The Wordings of Istighfar For the seekers of from Al-’Azeez, Al-Ghaffar Compiled by Abu Abu Hurayrah Night of 14th of Sha’ban, 1441H April 7, 2020

ﺑﺴﻢ اﷲ واﻟﺼﻼة واﻟﺴﻼم ﻋﻠﻰ رﺳﻮل اﷲ One of the most noble ways to seek an exit from calamity is to repent and seek forgiveness for the and mistakes and come back to Allaah. The worst thing that one can do is to continue sinning in the time of calamity thinking very soon it will be over. Such people, even if they might exit the calamity apparently unharmed, they will exit with a strong urge to commit evil and their transgression will keep on increasing until, may Allaah forbid, they might meet their end and they are boastful sinners.

As for people of tawheed and truth, they seek the real sunni way. The real sunni way is to come back to Allaah with a heart full of humility and meekness. This article will focus on those words that the Prophet taught to seek forgiveness so we can be one of the best of those who make mistake by repenting to Allaah (‘Azza wa jall).

َ ْ َ َْ َ َ ُ ﱠُ ْ ُ ُ ُ ْ ُ ً َ ﺳﻨﻦ أﺑﻲ داود<< َﻋ ْﻦ أ ْﺳَﻤﺎَء ْﺑ ِﻦ اﻟ َﺤﻜِﻢ اﻟﻔ َﺰا ِر ﱢي، ﻗﺎل َﺳِﻤ ْﻌﺖ َﻋﻠِﯿﺎ، - َر ِﺿ َﻲ اﷲ َﻋﻨُﻪ - َﯾﻘﻮل ﻛﻨﺖ َر ُﺟﻼ إِذا ﱠ ً ﱠُ َ َ َ َ َﺳِﻤ ْﻌ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ َر ُﺳﻮ ِل اﷲِ ﺻﻠﻰ اﷲ ﻋﻠﯿﻪ وﺳﻠﻢ َﺣِﺪﯾﺜﺎ َﻧَﻔَﻌِﻨﻲ اﷲ ِﻣْﻨُﻪ ِﺑَﻤﺎ َﺷﺎَء أ ْن َﯾْﻨَﻔَﻌِﻨﻲ َوإِذا َﺣﱠﺪﺛِﻨﻲ أ َﺣٌﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ َْ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ أ ْﺻ َﺤﺎِﺑِﻪ ا ْﺳَﺘ ْﺤﻠﻔُﺘُﻪ َﻓِﺈذا َﺣﻠ َﻒ ﻟِﻲ َﺻﱠﺪﻗُﺘُﻪ َﻗﺎل َو َﺣﱠﺪﺛِﻨﻲ أُﺑﻮ َﺑﻜ ٍﺮ َو َﺻَﺪ َق أُﺑﻮ َﺑﻜ ٍﺮ - رﺿﻰ اﷲ ﻋﻨﻪ - أﱠﻧُﻪ َﻗﺎل َ ﱠ ُ ُ ْ َ ﱡ ُ ُ ﱢ ْ َﺳِﻤ ْﻌ ُﺖ َر ُﺳﻮل اﷲِ ﺻﻠﻰ اﷲ ﻋﻠﯿﻪ وﺳﻠﻢ َﯾﻘﻮل " َﻣﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻋْﺒٍﺪ ُﯾﺬِﻧ ُﺐ ذْﻧًﺒﺎ َﻓُﯿ ْﺤ ِﺴ ُﻦ اﻟﻄُﻬﻮ َر ﺛﱠﻢ َﯾﻘﻮُم َﻓُﯿ َﺼﻠﻲ َرﻛَﻌَﺘْﯿ ِﻦ ُ ﱠَ ﱠ ﱠُ َ ُ َ َ ﱠ َ ُ ً َ َ َ َ ُ َ ﱠَ َ ﺛﱠﻢ َﯾ ْﺴَﺘ ْﻐِﻔ ُﺮ اﷲ إِﻻ َﻏَﻔ َﺮ اﷲ ﻟُﻪ " . ﺛﱠﻢ َﻗ َﺮأ َﻫِﺬِه اﻵَﯾﺔ { َواﻟِﺬﯾ َﻦ إِذا َﻓَﻌﻠﻮا َﻓﺎ ِﺣ َﺸﺔ أ ْو ﻇﻠُﻤﻮا أْﻧﻔ َﺴُﻬْﻢ ذَﻛ ُﺮوا اﷲ } إِﻟﻰ آ ِﺧ ِﺮ اﻵَﯾِﺔ . Asma' Ibn al-Hakam said: I heard Ali say: I was a man; when I heard a benefited me with it as ,(ﷺ) tradition from the Messenger of Allah much as He willed. But when some one of his companions narrated a tradition to me I adjured him. When he took an oath, I testified to him. AbuBakr narrated to me a tradition, and AbuBakr narrated truthfully. He (saying: When a servant (of Allah (ﷺ) said: I heard the apostle of Allah commits a , and he performs ablution well, and then stands and prays two rak'ahs, and asks pardon of Allah, Allah pardons him. He then recited this verse: "And those who, when they have committed Fahishah (​illegal ​ sexual intercourse etc.) or wronged themselves with evil, remember Allah and ask forgiveness for their sins; - and none can forgive sins but Allah - And do not persist in what (wrong) they have done, while they know." (Al-Qur'an 3:135). [reported by Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, An-Nasee, Ibn Majah, Ahmed in Musnad, authenticated by Al-Albani (Saheeh) and Al-Arnaout (Isnad is saheeh)

This is famously known as salatal istighfar, and it can be said at any time including the forbidden time of prayer (i.e during Sunrise, sunset, zawal, after obligatory prayer of fajr/’asr…)

Difference between Istighfar and Tawbah:

Istighfar: to seek forgiveness for sins/shortcomings of the past, present and future. Istighfar is that we are asking Allaah to forgive us, but it might not necessarily include the tawbah! Istighfar can be done for the living and the dead (only Muslims, as for those who died as non-Muslims, we are forbidden to seek forgiveness for them)

Tawbah: repentance, has conditions and one of the conditions is that it has to include istighfar. Can’t be performed for someone else. Tawbah can’t be performed on behalf of someone else. However, we can ask Allaah to give people the tawfeeq to make tawbah or ask Allaah to accept their tawbah. But we can’t make tawbah for them!

