed, we were previously fearful while with our people." [al-Toor 26]

Shaykh Muqbil Bin Hadi Al-Wada’aee [رحمه الله] said:

❝If you are afflicted with a difficulty and hardship then perhaps that difficulty is good for you.

Whether that difficulty is in your wealth or on your body or in anything which pains and worries you.

Perhaps that will be a means to raise your rank in the worldly life and the Hereafter. Perhaps it will be a purification from Allaah Azza Wa Jal.❞