المعنى الاصطلاحي :

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Asking a person who was formerly Muslim and became an apostate (a disbeliever) to repent and return to Islam.

الشرح المختصر :

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"Istitābah" (requesting repentance) means calling and asking the apostate, i.e. a Muslim who left Islam and became a disbeliever, to return to it.

التعريف اللغوي المختصر :

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"Istitābah": asking someone to repent. "Tawbah": repentance of a sin.

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