Kaffarat - Means of Earning God's Forgiveness

Kaffart - Means of earning God's Forgiveness according to Al-Kaffarat:

If the reparation of the fault committed has been called kaffara, it is because this "covers" the fault of the faithful, by way of divine relief. As for the word kaffara from the point of view of Islamic terminology, it designates the action of erasing a fault committed by performing alms, fasting or other, according to specific modalities.

The principle of atonement finds its legal basis in the Quran and the Sunnah. Thus, this Koranic verse relating to the oath: (The expiation will be to feed ten poor people, with what you normally feed your families, or to dress them, or to free a slave …) sura 5, verse 89; likewise this prophetic tradition: “Certainly, me by God! God willing, when I take an oath and then see that there is better to do, I will expiate my oath and do what is best” (al-bukhari). As for the purpose of atonement, it is to correct the error committed by the faithful and to rectify the harmful effects it produces on him and on others.

Atonement is in the broad sense of the term, a way of compensating for a loss caused, repairing a fault committed or damage suffered and opening the door to divine forgiveness.

Means of Earning God's Forgiveness according to Al-Kaffarat: The principle of atonement finds its legal basis in the Qur'an and the Sunnah. Thus, this legal verse in the Quran and the Sunnah.

This book is presented in the form of two chapters, with several sub-chapters which are as follows:
Chapter One: Of Hope, Of God's Mercy Extending To All Things.
- A willingness to repent and to do so continually.
- God accepts the repentance of his servants and forgives them.

Chapter 2: Of the different means of expiring the faults committed.
- Of the merit of the call to prayer and of its fulfillment, of the fact that it calls for the intercession of creatures and the forgiveness of the Creator.
- Concise acts which make it possible to erase the sins committed.
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