SECOND REMINDER. Al-Raaba'a, 28th day of Jumaadal Uulaa/Awwal (Wednesday 14th of February). TAU’BAH (SEEKING FORGIVENESS) is our topic today in shaa Allah. BismilLaahir Rahmaanir Raheem. Let's continue from the first Reminder; ALLAH has created a solution to every sickness even if it may be the poison of a snake. Satan and sins are a major sickness and the cure for it is in tau’bah and istighfar, crying in front of ALLAH with deep regret in the heart. Whenever our tau’bah breaks we should make tau’bah again. Some people despair and think they are sinners and will go to Hellfire. Tau’bah is so powerful that it can take a person from the lowest levels of Hellfire and raise him to the highest levels of Paradise. Allah (Subhanahu WaTaala), the Lord of Mercy, puts mercy in the hearts of every mother in the world by which they love and care for their children. We make mistakes but ALLAH overlooks our faults. Our worship and good deeds are not perfect but ALLAH accepts them and multiplies the reward. Do not fall into minor sins. Minor sins leads to major sins the way a spark may start a fire and burn down a house. A believer should run away from sins as one runs away from a snake. Even a minor sin makes a true believer restless as if a mountain is above his head and is about to fall on him and crush him. Make a U-turn in life, wash off your slate of deeds, eliminate the bad deeds and protect your good deeds. Method of making Tau’bah: One should make sincere tau’bah to ALLAH for one's sins. The requisites of tau’bah are the following: 1. To immediately abstain from the sin. 2. To regret and wish one had never indulged in the sin. 3. To resolve to never commit the sin again. 4. If one have violated the rights of another person it is necessary to seek forgiveness from that person. After making sincere tau’bah be confident in the acceptance of your tau’bah. ALLAH (Subhanahu WaTaala) is all-Merciful and all-Forgiving. He is always ready to accept the repentance of His sinful slaves. ALLAH says in Surah Al-e-Imran: “And those who, when they have committed Fahishah or wronged themselves with evil, remember Allah and ask forgiveness for their sins - and none can forgive sins but Allah - And do not persist in what (wrong) they have done, while they know.” [Al-Qur’an 3:135] AlhamdulilLah. To be continued. May Allah forgive our sins and protect us from committing the sins. Aameen.