´'Abdullah bin 'Umar narrated:` "A man came to the Prophet and said: 'O Messenger of Allah! How many times should the servant be pardoned?' The Prophet was silent. Then he said: 'O Messenger of Allah! How many times should the servant be pardoned?' He said: ' Seventy times each day.'"
A similar hadith is also narrated from Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) through this chain. And some people have narrated this hadith from Abdullah bin Wahb through the same chain, but in the chain, instead of Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), the name of Abdullah bin Amr bin Al-As (may Allah be pleased with them both) is mentioned.
Hadith Referenceسنن ترمذي / كتاب البر والصلة عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم / 1949
´Ibn Umar said:` “In one sitting of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), one could count that he said a hundred time, before he would get up: ‘O my Lord, forgive me, and accept my repentance. Verily, You are the Oft-Returning, the Most Forgiving (Rabbighfirlī watub `alayya innaka antat-Tawwābul-Ghafūr).’”
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation: 1: O our Lord! Forgive us and accept our repentance, indeed, You are the Acceptor of repentance and the Forgiving.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 3434
´'Abdullah bin 'Umar narrated:` "A man came to the Prophet and said: 'O Messenger of Allah! How many times should the servant be pardoned?' The Prophet was silent. Then he said: 'O Messenger of Allah! How many times should the servant be pardoned?' He said: ' Seventy times each day.'"
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Commentary: Note: (There is a difference of opinion regarding whether this hadith is narrated from "Abdullah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab" or "Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As," to which the author has alluded. Al-Mizzi has attributed the narration in Abu Dawud to Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As, and the narration in Tirmidhi to Abdullah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab.)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 1949
´It was narrated that Ibn `Umar said:` "We used to count that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said one hundred times in a gathering: 'Rabbighfirli wa tub `alayya innaka Antat-Tawwabur-Rahim (O Allah forgive me and accept my repentance, for You are the Accepter of repentance, the Most Merciful).'"
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊ Repentance (tawbah) and seeking forgiveness (istighfar) are great acts of virtue.
➋ The Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) was free from sins, yet he would frequently seek forgiveness, because istighfar is also a means of expressing servitude (‘ubudiyyah), which is greatly beloved to Allah.
➌ Instead of engaging in idle talk, backbiting, and sins in gatherings, it is better to remember Allah and seek forgiveness, so that instead of an increase in sins, one attains pardon and mercy.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 3814