Assalam Alaikum,
عَنْ أَبِى بُرْدَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الأَغَرَّ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِىِّ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- يُحَدِّثُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ تُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ فَإِنِّى أَتُوبُ فِى الْيَوْمِ إِلَيْهِ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ
Abu Burdah (RA) says that i heard Al-Agharr Al-Muzany (RA) narrating to Ibn ‘Umar (RA) that RasoolAllah (SAW) said:
O people repent to Allaah, for I repent to Him 100 times a day. (Muslim)
So the sunnah from the hadith is that one should continuously make istighfaar. If RasoolAllah , who was free from sinning, repented to Allah a 100 times a day then how much more are sinners the likes of us in need of making istighfaar!
Benefits of Istighfar (Asking for forgiveness)
Allah says concerning Nuh (A.S) in Surah Nuh (Q71:10-12)
فَقُلْتُ اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُ كَانَ غَفَّارًا
And said, 'Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Indeed, He is ever a Perpetual Forgiver.
يُرْسِلِ السَّمَاءَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِدْرَارًا
He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in [continuing] showers
وَيُمْدِدْكُمْ بِأَمْوَالٍ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجْعَلْ لَكُمْ جَنَّاتٍ وَيَجْعَلْ لَكُمْ أَنْهَارًا
And give you increase in wealth and children and provide for you gardens and provide for you rivers.
He also says in Surah Hud (Q11:52)
وَيَا قَوْمِ اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوا إِلَيْهِ يُرْسِلِ السَّمَاءَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِدْرَارًا وَيَزِدْكُمْ قُوَّةً إِلَىٰ قُوَّتِكُمْ وَلَا تَتَوَلَّوْا مُجْرِمِينَ
And O my people, ask forgiveness of your Lord and then repent to Him. He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in showers and increase you in strength [added] to your strength. And do not turn away, [being] criminals."
He also says in Surah Anfaal (Q8:33)
وَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيُعَذِّبَهُمْ وَأَنْتَ فِيهِمْ ۚ وَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ مُعَذِّبَهُمْ وَهُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ
But Allah would not punish them while you, [O Muhammad], are among them, and Allah would not punish them while they seek forgiveness.
The Prophet (PBUH) said
قال صلى الله عليه وسلم : ( من لزم الاستغفار جعل الله له من كل هم فرجا ومن كل ضيق مخرجا ورزقه من حيث لا يحتسب )
“If anyone persists in praying for forgiveness , Allah will appoint for him a way out of every distress and a relief from every anxiety, and will provide sustenance for him from where he expects not.(Abu Dawud Book 8 Hadith 103)
May Allah guide us & the Ummah Ameen.
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SUNNAH and HADITH
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