Category: Tawbah and Istighfārar
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Jābir ibn ʿAbdillāh رضي الله عنهما narrates that once a person came into the company of the Prophet ﷺ and said, “My sins, my sins!” So the Prophet ﷺ said to him, “Say: اللّهُمَّ مَغْفِرَتُكَ أَوْسَعُ مِنْ ذُنُوْبِـيْ، وَرَحْمَتُكَ أَرْجَى عِنْدِيْ مِنْ عَمَلِيْ Al-lā-hum-ma magh-fira-tuka aw-saʿu min dhu-nū-bī, wa raḥ-ma-tu-ka ar-jā ʿin-dī min ʿAma-lī ‘O…
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Abū Ja‘far Al-Bāqir رحمه الله said: “There were two guarantees from the punishment of Allāh, and one of them has been rescinded; it was Rasūlullāh ﷺ, as for the other, it is istighfār (seeking forgiveness), so hold fast to it, for Allāh عز وجل says, ‘And Allāh was not to send punishment upon them while…