Sunan Abi Dawud · Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Witr
باب فِي الاِسْتِغْفَارِ
Chapter: About Seeking Forgiveness.
18 hadith · references 1514–1531
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Abu Dawud · 1514مَا أَصَرَّ مَنِ اسْتَغْفَرَ ، وَإِنْ عَادَ فِي الْيَوْمِ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةٍNarrated Abu Bakr as-Siddiq: The Prophet ﷺ said: He who asks pardon is not a confirmed sinner, even if he returns to his sin seventy times a day.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1515إِنَّهُ لَيُغَانُ عَلَى قَلْبِي وَإِنِّي لَأَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍAl-Agharr al-Muzani said (Musaddad in his version of this tradition said that he was a Companion of the Prophet): The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: My heart is invaded by unmindfulness, and I ask Allah's pardon a hundred ti6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1516إِنْ كُنَّا لَنَعُدُّ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الْمَجْلِسِ الْوَاحِدِ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَتُبْ عَلَيَّ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُNarrated Abdullah ibn Umar: We counted that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would say a hundred times during a meeting: "My Lord, forgive me and pardon me; Thou art the Pardoning and forgiving One".6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1517مَنْ قَالَ : أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيَّ الْقَيُّومَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ ، غُفِرَ لَهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ قَدْ فَرَّ مِنَ الزَّحْفِNarrated Zayd, the client of the Prophet: The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone 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 h6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1518مَنْ لَزِمَ الِاسْتِغْفَارَ ، جَعَلَ اللَّهُ لَهُ مِنْ كُلِّ ضِيقٍ مَخْرَجًا ، وَمِنْ كُلِّ هَمٍّ فَرَجًا ، وَرَزَقَهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبُNarrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone continually asks pardon, Allah will appoint for him a way out of every distress, and a relief from every anxiety, and will provide for him from where he did not 6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1519كَانَ أَكْثَرُ دَعْوَةٍ يَدْعُو بِهَا : اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِQatadah asked Anas: Which Supplication would the Prophet ﷺ often make ? He replied: The supplication he would usually recite was: "O Allah, give us in this world what is good and in the next what is good, and protect us 7 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 1520مَنْ سَأَلَ اللَّهَ الشَّهَادَةَ صَادِقًا بَلَّغَهُ اللَّهُ مَنَازِلَ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَإِنْ مَاتَ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِSuhail bin Hunaif reported on the authority of his father: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: If anyone asks Allah for martyrdom sincerely, Allah make him reach the ranks of martyrs though he may die on his bed.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1521مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يُذْنِبُ ذَنْبًا فَيُحْسِنُ الطُّهُورَ ، ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ ، ثُمَّ يَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ إِلَّا غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ ، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ : وَالَّذِينَ إِذَا فَعَلُوا فَاحِشَةًNarrated Abu Bakr as-Siddiq: Asma bint al-Hakam said: I heard Ali say: I was a man; when I heard a tradition from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, Allah benefited me with it as much as He willed. But when some one of his compan6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1522يَا مُعَاذُ ، وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّكَ ، وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّكَ ، فَقَالَ : أُوصِيكَ يَا مُعَاذُ لَا تَدَعَنَّ فِي دُبُرِ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ تَقُولُ : اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنِّي عَلَى ذِكْرِكَ وَشُكْرِكَ وَحُسْنِ عِبَادَتِMuadh bin Jabal reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ caught his hand and said: By Allah, I love you, Muadh. I give some instruction to you. Never leave to recite this supplication after every (prescribed) prayer: "O Al7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1523أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ أَقْرَأَ بِالْمُعَوِّذَاتِ دُبُرَ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍNarrated Uqbah ibn Amir: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded me to recite Muawwidhatan (the last two surahs of the Quran) after every prayer.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1524كَانَ يُعْجِبُهُ أَنْ يَدْعُوَ ثَلَاثًا ، وَيَسْتَغْفِرَ ثَلَاثًاNarrated Abdullah ibn Masud: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ liked to supplicate three times and to ask pardon (of Allah) three times.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1525أَلَا أُعَلِّمُكِ كَلِمَاتٍ تَقُولِينَهُنَّ عِنْدَ الْكَرْبِ ، أَوْ فِي الْكَرْبِ : اللَّهُ ، اللَّهُ رَبِّي لَا أُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًاNarrated Asma daughter of Umays: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: May I not teach you phrases which you utter in distress? (These are: ) "Allah, Allah is my Lord, I do not associate anything as partner with Him. " Ab7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1526يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ ، إِنَّكُمْ لَا تَدْعُونَ أَصَمَّ وَلَا غَائِبًا ، إِنَّ الَّذِي تَدْعُونَهُ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ أَعْنَاقِ رِكَابِكُمْNarrated Abu Musa al-Ashari: Once we accompanied the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a journey. When we reached near Madina, the people began to say aloud: "Allah is most great, " and they raised their voice. The Messenger of Al7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1527إِنَّكُمْ لَا تُنَادُونَ أَصَمَّ وَلَا غَائِبًاAbu Musa Al-Ashari said: They (the Companions) accompanied the Prophet ﷺ while they were climbing the turning of a hill. A man uttered loudly: "There is no god but Allah, and Allah is most great" when he ascended the hil5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1528يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ ، ارْبَعُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْThe aforesaid tradition has also been transmitted by Abu Musa al-Ashari through a different chain of narrators. This version adds: Be lenient to yourselves, O people.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1529مَنْ قَالَ : رَضِيتُ بِاللَّهِ رَبًّا وَبِالْإِسْلَامِ دِينًا وَبِمُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولًا وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُAbu Saeed al-Khudri reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: If anyone says "I am pleased with Allah as Lord, with Islam as religion and with Muhammad ﷺ as Messenger" Paradise will be his due.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1530مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَيَّ وَاحِدَةً صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ عَشْرًاNarrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone invokes blessings on me once, Allah will bless him ten times.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1531إِنَّ مِنْ أَفْضَلِ أَيَّامِكُمْ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ ، فَأَكْثِرُوا عَلَيَّ مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ فِيهِ فَإِنَّ صَلَاتَكُمْ مَعْرُوضَةٌ عَلَيَّAws bin Was reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Among the most excellent of your days in Friday ; so invoke many blessings on me on that day, for your blessing will be submitted to me. They (the Companions) aske5 narrators