AskIng FnrgIvcncss
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By:
Sheikh-uI-IsIan iln Tayniyyah iahinahuIIaah
Majmnn a!-Fataawaa 10/88-90
Is!amic Prnpagatinn OIIicc in Rabwah, Riyadh
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Is!am at Ynur Fingcrtips
2008-1429
IN THL NAML OI ALLAH THL MOST CRACIOUS AND THL MOST MLRCIIUL
A!-IstIghfaar (AskIng FnrgIvcncss)
Sheikh-uI-IsIan iln Tayniyyah iahinahuIIaah
Majmnn a!-Fataawaa 10/88-90
The Messengei of AIIah, saIIaIIahu `aIaihi va saIIan, said:
;;Tnc nas|cr cf intcca|icns fcr fcrgitcncss is |na| |nc scrtan| saqs.
O' m 'l|h You are m Lord, there ls no 'l|h but You. You created me, and l
am our bondsertant, and l ul|| stlck to m cotenant and romlse [of falth
and slncere obedlence] to You, as to m abl|lt. l seek refuge ln You from the
etl| of uhat l hate done, l acknou|edge, to You, our bountles uon me, and l
acknou|edge, to You, m sln. Thus forglte me, for none forgltes slns excet
You.
lncctcr saqs |nis as nc cn|crs upcn ctcning, |ncn, dics |na| nign|, nc ucu|d cn|cr
Paradisc, and if cnc saqs |nis as nc cn|crs upcn ncrning, |ncn, dics |na| daq, nc
ucu|d cn|cr Paradisc.)) (AI-ukhaii)
The seivanl is aIvays in lhe lIessings of AIIah, vhich necessilale
lhankfuIness, and in sinfuIness, vhich iequiies seeking foigiveness. olh of
lhese nalleis aie iequiied and essenliaI foi lhe seivanl al aII lines, as lhe
seivanl does nol cease lo aIleinale lelveen AIIah's (vaiious) favouis and
lIessings, and does nol cease lo le in need of iepenlance and seeking
foigiveness.
This is vhy lhe Maslei of lhe ChiIdien of Adan, and lhe Leadei of lhe Iious,
Muhannad, (saIIaIIahu aIaihi va saIIan) soughl foigiveness in aII
ciicunslances. He said in an aulhenlic Hadilh iepoiled ly aI-ukhaii:
;;O pccp|c rcpcn| |c qcur |crd, fcr tcri|q | scc| fcrgitcncss frcn A||an and rcpcn| |c
nin ncrc |nan sctcn|q |incs in a daq.)) (ukhaii)
Il is iepoiled in Saheeh MusIin lhal he said: ;;| scc| fcrgitcncss cnc nundrcd
|incs in a daq.)) (MusIin)
`AlduIIah iln `Unai said: We counled in a singIe silling lhe Messengei of
AIIah, (saIIaIIahu `aIaihi va saIIan), saying one hundied lines:
;;Mq |crd, fcrgitc nc and acccp| nq rcpcn|ancc, tcri|q qcu arc Acccp|cr cf
Rcpcn|ancc, Of|-|crgiting.)) (Ahnad, Alu Davood, Iln Maajah)
This is vhy seeking foigiveness vas IegisIaled al lhe end of aclions. AIIah lhe
LxaIled said:
||Those vho seek foigiveness lefoie davn (al Iale nighl). (Quian, 3:17)
Sone of lhen said: 'Gitc |ifc |c qcur nign|s oq pcrfcrning Praqcr, and uncn |nc
|inc cf |a|c nign| ccncs, ccnccrn qcursc|f ui|n scc|ing fcrgitcncss.'
Il is ieIaled in lhe Saheeh lhal lhe Iiophel Muhannad (saIIaIIahu `aIaihi va
saIIan), vhen he finished his Iiayei, he vouId seek foigiveness lhiee lines
and say:
;;O' nq 'i|an Ycu arc 'As-Sa|an jOnc frcc frcn f|aus], and frcn Ycu ccncs Sa|an
jpcacc, cr safc|q], o|csscd arc Tncc O' natcr cf g|crq and |indncss.)) (MusIin)
AIIah says:
||And seek foigiveness of AIIah. Indeed, AIIah is Ioigiving and MeicifuI.
(Quian, 73:2O)
(Lven) Aflei lhe Iiophel conveyed lhe Message, foughl in lhe palh of AIIah
vilh liue jihad, and peifoined vhal AIIah oideied noie lhan anyone eIse,
AIIah connanded his Iiophel (lo peifoin Islighfaai), as He lhe LxaIled said:
||When lhe vicloiy of AIIah has cone and lhe conquesl, and you see lhe
peopIe enleiing inlo lhe ieIigion of AIIah in nuIliludes, lhen exaIl |Hinj vilh
piaise of youi Loid and ask foigiveness of Hin. Indeed, He is evei Accepling
of iepenlance. (Quian, 11O:1-3)
This is vhy lhe ieIigion (Deen) is eslalIished vilh Tavheed and Islighfaai, as
AIIah lhe LxaIled said:
||AIif Lan Ra. |This isj a ook vhose veises aie peifecled and lhen piesenled
in delaiI fion |one vho isj Wise and Acquainled. |Thiough a nessengei,
sayingj, "Do nol voiship excepl AIIah. Indeed, I an lo you fion Hin a
vainei and a liingei of good lidings," and |sayingj, "Seek foigiveness of youi
Loid and iepenl lo Hin, |andj He viII Iel you enjoy a good piovision.
(Quian, 11:1-3)
And AIIah says:
||So lake a sliaighl couise lo Hin and seek His foigiveness. (Quian, 41:6)
And He says:
||So knov |O Muhannadj, lhal lheie is no deily excepl AIIah and ask
foigiveness foi youi sin and foi lhe leIieving nen and leIieving vonen.
(Quian, 47:19)
This is vhy il vas il cane in a naiialion: ;;Tnc Snaq|an said. Pccp|c arc dcs|rcqcd
ui|n sins, and |ncq dcs|rcq nc ui|n '|aa i|ana i|| A||an' and scc|ing fcrgitcncss.))
(Repoiled ly Iln Ali Asin and Alu Ya`Ia, lul ils chain is a faliicalion).
Yonus, `aIayhis saIan, said:
||Theie is no deily excepl You, exaIled aie You. Indeed, I have leen of lhe
viongdoeis. (Quian, 21:87)
The Iiophel (saIIaIIahu `aIaihi va saIIan), vhen he vouId iide his nounl, he
vouId piaise AIIah, lhen say AIIahu Aklai lhiee lines, lhen say:
||| |cs|ifq |na| |ncrc is nc 'i|an cxccp| Ycu, G|crificd arc Ycu, | natc |ransgrcsscd
upcn nqsc|f, sc fcrgitc nc (Alu Davood and al-Tiinidhi, vho said il is
Hasan Sahih)
Lxpialion of a galheiing vilh vhich lhe galheiing is conpIeled is (lhe
suppIicalion):
||G|crificd arc Ycu O' nq 'i|an and | an in Ycur praisc, | |cs|ifq |na| |ncrc is nc 'i|an
cxccp| Ycu, | as| Ycur fcrgitcncss and rcpcn| un|c Ycu. (Alu Davood and Al-
Tiinidhi, vho said il is Hasan Sahih)
AIIah knovs lesl, and nay His lIessings and peace le upon |lhe Iiophelj
Muhannad.
