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سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب تفريع أبواب الوترPrayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Witr
باب فِي الاِسْتِغْفَارِChapter: About Seeking Forgiveness.
Hadith 1514
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا النُّفَيْلِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا مَخْلَدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ ، حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ وَاقِدٍ الْعُمَرِيُّ ، عَنْ أَبِي نُصَيْرَةَ ، عَنْ مَوْلًى لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيق ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " مَا أَصَرَّ مَنِ اسْتَغْفَرَ ، وَإِنْ عَادَ فِي الْيَوْمِ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةٍ " .
Narrated 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.
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Brief Explanation
1؎: By persistence in minor sins, they become major sins, and by persistence in major sins, a person can reach disbelief (kufr). However, if after every sin one sincerely repents (tawbah) and seeks forgiveness (istighfar) and firmly resolves not to commit it again, but unfortunately falls into it once more, this will not be considered persistence. In this way, the virtue of seeking forgiveness (istighfar) is established from this hadith.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
1514. English Commentary:
➊ The meaning of istighfar is to seek forgiveness from Allah for one’s sins; that He may cover them with His mercy and not disgrace the servant.
➋ To persist and insist upon one’s sins is the habit of the wrongdoers and sinners. [يَسْمَعُ آيَاتِ اللَّـهِ تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ يُصِرُّ مُسْتَكْبِرًا كَأَن لَّمْ يَسْمَعْهَا ۖ فَبَشِّرْهُ بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ]
[الجاثیة۔8]
He listens to the verses of Allah which are recited to him, yet he persists (in his sins), acting arrogantly as if he had not heard them. So give him glad tidings of a painful punishment. Whereas the attribute of a God-fearing (muttaqi) person is the opposite of this. [وَلَمْ يُصِرُّوا عَلَىٰ مَا فَعَلُوا وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ]
[آل عمران۔135]
The God-fearing do not persist in what they have done, and they know.
➊ The meaning of istighfar is to seek forgiveness from Allah for one’s sins; that He may cover them with His mercy and not disgrace the servant.
➋ To persist and insist upon one’s sins is the habit of the wrongdoers and sinners. [يَسْمَعُ آيَاتِ اللَّـهِ تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ يُصِرُّ مُسْتَكْبِرًا كَأَن لَّمْ يَسْمَعْهَا ۖ فَبَشِّرْهُ بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ]
[الجاثیة۔8]
He listens to the verses of Allah which are recited to him, yet he persists (in his sins), acting arrogantly as if he had not heard them. So give him glad tidings of a painful punishment. Whereas the attribute of a God-fearing (muttaqi) person is the opposite of this. [وَلَمْ يُصِرُّوا عَلَىٰ مَا فَعَلُوا وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ]
[آل عمران۔135]
The God-fearing do not persist in what they have done, and they know.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 1514
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Commentary:
Note:
(There is an ambiguous narrator in its chain of transmission.)
Note:
(There is an ambiguous narrator in its chain of transmission.)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 3559
