Sayyidul Istighfar (The Chief Supplication of Seeking Forgiveness)

Hadith of “The Chief [Supplication] of Seeking Forgiveness”

عَنْ شَدَّادِ بْنِ أَوْسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: "سَيِّدُ الِاسْتِغْفَارِ أَنْ تَقُولَ: اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ، وَأَنَا عَلَى عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعَتُ، أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَيَّ، وَأَبُوءُ بِذَنْبِي، فَاغْفِرْ لِي، فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ". قَالَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: "وَمَنْ قَالَهَا مِنَ النَّهَارِ، مُوقِنًا بِهَا، فَمَاتَ مِنْ يَوْمِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُمْسِيَ، فَهُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ، وَمَنْ قَالَهَا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ، وَهُوَ مُوقِنٌ بِهَا، فَمَاتَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُصْبِحَ، فَهُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ". رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ وَكَذَا الْنَّسَائِيُّ

On the authority of Shadad ibn Aus, may Allah be pleased with him; he said: “The Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “the chief of seeking forgiveness is that you say:

O Allah! You are my Lord! There is no deity but You. You created me, and I am Your servant, and I am [faithfully] upon Your covenant and Your promise, as much as I can. I seek refuge with You from the evil I have done. I acknowledge unto You Your bounty upon me, and I confess to You my sins. So, forgive me, for certainly none forgive sins except You.”

He, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “And, whosoever says it in the day, whilst certain of it, and perishes during his day before entering into evening, then, he is of the people of The Garden. And whosoever says it in the evening, whilst he is certain of it, and perishes before entering into the morning, then, he is of the people of The Garden.”” [Narrated by: Imam al- Bukhārī, and as well as al-Nasā'ī]

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The Chief [Supplication] of Seeking Forgiveness:

ٱللَّٰهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي، لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ، وَأَنَا عَلَىٰ عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا ٱسْتَطَعْتُ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ، أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَيَّ، وَأَبُوءُ بِذَنْبِي، فَٱغْفِرْ لِي، فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ ٱلذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ.

Translation:

O Allah! You are my Lord! There is no deity but You. You created me, and I am Your servant, and I am [faithfully] upon Your covenant and Your promise, as much as I can. I seek refuge with You from the evil I have done. I acknowledge unto You Your bounty upon me, and I confess to You my sins. Thus, forgive me, for certainly none forgive sins except You.

Transliteration:

Allahumma anta Rabbi. La ilaha illa anta. Khalaqtani wa ana `abduka. Wa ana `ala `ahdika wa wa`dika mastata`tu. A`udhu bika min Sharri ma sana`tu, Abu'u Laka bini`matika `alaiya, wa abu'u bidhanbi, faghfir lee, fa innahu la yaghfiru adhdhunuba illa anta.

hadith - The Chief of Seeking Forgivenes.

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