حَدَّثَنَا
أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ ، حَدَّثَنَا
زُهَيْرٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا
الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ ثَعْلَبَةَ الطَّائِيُّ ، عَنْ
ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ ، عَنْ
أَبِيهِ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " مَنْ قَالَ حِينَ يُصْبِحُ أَوْ حِينَ يُمْسِي : اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ ، خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ ، وَأَنَا عَلَى عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ ، أَبُوءُ بِنِعْمَتِكَ ، وَأَبُوءُ بِذَنْبِي ، فَاغْفِرْ لِي إِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ ، فَمَاتَ مِنْ يَوْمِهِ أَوْ مِنْ لَيْلَتِهِ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ " .
Narrated Buraydah ibn al-Hasib: The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone says in the morning or in the evening: "O Allah! Thou art my Lord; there is no god but Thee, Thou hast created me, and I am Thy servant and hold to Thy covenant and promise as much as I can; I seek refuge in Thee from the evil of what I have done: I acknowledge Thy favour to me, and I acknowledge my sin; pardon me, for none but Thee pardons sins, and dies during the daytime or during the night. " he will go to Paradise.
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
This blessed supplication is referred to as Sayyid al-Istighfar (the Chief of Seeking Forgiveness), because in it the servant acknowledges the perfect greatness and majesty of Allah, Lord of all the worlds, while also expressing his utmost humility and servitude.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 5070
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊ The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) has declared this supplication as “Sayyid al-Istighfar” — that is, the chief of all supplications for seeking forgiveness. (Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Supplications, Chapter: The Best Form of Seeking Forgiveness, Hadith: 6306)
➋ This is the most excellent supplication for seeking forgiveness from Allah, because within it there is trust and reliance upon Allah’s essence, affirmation of His Lordship, the expression of one’s servitude, acknowledgment of Allah’s blessings, confession of one’s shortcomings, and along with all this, the expression of resolve to remain steadfast in His obedience.
➌ In the aforementioned narration of Sahih al-Bukhari, the words (mūqinān bihā) are also present, meaning: whoever recites this supplication with firm conviction in his heart, and then dies during that night or day, will enter Paradise.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 3872