Repenting for one's past sins

Q: I have a personally sensitive issue. When I was a teenager, I engaged in inappropriate sexual touching with a few girls one of whom was my cousin while she was sleeping. Now that I'm an adult and a bit wiser, I feel terribly guilty. I have apologized to my cousin but without telling her what I did. How can I find peace?

A: Leave out the sin entirely and make fresh wudhu, perform four rakaats namaaz and for at least half an hour beg Allah Ta`ala's forgiveness, and promise Him that you will never return to this sin and you will not go anywhere near it. May Allah Ta`ala forgive you.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

 

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)