Assalamu Alaykum Shaykh Raslan mentioned a story of Abu Ali al Daqqaq, and explained that the effects of sins may appear as a punishment in a persons life, and can be delayed by a long time, even 40 years. Does sincere repentance cancel this punishment? Or will his sin still affect his worldly life?

Ustadh AbdulAziz al-Haqqan

Sincere repentance wipes out the sin, and Shaykh Ibn Uthaymin said that when the repentance is sincere, the sin does not affect the one who repented. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said the one who repents is not punished, neither in this world nor in the next.