Tawbah and istighfar are the same when they are used separately. But if they are used together in a sentence they have their own meaning.

Tawbah/istighfar has timing: Until a certain time, tawbah/istighfar is accepted.

a) Time of death: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Allaah will accept the repentance of His slave so long as the death rattle has not yet begun.” Classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Tirmidhi (3537). " إ ﱠن ا ﱠﷲَ َﻋ ﱠﺰ َو َﺟ ﱠﻞ ﻟََﯿْﻘَﺒ ُﻞ َﺗ ْﻮَﺑَﺔ اﻟَْﻌْﺒِﺪ َﻣﺎ ﻟَْﻢ ُﯾَﻐ ْﺮ ِﻏ ْﺮ " ِ b) The major sign of the sun rising from west: ﺻﺤﯿﺢ اﻟﺒﺨﺎري>> َﻋ ْﻦ أَُﺑﻮ ُﻫ َﺮْﯾ َﺮَة، رﺿﻰ اﷲ ﻋﻨﻪ َﻗﺎ َل َﻗﺎ َل َر ُﺳﻮ ُل ا ﱠﷲِ ﺻﻠﻰ اﷲ ﻋﻠﯿﻪ وﺳﻠﻢ " َﻻ ُ ُ ْ ُ ﱠ َ َ َ َ ْ َﺗﻘﻮُم اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ َﻋﺔ َﺣﱠﺘﻰ َﺗﻄﻠ َﻊ اﻟﺸ ْﻤ ُﺲ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻣ ْﻐ ِﺮِﺑَﻬﺎ، َﻓِﺈذا َرآ َﻫﺎ اﻟﱠﻨﺎ ُس آَﻣ َﻦ َﻣ ْﻦ َﻋﻠْﯿَﻬﺎ، َﻓﺬاك ِﺣﯿ َﻦ َﻻ َﯾْﻨَﻔُﻊ َﻧﻔ ًﺴﺎ َ ُ ُ إِﯾَﻤﺎُﻧَﻬﺎ، ﻟْﻢ َﺗﻜ ْﻦ آَﻣَﻨ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗْﺒﻞ " said, "The Hour will not be (ﷺ) Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Messenger established until the sun rises from the West: and when the people see it, then whoever will be living on the surface of the earth will have faith, and that is (the time) when no good will it do to a soul to believe then, if it believed not before." (6.158) [Sahih Al-Bukhari]

Blessings of istighfar:

Below are some of the blessings of Istighfar from the book of Allaah.

a) A sinner will always find Allaah forgiving and and Merciful:

Alaah ta’alaa says in Sura Al-Nisa: َ ُ ﱠَ ﱠَ َوَﻣﻦ َﯾﻌَﻤﻞ ﺳﻮًءا أو َﯾﻈﻠِﻢ َﻧﻔ َﺴُﻪ ﺛﱠﻢ َﯾﺴَﺘﻐِﻔ ِﺮ اﷲ َﯾ ِﺠِﺪ اﷲ َﻏﻔﻮ ًرا َرﺣﯿًﻤﺎ And whoever does evil or wrongs himself but afterwards seeks Allah's Forgiveness, he will find Allah Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. [Al-Nisa, 110]

Tirmidhi ﺟﺎﻣﻊ اﻟﺘﺮﻣﺬي>> َﻋ ْﻦ أََﻧ ُﺲ ْﺑ ُﻦ َﻣﺎﻟِ ٍﻚ، َﻗﺎ َل َﺳِﻤ ْﻌ ُﺖ َر ُﺳﻮ َل ا ﱠﷲِ ﺻﻠﻰ اﷲ ﻋﻠﯿﻪ وﺳﻠﻢ َﯾُﻘﻮ ُل " َﻗﺎ َل ا ﱠﷲُ َﯾﺎ اْﺑ َﻦ آَدَم َ َ َ َ َ ُ َ َ ُ َ ُ إِﱠﻧﻚ َﻣﺎ َد َﻋ ْﻮَﺗِﻨﻲ َو َر َﺟ ْﻮَﺗِﻨﻲ َﻏَﻔ ْﺮ ُت ﻟﻚ َﻋﻠﻰ َﻣﺎ َﻛﺎ َن ِﻓﯿﻚ َو َﻻ أَﺑﺎﻟِﻲ َﯾﺎ اْﺑ َﻦ آَدَم ﻟ ْﻮ َﺑﻠَﻐ ْﺖ ذُﻧﻮُﺑﻚ َﻋَﻨﺎ َن اﻟ ﱠﺴَﻤﺎِء ﺛﱠﻢ َ َ ُ َ َ َ ُ َ َ ُ َ ْ ُ ا ْﺳَﺘ ْﻐَﻔ ْﺮَﺗِﻨﻲ َﻏَﻔ ْﺮ ُت ﻟﻚ َو َﻻ أَﺑﺎﻟِﻲ َﯾﺎ اْﺑ َﻦ آَدَم إِﱠﻧﻚ ﻟ ْﻮ أَﺗْﯿَﺘِﻨﻲ ِﺑﻘ َﺮا ِب اﻷ ْر ِض َﺧﻄﺎَﯾﺎ ﺛﱠﻢ ﻟِﻘﯿَﺘِﻨﻲ َﻻ ُﺗﺸ ِﺮك ِﺑﻲ َﺷْﯿًﺌﺎ َ ﻷَﺗْﯿُﺘ َﻚ ِﺑُﻘ َﺮاِﺑَﻬﺎ َﻣ ْﻐِﻔ َﺮًة "

:said (ﷺ) Anas bin Malik narrated that the Messenger of Allah “Allah, Blessed is He and Most High, said: ‘O son of Adam! Verily as long as you called upon Me and hoped in Me, I forgave you, despite whatever may have occurred from you, and I did not mind. O son of Adam! Were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky, then you sought forgiveness from Me, I would forgive you, and I would not mind. So son of Adam! If you came to me with sins nearly as great as the earth, and then you met Me not associating anything with Me, I would come to you with forgiveness nearly as great as it.’” [Tirmidhi and others, authenticated by Al-Albani]

b) Istighfar is a cause of prevention of the ‘Adhaab of Allaah: Allaah ta’aalaa says in Sura Al-Anfal: ﱠُ ﱢ َ ﱠُ ﱢ َوﻣﺎ ﻛﺎ َن اﷲ ﻟُِﯿَﻌﺬَﺑُﻬﻢ َوأﻧ َﺖ ﻓﯿِﻬﻢ ۚ َوﻣﺎ ﻛﺎ َن اﷲ ُﻣَﻌﺬَﺑُﻬﻢ َوُﻫﻢ َﯾﺴَﺘﻐِﻔﺮو َن And Allah would not punish them while you (Muhammad ) are amongst them, nor will He punish them while they seek (Allah's) Forgiveness. [Al-Anfal:33]

c) Blessings of wealth, children, rain and goodness on the earth for the mustaghfireen:

