Asalaamu alaikum
I've been curious about a few things concerning the shahadah. I know nobody on this page is a shaykh but maybe we can discover a few answers together inshallah...
First: If a child is born to Muslim parents and strays, say in his or her teens they are influenced by their peers and stop praying, drink alcohol, etc. but then repent and return to the deen, do they have to take the shahadah? Or does the fact that they born and raised as Muslims mean its not required?
Secondly: This is something I've seen before, even here on this board...if a person converts to Islam and states the shahadah in public, but then later recants and goes back their previous beliefs and then a couple years later wants to re-embrace Islam, do they take the shahadah again? And if they do, are their sins "wiped out" again as they were the first time?
I have always been under the impression that once you've taken the shahadah you're a Muslim, and if you've fallen away and return you must make up the prayers you've missed, that there is no real "do overs". Am I right?
I've been curious about a few things concerning the shahadah. I know nobody on this page is a shaykh but maybe we can discover a few answers together inshallah...
First: If a child is born to Muslim parents and strays, say in his or her teens they are influenced by their peers and stop praying, drink alcohol, etc. but then repent and return to the deen, do they have to take the shahadah? Or does the fact that they born and raised as Muslims mean its not required?
Secondly: This is something I've seen before, even here on this board...if a person converts to Islam and states the shahadah in public, but then later recants and goes back their previous beliefs and then a couple years later wants to re-embrace Islam, do they take the shahadah again? And if they do, are their sins "wiped out" again as they were the first time?
I have always been under the impression that once you've taken the shahadah you're a Muslim, and if you've fallen away and return you must make up the prayers you've missed, that there is no real "do overs". Am I right?