Question:
Salam,
In my previous rebellious life I had done many bad things. One of them was I used to upload pictures of my uncovered private parts on line. Now I have made tawbah. I have tried to delete these pics several times but for some reason can’t. I have also contacted the site admins via email and private messaging asking them to take my pictures down on countless occasions. To this day I have not received a single reply!
I wanted to ask will Allah still forgive even though these pics are still on the net? I have tried hard but cant do much else. Please help. jazzakAllah
Answer:
Alaykum Salam,
The nature of that medium is to be exploitative and unforgiving so you might need legal action or the threat of it to force the host website to take them down, however even that might not work. Allah Most High accepts repentance (tawba) of which one of the conditions is to correct the effects of one’s sin, which you have done your best to do. So move on and trust in His mercy, and leave the rest behind you as repentance erases whatever was done before.
Hajj Gibril Haddad