In Sura Nuh ُ ُ  َﻓﻘﻠ ُﺖ اﺳَﺘﻐِﻔﺮوا َرﱠﺑﻜﻢ إِﱠﻧُﻪ ﻛﺎ َن َﻏﻔﺎرا ُﯾﺮ ِﺳ ِﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺴﻤﺎَء َﻋﻠَﯿُﻜﻢ ِﻣﺪرا ًرا َ َ َوُﯾﻤِﺪدُﻛﻢ ِﺑﺄﻣﻮا ٍل َوَﺑﻨﯿ َﻦ َوَﯾﺠَﻌﻞ ﻟَُﻜﻢ َﺟﱟﻨﺎت َوَﯾﺠَﻌﻞ ﻟَُﻜﻢ أﻧﻬﺎ ًرا

"I said (to them): 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord; Verily, He is Oft-Forgiving; 'He will send rain to you in abundance; 'And give you increase in wealth and children, and bestow on you gardens ​ and bestow on you rivers.'

d) Worldly enjoyment will be provided for the Mustaghfireen:

In Sura Hud َ ُ ُ َ ُ َ ُ ﱠ َ َوأ ِن اﺳَﺘﻐِﻔﺮوا َرﱠﺑﻜﻢ ﺛﱠﻢ ﺗﻮﺑﻮا إِﻟﯿِﻪ ُﯾَﻤﱢﺘﻌﻜﻢ َﻣﺘﺎ ًﻋﺎ َﺣ َﺴًﻨﺎ إِﻟﻰٰ أ َﺟ ٍﻞ ُﻣ َﺴﻤﻰ َوُﯾﺆ ِت ﻛﻞ ذي َﻓﻀ ٍﻞ َﻓﻀﻠُﻪ ۖ [Sura Hud: 3]

And (commanding you): "Seek the forgiveness of your Lord, and turn to Him in repentance, that He may grant you good enjoyment, for a term appointed, and bestow His abounding Grace to every owner of grace

Prophet and his companions used to seek Istighfar

If the Prophet himself used to seek 100 times a day and he used to feel there is a covering on his heart, then why are we so far from making this practice of our daily routine.

َ َ ﱠ ُ ُ ﱠ َ ﱠَ ﺻﺤﯿﺢ اﻟﺒﺨﺎري>> َﻋ ْﻦ أُﺑﻮ ُﻫ َﺮْﯾ َﺮَة َﺳِﻤ ْﻌ ُﺖ َر ُﺳﻮل اﷲِ ﺻﻠﻰ اﷲ ﻋﻠﯿﻪ وﺳﻠﻢ َﯾﻘﻮل " َواﷲِ إِﱢﻧﻲ ﻷ ْﺳَﺘ ْﻐِﻔ ُﺮ اﷲ َُ َ ْ َ َْ ً َوأﺗﻮ ُب إِﻟْﯿِﻪ ِﻓﻲ اﻟَﯿ ْﻮِم أﻛﺜ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺳْﺒِﻌﯿ َﻦ َﻣ ﱠﺮة " . saying." By Allah! I (ﷺ) Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard Allah's Messenger ask for forgiveness from Allah and turn to Him in repentance more than seventy times a day." [Bukhari]

َ ْ َ ٌ َ َ ﱠ َ ﺻﺤﯿﺢ ﻣﺴﻠﻢ << َﻋ ِﻦ اﻷ َﻏ ﱢﺮ اﻟُﻤ َﺰِﻧ ﱢﻲ، - َوَﻛﺎَﻧ ْﺖ ﻟُﻪ ُﺻ ْﺤَﺒﺔ - أ ﱠن َر ُﺳﻮل اﷲِ ﺻﻠﻰ اﷲ ﻋﻠﯿﻪ وﺳﻠﻢ َﻗﺎل " إِﱠﻧُﻪ َ َ َْ ﱢ َ َ ْ ﱠَ ْ ََ ﻟُﯿَﻐﺎ ُن َﻋﻠﻰ ﻗﻠِﺒﻲ َوإِﻧﻲ ﻷ ْﺳﺘﻐِﻔ ُﺮ اﷲ ِﻓﻲ اﻟَﯿ ْﻮِم ِﻣﺎﺋﺔ َﻣ ﱠﺮٍة " Al-Agharr al-Muzani, who was one amongst the Companions (of the Holy (said: There is (at times (ﷺ) Prophet) reported that Allah's Messenger some sort of shade upon my heart, and I seek forgiveness from Allah a hundred times a day. [Muslim]

As for the below reported by Ibn Majah, Ahmed and others, it is weak, not authentic [graded as weak by Al-Albaani and Al-Arnaout]. Since I mentioned it in one of the Khutbah in Masjid Ibrahim, I am reporting here so we are all aware that it is weak. May Allaah forgive my shortcomings and save me from attributing lies upon our beloved Messenger and his companions (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam).

َ َ َ َ َ َ َ ﺳﻨﻦ اﺑﻦ ﻣﺎﺟﻪ >> ﺿﻌﯿﻒ << َﻋ ْﻦ ُﺣﺬْﯾَﻔﺔ، َﻗﺎل َﻛﺎ َن ِﻓﻲ ﻟِ َﺴﺎِﻧﻲ ذ َر ٌب َﻋﻠﻰ أ ْﻫﻠِﻲ َوَﻛﺎ َن َﻻ َﯾ ْﻌُﺪوُﻫْﻢ إِﻟﻰ َﻏْﯿ ِﺮ ِﻫْﻢ ََ َ ُ َ َ ﱠ ََ َ َ َْ َْ َ َ ْ ﱠَ ْ ً ﻓﺬﻛ ْﺮت ذﻟِﻚ ﻟِﻠﻨِﺒ ﱢﻲ ـ ﺻﻠﻰ اﷲ ﻋﻠﯿﻪ وﺳﻠﻢ ـ ﻓﻘﺎل " أْﯾ َﻦ أﻧ َﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ِﻻ ْﺳِﺘﻐﻔﺎ ِر ﺗ ْﺴﺘﻐِﻔ ُﺮ اﷲ ِﻓﻲ اﻟَﯿ ْﻮِم َﺳْﺒِﻌﯿ َﻦ َﻣ ﱠﺮة It was narrated that Hudhaifah said: "I was harsh in the way I spoke to my family, but not to others. I mentioned that to the Prophet (saas) and he said: 'Why don't you ask for forgiveness? Ask Allah to forgive you, seventy times each day.'" [this hadith is da’eef/weak and mentioned here for the purpose of correction only]

