How can your fatwas that good deeds do not expiate major sins be reconciled with the Qur'anic verses and Prophetic hadiths that indicate that good deeds remove evil deeds, and that evil deeds are replaced by good deeds through repentance and righteous action, and the general forgiveness of sins for those who repent?

There is no room for despair; for the one who repents from major sins, his sins are forgiven and erased, based on the saying of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him: "The one who repents from a sin is like one who has no sin." And whoever repents with sincere repentance, regretting what he has done, his sin has been erased. Increasing good deeds is an added benefit, and good deeds alleviate the burden of major sins even for those who have not repented, as some scholars have affirmed. Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah mentioned that forgiveness can occur even with major sins, citing as evidence certain hadiths, including: "He was forgiven even if he fled from the battlefield," and "Even if he committed adultery or theft." And deficiencies in obligatory acts are compensated by voluntary acts.