Ahadith

Aghirr Muzani relates that the Holy Prophet said: Sometimes I" perceive a veil over my heart and { supplicate Allah for forgiveness a hundred times in a day (Muslim).

Abu Hurairah relates that he heard the Holy Prophet say: I supplicate Allah and turn to Him more than seventy times a day (Bokhari).

This hadith is the same as No. 425.

Ibn Umar relates: We could count in one sitting the Holy Prophet supplicating a hundred times: Lord, forgive me and turn to me for Thou art Oft-Returning with compassion, Ever-Merciful (Abu Daud and Tirmidhi).

Ibn Abbas relates that the Holy Prophet said: For him who is constant in supplicating Allah for forgiveness He provides deliverance from every straitness and relief from every suffering and endows him whence he knows not (Abu Daud).

[bn Mas‘ud relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who supplicates: I seek the forgiveness of Allah, there is none worthy of worship save Him, the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting, and turn to Him in repentance; will be forgiven his sins, even if he should have deserted in the face of the enemy (Abu Daud, Tirmidhi and Hakim).

Shaddad ibn Aus relates that the Holy Prophet said: The highest istighfar (seeking forgiveness) is that a servant should say: Allah, Thou art my Lord, there is none worthy of worship save Thee. Thou didst create me and I am Thy servant, and I try to comport myself according to my promise to Thee and my covenant with Thee as far as it is within my power. I seek Thy protection from the evil of that which I have done. | acknowledge the bounties that Thou has bestowed upon me and confess my sins; do Thou, then, forgive me my sins, for verily none has the power to forgive save Thee alone. He who supplicates in these terms during the day, believing in them, and should die before evening will be of the dwellers of Paradise; and he who supplicates in these terms during the night and should die before morning will be of the dwellers of Paradise (Bokhari).

Thauban relates that when the Holy Prophet concluded his Prayer, he would seek forgiveness three times and would add: Allah, Thou art the Bestower of Peace and from Thee is peace. Blessed art Thou, Lord of glory and honour. Auza‘i, one of the narrators was asked: In what terms did the Holy Prophet seek forgiveness? He answered: He would say: I beg Allah for forgiveness; | beg Allah for forgiveness (Muslim).

Ayesha relates that before his death the Holy Prophet often repeated: Holy is Allah and to Him belongs all praise. I beg forgiveness of Allah and turn to Him in repentance (Bokhari and Muslim).

This hadith is the same as No. 445.