The authentic wordings of the Istighfar

Since we are here talking about legislated supplication then of course the following rulings apply:

a) The wordings of the istighfar should be kept as they are found in the authentic narration. b) Some have restrictive usage with certain numbers and at certain occasions. c) Some are left open for us to repeat as much as we want. No restriction can be put for such supplications. d) All du’as must be verified to be from the authentic sources. e) There are numerous du’as but I selected some special ones...

Du’a of forgivness taught to his best companion:

َ ْ َ َ ﱠ ﱢ ﺻﺤﯿﺢ اﻟﺒﺨﺎري>> َﻋ ْﻦ أِﺑﻲ َﺑﻜ ٍﺮ اﻟ ﱢﺼﱢﺪﯾ ِﻖ ـ رﺿﻰ اﷲ ﻋﻨﻪ ـ . أﱠﻧُﻪ َﻗﺎل ﻟِ َﺮ ُﺳﻮ ِل اﷲِ ﺻﻠﻰ اﷲ ﻋﻠﯿﻪ وﺳﻠﻢ َﻋﻠ ْﻤِﻨﻲ َ َ ُ ﱠ َ َ ْ ُ ْ ﱡ ﱠ َ ُد َﻋﺎًء أْد ُﻋﻮ ِﺑِﻪ ِﻓﻲ َﺻ َﻼِﺗﻲ . َﻗﺎل " ﻗ ِﻞ اﻟﻠُﻬﱠﻢ إِﱢﻧﻲ ﻇﻠ ْﻤ ُﺖ َﻧﻔ ِﺴﻲ ﻇﻠًﻤﺎ َﻛِﺜﯿ ًﺮا َو َﻻ َﯾ ْﻐِﻔ ُﺮ اﻟﺬُﻧﻮ َب إِﻻ أْﻧ َﺖ، َﻓﺎ ْﻏِﻔ ْﺮ ﻟِﻲ َ َ َ ْ ُ َﻣ ْﻐِﻔ َﺮًة ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﻋْﻨِﺪك، َوا ْر َﺣ ْﻤِﻨﻲ إِﱠﻧﻚ أْﻧ َﺖ اﻟَﻐﻔﻮ ُر اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﺣﯿُﻢ ".

to teach me (ﷺ) Narrated Abu Bakr As-Siddiq: I asked Allah's Messenger an invocation so that I may invoke Allah with it in my prayer. He told me to say, "Allahumma inni zalumtu nafsi zulman kathiran, Wala yaghfiru dh-dhunuba illa anta, fa ghfir li maghfiratan min `indika, wa r-hamni, innaka anta l-ghafuru r-rahim (O Allah! I have done great injustice to myself and none except You forgives sins, so bestow on me a forgiveness from You, and Have Mercy on me, You are the Forgiver, the Merciful). [Sahih Al-Bukhari]

This du’a comes with different wordings in different narrations. And it is to be said only once…

Simple wording: “Robbi Adhnabtu faghfirlee”/Robbi Adhnabtu aakhar faghfirlee

َ َ َ َ َ ﺻﺤﯿﺢ اﻟﺒﺨﺎري>> َﻋ ْﻦ أِﺑﻲ ُﻫ َﺮْﯾ َﺮَة، َﻗﺎل َﺳِﻤ ْﻌ ُﺖ اﻟﱠﻨِﺒ ﱠﻲ ﺻﻠﻰ اﷲ ﻋﻠﯿﻪ وﺳﻠﻢ َﻗﺎل " إِ ﱠن َﻋْﺒًﺪا أ َﺻﺎ َب ذْﻧًﺒﺎ ـ َو ُرﱠﺑَﻤﺎ َﻗﺎ َل أَْذَﻧ َﺐ َذْﻧًﺒﺎ ـ َﻓَﻘﺎ َل َر ﱢب أَْذَﻧْﺒ ُﺖ ـ َو ُرﱠﺑَﻤﺎ َﻗﺎ َل أَ َﺻْﺒ ُﺖ ـ َﻓﺎ ْﻏِﻔ ْﺮ ﻟِﻲ َﻓَﻘﺎ َل َرﱡﺑُﻪ أَ َﻋﻠَِﻢ َﻋْﺒِﺪي أَ ﱠن ﻟَُﻪ َرﺑﺎ َﯾ ْﻐِﻔ ُﺮ ﱠ ْ ُ ُ ﱠُ ُ َ َ َْ َْ َ َ اﻟﺬْﻧ َﺐ َوَﯾﺄ ُﺧﺬ ِﺑِﻪ َﻏَﻔ ْﺮ ُت ﻟَِﻌْﺒِﺪي . ﺛﱠﻢ َﻣَﻜ َﺚ َﻣﺎ َﺷﺎَء اﷲ، ﺛﱠﻢ أ َﺻﺎ َب َذْﻧًﺒﺎ أ ْو أذَﻧ َﺐ َذْﻧًﺒﺎ، َﻓَﻘﺎ َل َر ﱢب أذَﻧْﺒ ُﺖ ـ أ ْو أ َﺻْﺒ ُﺖ َ َ ﱠ ْ ُ ُ ﱠُ ُ َْ ـ آ َﺧ َﺮ َﻓﺎ ْﻏِﻔ ْﺮُه . َﻓَﻘﺎ َل أ َﻋﻠَِﻢ َﻋْﺒِﺪي أ ﱠن ﻟَُﻪ َرﺑﺎ َﯾ ْﻐِﻔ ُﺮ اﻟﺬْﻧ َﺐ َوَﯾﺄ ُﺧﺬ ِﺑِﻪ َﻏَﻔ ْﺮ ُت ﻟَِﻌْﺒِﺪي، ﺛﱠﻢ َﻣَﻜ َﺚ َﻣﺎ َﺷﺎَء اﷲ ﺛﱠﻢ أذَﻧ َﺐ َذْﻧًﺒﺎ ـ َو ُرﱠﺑَﻤﺎ َﻗﺎ َل أَ َﺻﺎ َب َذْﻧًﺒﺎ ـ َﻗﺎ َل َﻗﺎ َل َر ﱢب أَ َﺻْﺒ ُﺖ ـ أَ ْو أَْذَﻧْﺒ ُﺖ ـ آ َﺧ َﺮ َﻓﺎ ْﻏِﻔ ْﺮُه ﻟِﻲ . َﻓَﻘﺎ َل أَ َﻋﻠَِﻢ َﻋْﺒِﺪي أَ ﱠن ﻟَُﻪ َرﺑﺎ ﱠ ْ ُ ً ْ ْ َﯾ ْﻐِﻔ ُﺮ اﻟﺬْﻧ َﺐ َوَﯾﺄ ُﺧﺬ ِﺑِﻪ َﻏَﻔ ْﺮ ُت ﻟَِﻌْﺒِﺪي ـ َﺛ َﻼﺛﺎ ـ َﻓﻠَﯿ ْﻌَﻤﻞ َﻣﺎ َﺷﺎَء

