From the things that prevents one from making Tawbah is; paying little concern to the sins one comments, and belittling the sins one falls into; (i.e.) Thinking one does not have to make repentance from them and considering them carrying a light punishment. The Scholars mention that the act of seeking repentance is deemed obligatory for every sin committed. About Sheikh ul Islam Ibn Taymiyah Shaykh al-Islam Taqi ud-Din Abu'l-Abbas Ahmad Ibn al-Halim ibn Abd al-Salam Ibn Taymiyah al-Hanbali was born in , 661 AH (1263 AC) in Haran, which is now in Eastern Turkey, near the border of northern Iraq.