Does Allah forgive all?

*I’ve never really thought about it this way. I know there are things we are not Supposed to do, like worship anybody or anything beside “Allah,” God.

*My mother said “Allah forgives all, everything that we do, if we ask Him for

forgiveness. Even if we do it day after day He will forgive us. We just have to ask for His forgiveness and really mean it. She said that Allah said that He will forgive everyone who asks for forgiveness and Allah does what He says, always."

*My husband does not agree with her. He thinks Allah won’t forgive those who do the same thing over and over, day after day. He said that there are a lot of people who do good things and Allah can’t keep on forgiving some people who do not need it or deserve it.

*My uncle gave me an example. He said, ”Mouna, if I step on your feet and ask you to forgive me will you?”

I said, " yes.”

Then he said, ”If I step on your feel the next day and ask you for forgiveness will you forgive me?"

I was smiling, and I said, "No, I wouldn't, but it's because I’m not Allah. Allah is The Forgiver."

He said, "Mouna, think about it this way, if you won’t forgive me for the second time what make you think Allah will?"

He said, ”We always have to do things that are morally right and if our brain is working right we will be ok."

*My father said, ”Yes Allah will and no Allah won’t.” He said, “It really

depends on who you did it to, where you did it, what you did, and why you did it.

He said, ”If you didn’t mean to do it and you ask for forgiveness, Allah will forgive you 100% even if you do it over and over. But if you meant to do it so you can go and ask for forgiveness, Allah won’t forgive you."

He also said, "It's because we are human and are not perfect. We come with mistakes. Some of us really don’t mean all the crazy things we do."

*But one thing is for sure. Islam is not a game, and Allah knows more than we know ourselves.

I think we really have to mean good in whatever we do and if we do that, we should be fine.

I think that when we ask Allah to forgive us for something, if we are sincere, we must feel shame for what we did. We must feel so bad about what we did that we really don't want to ever do it again. We have to really hate what we did. If, because of habit or accident, we do the same thing again, then we must think what to do to make sure not to do it again. We have to take responsibility for disciplining ourselves and even asking others to help us to avoid doing the bad thing that we did. If we do not have this attitude, then we didn't really care that we did something shameful and we didn't really want forgiveness for it.

What do you think?