saying, "If somebody (ﷺ) Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard the Prophet commits a sin and then says, 'O my Lord! I have sinned, please forgive me!' and his Lord says, 'My slave has known that he has a Lord who forgives sins and punishes for it, I therefore have forgiven my slave (his sins).' Then he remains without committing any sin for a while and then again commits another sin and says, 'O my Lord, I have committed another sin, please forgive me,' and Allah says, 'My slave has known that he has a Lord who forgives sins and punishes for it, I therefore have forgiven my slave (his sin). Then he remains without committing any other sin for a while and then commits another sin (for the third time) and says, 'O my Lord, I have committed another sin, please forgive me,' and Allah says, 'My slave has known that he has a Lord Who forgives sins and punishes for it I therefore have forgiven My slave (his sin), he can do whatever he likes." [Sahih Al-Bukhari]

His most frequent istighfar dua before death: SubhanAllaahi wa bihamdihi astaghfirullaaha wa atuubu ilayhi

ُ ﱠ ﱠ ﺻﺤﯿﺢ ﻣﺴﻠﻢ >> َﻋ ْﻦ َﻋﺎِﺋ َﺸَﺔ، َﻗﺎﻟَ ْﺖ َﻛﺎ َن َر ُﺳﻮل اﷲِ ﺻﻠﻰ اﷲ ﻋﻠﯿﻪ وﺳﻠﻢ ُﯾ ْﻜِﺜ ُﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗ ْﻮ ِل " ُﺳْﺒ َﺤﺎ َن اﷲِ َوِﺑ َﺤ ْﻤِﺪِه َ ﱠَ َ َ َ ُْ َ ﱠ َ َ ْ ﱠ َ ﱠَ َ أ ْﺳَﺘ ْﻐِﻔ ُﺮ اﷲ َوأُﺗﻮ ُب إِﻟْﯿِﻪ " . َﻗﺎﻟ ْﺖ َﻓﻘﻠ ُﺖ َﯾﺎ َر ُﺳﻮل اﷲِ أ َراك ُﺗﻜِﺜ ُﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗ ْﻮ ِل ُﺳْﺒ َﺤﺎ َن اﷲِ َوِﺑ َﺤ ْﻤِﺪِه أ ْﺳَﺘ ْﻐِﻔ ُﺮ اﷲ َوأُﺗﻮ ُب َ َ َ َ ً ُ َ َ َ َْ ﱠ َ إِﻟْﯿِﻪ . َﻓَﻘﺎل " َﺧﱠﺒ َﺮِﻧﻲ َرﱢﺑﻲ أﱢﻧﻲ َﺳﺄ َرى َﻋ َﻼَﻣﺔ ِﻓﻲ أﱠﻣِﺘﻲ َﻓِﺈذا َرأْﯾُﺘَﻬﺎ أﻛﺜ ْﺮ ُت ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗ ْﻮ ِل ُﺳْﺒ َﺤﺎ َن اﷲِ َوِﺑ َﺤ ْﻤِﺪِه أ ْﺳَﺘ ْﻐِﻔ ُﺮ ﱠَ َ َ َ َ ﱠ ْ ﱠ َ َ ُ ﱠ َْ اﷲ َوأُﺗﻮ ُب إِﻟْﯿِﻪ . َﻓَﻘْﺪ َرأْﯾُﺘَﻬﺎ { إِذا َﺟﺎَء َﻧ ْﺼ ُﺮ اﷲِ َواﻟَﻔْﺘ ُﺢ } َﻓْﺘ ُﺢ َﻣﻜﺔ { َو َرأْﯾ َﺖ اﻟﱠﻨﺎ َس َﯾْﺪ ُﺧﻠﻮ َن ِﻓﻲ ِدﯾ ِﻦ اﷲِ أﻓَﻮا ًﺟﺎ َ * َﻓ َﺴﱢﺒ ْﺢ ِﺑ َﺤ ْﻤِﺪ َرﱢﺑﻚ َوا ْﺳَﺘ ْﻐِﻔ ْﺮُه إِﱠﻧُﻪ َﻛﺎ َن َﺗﱠﻮاًﺑﺎ }

:recited often these words (ﷺ) A'isha reported: The Messenger of Allah' Hallowed be Allah and with His praise, I seek the forgiveness of Allah and return to Him. She said: I asked: Messenger of Allah, I see that you often repeat the saying" subhan allahi bihamdihi astag firullahi watubuilaih" whereupon he said: My Lord informed me that I would soon see a sign in my Ummah, so when I see it I often recite (these) words: Hallowed be Allah and with His Praise, I seek forgiveness of Allah and return to Him. Indeed I saw it (when this verse) was revealed:" When Allah's help and victory came, it marked the victory of Mecca, and you see people entering into Allah's religion in troops, celebrating the praise of Thy Lord and ask His forgiveness. Surely He is ever returning to Mercy." [Sahih Muslim]

Note: This du’a is left open for as many times as one wants to recite without specifying a time and a number

Easy Istighfar - after obligatory prayer: “Astaghfirullaah”

