repentance of adultery ?

[sarang ali shaikh]

agar koi zina karay lakin karnay k baad sachay dil say maafi mangay to kya us ki saza maaf hojayegi akhirat may ? ya saza usay zaroor milaygi kuen k zina bara gunah hai? lakin manay suna hai shirk k ilawa koi gunah nai hai jo maaaf nai hota ?? can any one give me authentic answer ?

[Last Island]

Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“And come not near to unlawful sex [zina]. Verily, it is a Faahishah (i.e. anything that transgresses its limits: a great sin, and an evil way that leads one to hell unless Allah Forgives him)” [al-Isra’ 17:32]

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “The adulterer is not a believer at the moment when he is committing adultery; the wine-drinker is not a believer at the moment when he is drinking wine; the thief is not a believer at the moment when he is stealing; the robber is not a believer at the moment when he is robbing and the people are looking on.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 2475; Muslim, 57).

Allah says concerning the unmarried person who commits zina:

“The fornicatress and the fornicator, flog each of them with a hundred stripes. Let not pity withhold you in their case, in a punishment prescribed by Allah, if you believe in Allah and the Last Day. And let a party of the believers witness their punishment” [al-Noor 24:2 – interpretation of the meaning]

With regard to one who is married, the hadd punishment is execution. It says in a hadeeth narrated by Imam Muslim in his Saheeh (3199) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “For a married or previously-married person the punishment is one hundred lashes and stoning.”

Allah says (interpretation of the meaning): “And verily, I am indeed forgiving to him who repents, believes (in My Oneness, and associates none in worship with Me) and does righteous good deeds, and then remains constant in doing them (till his death)” [Ta-Ha 20:82]

Allah says in Quran: "And those of your women who commit illegal sexual intercourse, take the evidence of four witnesses from amongst you against them; and if they testify, confine them (i.e. women) to houses until death comes to them or Allah ordains for them some (other) way. And the two persons (man and woman) among you who commit illegal sexual intercourse, hurt them both. And if they repent (promise Allah that they will never repeat, i.e. commit illegal sexual intercourse and other similar sins) and do righteous good deeds, leave them alone. Surely, Allah is Ever All-Forgiving, (and He is) Most Merciful.Allah accepts only the repentance of those who do evil in ignorance and foolishness and repent soon (i.e. afterwards); it is they whom Allah will forgive and Allah is Ever All-Knower, All-Wise.And of no effect is the repentance of those who continue to do evil deeds until death faces one of them and he says: "Now I repent;" nor of those who die while they are disbelievers. For them We have prepared a painful torment. [Nisa 15:18]

It was narrated that Anas ibn Maalik said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: ‘Allah says: “O son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not mind. O son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and were you then to ask forgiveness of Me, I would forgive you and I would not mind. O son of Adam, were you to come to Me with sins nearly as great as the earth and were you then to face Me, ascribing no partner to Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great as it.”’” (al-Tirmidhi, 3540; classed as hasan by Shaykh al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami’, 4338)

It was narrated from Abu Dharr that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said that Allah says: “… O My slaves, you commit sin night and day, and I forgive all sins, so ask Me for forgiveness …” (Muslim, 2577)

Repentance that is a matter between a person and his Lord is better for him than confessing his sin before a qaadi (judge) so that the hadd punishment may be carried out on him.

In Saheeh Muslim (1695) it is narrated that when Maa’iz came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said, “Purify me,” he said, “Woe to you! Go back and pray to Allah for forgiveness and repent to Him.”

Al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar said: It may be understood from this case – the case of Maa’iz when he confessed to having committed zina – that it is mustahabb for the one who falls into a similar sin to repent to Allah and conceal his sin and not mention it to anyone, as Abu Bakr and ‘Umar said to Maa’iz. Whoever discovers anything of that nature should conceal it according to what we have mentioned; he should not expose it or refer the matter to the ruler, as the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said in this story: “If you had concealed it with your garment it would have been better for you.” Hence al-Shaafa’i (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “If a person commits a sin and Allah conceals it for him, I prefer for him to conceal it too and to repent,” and he quoted as evidence the story of Maa’iz with Abu Bakr and ‘Umar.

[Wali Ahad]

The verse you are referring to is from Surah An Nisa (Verse # 48 to be exact)

"Indeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills. And he who associates others with Allah has certainly fabricated a tremendous sin"
Urdu
خدا اس گناہ کو نہیں بخشے گا کہ کسی کو اس کا شریک بنایا جائے اور اس کے سوا اور گناہ جس کو چاہے معاف کردے اور جس نے خدا کا شریک مقرر کیا اس نے بڑا بہتان باندھا
(4:48)
Moreover, To Him belong the Most Beautiful Names. (20:8)
HE is At-Tawwib _The Guide to Repentance. Al-Afu_The Forgiver. Al-Ghaffar_The Forgiving.Al-Halim_The Forebearing.Al-Karim_The Generous. Al-Mujib_The Responder to prayer . Ar-Ra’uf_The Clement.Ar Rahim_The merciful
So provided the repentance is genuine, surely the odds are in the favour of its acceptance