´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).’”
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
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
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
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