َ َ ُ ﱠ َ َ ً ﺻﺤﯿﺢ ﻣﺴﻠﻢ >> َﻋ ْﻦ ﺛ ْﻮَﺑﺎ َن، َﻗﺎل َﻛﺎ َن َر ُﺳﻮل اﷲِ ﺻﻠﻰ اﷲ ﻋﻠﯿﻪ وﺳﻠﻢ إِذا اْﻧ َﺼ َﺮ َف ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺻ َﻼِﺗِﻪ ا ْﺳَﺘ ْﻐَﻔ َﺮ ﺛ َﻼﺛﺎ َ َ ﱠ َْ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ ْ َُْ ُ َ َ َ َوﻗﺎل " اﻟﻠُﻬﱠﻢ أﻧ َﺖ اﻟ ﱠﺴﻼُم َوِﻣﻨﻚ اﻟ ﱠﺴﻼُم ﺗَﺒﺎ َرﻛ َﺖ ذا اﻟ َﺠﻼ ِل َوا ِﻹﻛ َﺮاِم " . ﻗﺎل اﻟَﻮﻟِﯿُﺪ ﻓﻘﻠﺖ ﻟِﻸ ْو َزا ِﻋ ﱢﻲ ﻛْﯿﻒ ا ِﻻ ْﺳِﺘ ْﻐَﻔﺎ ُر َﻗﺎ َل َﺗُﻘﻮ ُل أَ ْﺳَﺘ ْﻐِﻔ ُﺮ ا ﱠﷲَ أَ ْﺳَﺘ ْﻐِﻔ ُﺮ ا ﱠﷲَ .

.finished his prayer (ﷺ) Thauban reported: When the Messenger of Allah He begged forgiveness three times and said: O Allah! Thou art Peace, and peace comes from Thee; Blessed art Thou, O Possessor of Glory and Honour. Walid reported: I said to Auza'i: How is the seeking of forgiveness? He replied: You should say: I beg forgiveness from Allah, I beg forgiveness from Allah." [Muslim]

Note: This is only after the obligatory prayer. Not for every /optional prayers and Allaah knows best.

Comprehensive istighfar from his tongue (sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam)

No doubt, the Prophet’s words were chosen and approved by Allaah. If we stick to these words, all our needs will be covered. Ponder upon the following words, isn’t his words concise but cover every aspect of sins. Let’s not try to search other sources and leave the gems in the books of sunnah!

َ َ َ ْ َ َ ﺻﺤﯿﺢ ﻣﺴﻠﻢ >> َﻋ ْﻦ أِﺑﻲ ُﺑ ْﺮَدَة ْﺑ ِﻦ أِﺑﻲ ُﻣﻮ َﺳﻰ اﻷﺷَﻌ ِﺮ ﱢي، َﻋ ْﻦ أِﺑﯿِﻪ، َﻋ ِﻦ اﻟﱠﻨِﺒ ﱢﻲ ﺻﻠﻰ اﷲ ﻋﻠﯿﻪ وﺳﻠﻢ أﱠﻧُﻪ َﻛﺎ َن َ ﱠ َ َ َ َ ﱠ َﯾْﺪ ُﻋﻮ ِﺑَﻬﺬا اﻟﱡﺪ َﻋﺎِء " اﻟﻠُﻬﱠﻢ ا ْﻏِﻔ ْﺮ ﻟِﻲ َﺧ ِﻄﯿَﺌِﺘﻲ َو َﺟ ْﻬﻠِﻲ َوإِ ْﺳ َﺮاِﻓﻲ ِﻓﻲ أ ْﻣ ِﺮي َوَﻣﺎ أْﻧ َﺖ أ ْﻋﻠُﻢ ِﺑِﻪ ِﻣﱢﻨﻲ اﻟﻠُﻬﱠﻢ ا ْﻏِﻔ ْﺮ ﻟِﻲ ﱡ ﱠ َ َ َ ِﺟﱢﺪي َو َﻫ ْﺰﻟِﻲ َو َﺧ َﻄِﺌﻲ َو َﻋ ْﻤِﺪي َوُﻛﻞ َذﻟِ َﻚ ِﻋْﻨِﺪي اﻟﻠُﻬﱠﻢ ا ْﻏِﻔ ْﺮ ﻟِﻲ َﻣﺎ َﻗﱠﺪ ْﻣ ُﺖ َوَﻣﺎ أ ﱠﺧ ْﺮ ُت َوَﻣﺎ أ ْﺳ َﺮ ْر ُت َوَﻣﺎ أ ْﻋﻠَْﻨ ُﺖ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ ﱢ َوَﻣﺎ أْﻧ َﺖ أ ْﻋﻠَُﻢ ِﺑِﻪ ِﻣﱢﻨﻲ أْﻧ َﺖ اﻟُﻤَﻘﱢﺪُم َوأْﻧ َﺖ اﻟُﻤَﺆ ﱢﺧ ُﺮ َوأْﻧ َﺖ َﻋﻠَﻰ ُﻛﻞ َﺷ ْﻰٍء َﻗِﺪﯾ ٌﺮ "

Abu Musa Ash'ari reported on the authority of his father that Allahs Apostle :used to supplicate in these words (ﷺ) " O Allah, forgive me my faults, my ignorance, my immoderation in my concerns. And you are better aware (of my affairs) than myself. O Allah, grant me forgiveness (of the faults which I committed) seriously or in jest and which I committed inadvertently and de- liberately. All these (failings) are in me. O Allah, grant me forgiveness from the fault which I did in haste or deferred, which I committed in privacy or in public and you are better aware of (them) than myself. You are the First and the Last and you are powerful over everything" [Sahih Muslim]

Transliteration: Allaahummaghfirlee khatee-atee wa jahlee wa israafee fee amree, wa maa anta a’lamu bihi minnee. Allaahummaghfirlee jadde wa hazlee wa khataee wa ‘amdee, wa kullu dhaalika ‘endee Allaahummaghfirlee maa qaddamtu wa maa akh-khartu wa maa asrartu wa maa a’lantu wa maa anta a’lamu bihi minnee. Antal Muqaddimu wa antal mu’akh-khiru wa anta ‘alaa kulli shayin Qadeer.

