[811] That is jahālah, i.e. inability to fully realize the serious consequences of one’s actions, despite knowing that such acts are forbidden. Every act of disobedience is jahālah (ignorance/carelessness/lack of good judgement) whether intended or not. (al-Ṭabarī, al-Saʿdī)
[812] God, the Most Merciful, accepts a person’s tawbah (repentance) as long as he is alive and before seeing death with his own eyes (cf. al-Ṭabarī, Ibn Kathīr, al-Saʿdī). ʿAbdullāh Ibn ʿUmar (رضي الله عنهما) narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Allah accepts the repentance of a servant, as long as he is not gurgling ˹while suffering the throes of death˺”. (al-Tirmidhī: 3537; Ibn Mājah: 4253; Aḥmad: 6160) There are five conditions for accepting a person’s repentance: 1) sincerity and seeking only God’s Pleasure; 2) regretting having committed sins; 3) abandoning sins; 4) having the true intention of not committing sins in the future, and 5) committing to repentance prior to death’s arrival (cf. Ibn ʿUthaymīn).