Supplication of forgiveness in prostration

َ َ ﱠ ُ ﱠ ﺻﺤﯿﺢ ﻣﺴﻠﻢ >> َﻋ ْﻦ أِﺑﻲ ُﻫ َﺮْﯾ َﺮَة، أ ﱠن َر ُﺳﻮ َل اﷲِ ﺻﻠﻰ اﷲ ﻋﻠﯿﻪ وﺳﻠﻢ َﻛﺎ َن َﯾُﻘﻮل ِﻓﻲ ُﺳ ُﺠﻮِدِه " اﻟﻠُﻬﱠﻢ ا ْﻏِﻔ ْﺮ ﻟِﻲ ﱠ ﱠ َ َذْﻧِﺒﻲ ُﻛﻠُﻪ ِدﱠﻗُﻪ َو ِﺟﻠُﻪ َوأﱠوﻟَُﻪ َوآ ِﺧ َﺮُه َو َﻋ َﻼِﻧَﯿَﺘُﻪ َو ِﺳ ﱠﺮُه

Abu Huraira reported: used to say while prostrating himself: O (ﷺ) The Messenger of Allah Lord, forgive me all my sins, small and great, first and last, open and secret. [Sahih Muslim]

Transliteration of the supplication: Allaahummaghfirlee dhanbee Kullahu, diqqahu wa jillahu wa awwalahu wa aakhirahu wa ‘alaaniyyatahu wa sirrahu

The Master of seeking forgiveness

َ َ ﺻﺤﯿﺢ اﻟﺒﺨﺎري>> َﻋ ْﻦ َﺷﱠﺪاُد ْﺑ ُﻦ أ ْو ٍس ـ رﺿﻰ اﷲ ﻋﻨﻪ ـ َﻋ ِﻦ اﻟﱠﻨِﺒ ﱢﻲ ﺻﻠﻰ اﷲ ﻋﻠﯿﻪ وﺳﻠﻢ " َﺳﱢﯿُﺪ ا ِﻻ ْﺳِﺘ ْﻐَﻔﺎ ِر أ ْن ُ َ ﱠ َ َ ﱠ َ َْ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ ُ َ َﺗﻘﻮل اﻟﻠُﻬﱠﻢ أْﻧ َﺖ َرﱢﺑﻲ، َﻻ إِﻟَﻪ إِﻻ أْﻧ َﺖ، َﺧﻠﻘَﺘِﻨﻲ َوأَﻧﺎ َﻋْﺒُﺪك، َوأَﻧﺎ َﻋﻠﻰ َﻋ ْﻬِﺪك َوَو ْﻋِﺪك َﻣﺎ ا ْﺳَﺘﻄ ْﻌ ُﺖ، أ ُﻋﻮذ ِﺑﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ ﱡ ﱠ َ َ َﺷ ﱢﺮ َﻣﺎ َﺻَﻨ ْﻌ ُﺖ، أُﺑﻮُء ﻟﻚ ِﺑِﻨ ْﻌَﻤِﺘﻚ َﻋﻠ ﱠﻰ َوأُﺑﻮُء ﻟﻚ ِﺑﺬْﻧِﺒﻲ، َﻓﺎ ْﻏِﻔ ْﺮ ﻟِﻲ، َﻓِﺈﱠﻧُﻪ َﻻ َﯾ ْﻐِﻔ ُﺮ اﻟﺬُﻧﻮ َب إِﻻ أْﻧ َﺖ " . َﻗﺎل " َوَﻣ ْﻦ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ﱠ َﻗﺎﻟَﻬﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﱠﻨَﻬﺎ ِر ُﻣﻮِﻗًﻨﺎ ِﺑَﻬﺎ، َﻓَﻤﺎ َت ِﻣ ْﻦ َﯾ ْﻮِﻣِﻪ َﻗْﺒﻞ أ ْن ُﯾ ْﻤ ِﺴ َﻲ، َﻓُﻬَﻮ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ ْﻫ ِﻞ اﻟ َﺠﱠﻨِﺔ، َوَﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺎﻟَﻬﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻠْﯿ ِﻞ َو ْﻫَﻮ ُﻣﻮِﻗ ٌﻦ َ َ ْ ِﺑَﻬﺎ، َﻓَﻤﺎ َت َﻗْﺒ َﻞ أ ْن ُﯾ ْﺼِﺒ َﺢ، َﻓ ْﻬَﻮ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ ْﻫ ِﻞ اﻟ َﺠﱠﻨِﺔ " .

said "The most superior (ﷺ) Narrated Shaddad bin Aus: The Prophet way of asking for forgiveness from Allah is: 'Allahumma anta Rabbi la ilaha illa anta, Khalaqtani wa ana `Abduka, wa ana `ala `ahdika wa wa`dika mastata`tu, A`udhu bika min Sharri ma sana`tu, abu'u Laka bini`matika `alaiya, wa abu'u laka bidhanbi faghfir lee fa innahu la yaghfiru adhdhunuba added. "If somebody recites it during the day (ﷺ) illa anta." The Prophet with firm faith in it, and dies on the same day before the evening, he will be from the people of Paradise; and if somebody recites it at night with firm faith in it, and dies before the morning, he will be from the people of Paradise."

The translation of the du'a: O Allah, You are my Lord, there is no god but You. You have created me and I am Your slave and I am keeping my promise and covenant to You as much as I can. I seek refuge with You from the evil of what I do. I acknowledge Your blessing and I acknowledge my sin, so forgive me, for there is none who can forgive sin except You.

The wordings of Istighfar that can remove heavy sins

َ َ َ ْ ﱠ َ َ َ َ َﺣﱠﺪﺛَﻨﺎ ُﻣﻮ َﺳﻰ ْﺑ ُﻦ إِ ْﺳَﻤﺎ ِﻋﯿﻞ، َﺣﱠﺪﺛَﻨﺎ َﺣﻔ ُﺺ ْﺑ ُﻦ ُﻋَﻤ َﺮ اﻟﺸﱢﻨ ﱡﻲ، َﺣﱠﺪﺛِﻨﻲ أِﺑﻲ ُﻋَﻤ ُﺮ ْﺑ ُﻦ ُﻣ ﱠﺮَة، َﻗﺎل َﺳِﻤ ْﻌ ُﺖ ِﺑ َﻼل ْﺑ َﻦ َﯾ َﺴﺎ ِر َ َ َ ُ َ َ ﱠ ْﺑ ِﻦ َزْﯾٍﺪ، َﻣ ْﻮﻟﻰ اﻟﱠﻨِﺒ ﱢﻲ ﺻﻠﻰ اﷲ ﻋﻠﯿﻪ وﺳﻠﻢ َﻗﺎل َﺳِﻤ ْﻌ ُﺖ أِﺑﻲ ُﯾ َﺤﱢﺪﺛِﻨﯿِﻪ َﻋ ْﻦ َﺟﱢﺪي أﱠﻧُﻪ َﺳِﻤ َﻊ َر ُﺳﻮل اﷲِ ﺻﻠﻰ اﷲ ُ ُ َ َ ﱠَ ﱠ َ ﱠ ْ ْ َ َ َ ﻋﻠﯿﻪ وﺳﻠﻢ َﯾﻘﻮل " َﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺎل أ ْﺳَﺘ ْﻐِﻔ ُﺮ اﷲ اﻟِﺬي َﻻ إِﻟَﻪ إِﻻ ُﻫَﻮ اﻟ َﺤ ﱡﻰ اﻟَﻘﱡﯿﻮُم َوأُﺗﻮ ُب إِﻟْﯿِﻪ ُﻏِﻔ َﺮ ﻟُﻪ َوإِ ْن َﻛﺎ َن َﻓ ﱠﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰ ْﺣ ِﻒ said: If anyone (ﷺ) Narrated Zayd, the client of the Prophet: The Prophet says: "I ask pardon of Allah than Whom there is no deity, the Living, the eternal, and I turn to Him in repentance," he will be pardoned, even if he has fled in time of battle. [it is reported in Abu Dawud and has been authenticated by Al-Albaani, Al-Arnaout and others...]

Transliteration of the Du'a: Astaghfirullaahalladhee laa ilaahaa illaa huwal Hayyul Qayyum wa Atuubu Ilayhi...

This du’a is left open to be said at any time, no specific number or time can be assigned.

Note: This narration has different versions from other companions [Hudayfah, Al-Bara etc…], none of those are authentic. The above version is the one that Al-Albani and Al-Arnaout authenticated. The narrations which are weak claim that it should be said after every salah or at the time of going to bed and they are all unauthentic, alhamdulillah for the science of isnad that makes us separate the truth from falsehood

The wordings with which he used to seek istighfar 100 times

َ َ ُ َ ﱠ ْ ﺳﻨﻦ اﺑﻦ ﻣﺎﺟﻪ >> َﻋ ْﻦ َﻧﺎِﻓ ٍﻊ، َﻋ ِﻦ اْﺑ ِﻦ ُﻋَﻤ َﺮ، ﻗﺎل إِ ْن ﻛﱠﻨﺎ ﻟَﻨُﻌﱡﺪ ﻟِ َﺮ ُﺳﻮ ِل اﷲِ ـ ﺻﻠﻰ اﷲ ﻋﻠﯿﻪ وﺳﻠﻢ ـ ِﻓﻲ اﻟَﻤ ْﺠﻠِ ِﺲ ُ َ َﯾُﻘﻮل " َر ﱢب ا ْﻏِﻔ ْﺮ ِﻟﻲ َوُﺗ ْﺐ َﻋَﻠ ﱠﻰ ِإﱠﻧ َﻚ أْﻧ َﺖ اﻟﱠﺘﱠﻮا ُب اﻟﱠﺮ ِﺣﯿُﻢ " . ِﻣﺎَﺋَﺔ َﻣ ﱠﺮٍة .

It was narrated that Ibn `Umar said: said one hundred (ﷺ) We used to count that the Messenger of Allah" times in a gathering: 'Rabbighfirli wa tub `alayya innaka ​ Antat-Tawwabur-Rahim (O Allah forgive me and accept my repentance, ​ for You are the Accepter of repentance, the Most Merciful).'" [reported by Ibn Majah and authenticated by Al-Albaani, Al-Arnaout and others…] ﱠ ُ ﱠ ُ ُ ﻣﺴﻨﺪ اﺣﻤﺪ >> َﻋ ْﻦ َر ُﺟ ٍﻞ ِﻣﻦ أ ْﺻﺤﺎ ِب اﻟﱠﻨﺒ ﱢﻲ ﺻﻠﻰ اﷲ ﻋﻠﯿﻪ وﺳﻠَﻢ ِﻣﻦ اﻷﻧﺼﺎ ِر، ﻗﺎل: -ﻗﺎل ﺷ ْﻌﺒﺔ: أو ﻗﺎل: ٌ ﱠ ُ ﱠ ُ ُ ُ َر ُﺟﻞ ِﻣﻦ اﻷﻧﺼﺎ ِر- إﱠﻧﻪ َﺳِﻤ َﻊ اﻟﱠﻨﺒ ﱠﻲ ﺻﻠﻰ اﷲ ﻋﻠﯿﻪ وﺳﻠَﻢ ﻓﻲ َﺻﻼٍة وﻫﻮ ﯾﻘﻮل: ر ﱢب اﻏِﻔ ْﺮ ﻟﻲ -ﻗﺎل ﺷ ْﻌﺒﺔ: أو ﻗﺎل: اﻟﻠﱠُﻬﱠﻢ اﻏِﻔ ْﺮ ﻟﻲ- وُﺗ ْﺐ ﻋﻠَ ﱠﻲ؛ إﱠﻧﻚ أﻧ َﺖ اﻟﺘﱠﻮا ُب اﻟَﻐﻔﻮ ُر، ِﻣَﺌَﺔ َﻣ ﱠﺮٍة

On the authority of a man from the companions of the Prophet from Al- said - or Shu’bah said a man from Al-Ansar said that he heard the Messenger of Allaah in the prayer “Robbighfir-lee” - Shu’bah said - or he said - Allaahummaghfirlee wa tub ‘alayya innaka antat-tawwabur-Raheem 100 times! [reported by Ahmed in his Musnad and Sheikh Al-Arnaout said Isnad is saheeh]

Conclusion: Let’s take advantage of these words and efforts from the ​ scholars of hadith who worked, are working and will work hard to preserve the freshness of the breaths of our Prophet (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam).

We just have to make small efforts to tap into their work to benefit from the ocean of goodness, an ocean that has no shore but regardless of wherever we dive, we will extract jewels and pearls of knowledge from the words of our beloved Messenger Sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam.

I ask Allaah to forgive me, my parents, my family, children, our scholars and teachers and all the Muslims.

The one who is need of Allaah’s forgiveness Abu Abu Hurayrah Night of Sha’ban 14, 1441H April 7, 2020 Austin, TX USA