Dua for Forgiveness (istighfar) is necessery beacause It's part of being mortal to make mistakes. Recognising our miscalculations and sins after committing them is indeed one of Allahs.w.t’s blessings as it's a form of guidance for us to rue and seek remission from Him. lamenting and seeking remission from Allah s.w.t are also tutored by our Prophet s.a.w. In a hadith, Abu Hurairahr.a. reported:
I heard the Messenger of Allah s.a.w saying: “By Allah, I seek Allah’s forgiveness and repent to Him more than seventy times a day.”
(Imam Al-Bukhari)
Dua for forgiveness | 5 istighfar duas:
Here are 5 most important duas for forgiveness from allah:
Dua for forgiveness 1:
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Dua for forgiveness |
Transliteration:
Astaghfirullaah, Astaghfirullaah, Astaghfirullaaha wa 'atoobu 'ilayhi
Muslim 1:414
Dua for forgiveness 2:
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Dua for forgiveness 2 |
Transliteration:
Allaahum-maghfir lee, warhamnee, wahdinee, wajburnee, wa 'aafinee, warzuqnee, warfa'nee
Ibn Majah: 3845, 1517 At-Tirmidhi: 284
Dua for forgiveness 3:
Dua for forgiveness 4:
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Dua for forgiveness 4 |
Transliteration:
Allaahumma 'innee dhalamtu nafsee dhulman katheeran, wa laa yaghfiruth-thunooba 'illaa 'Anta, faghfir lee maghfiratan min 'indika warhamnee 'innaka 'Antal-Ghafoorur-Raheem
An-Nasa'i: 1303, Al-Bukhari: 834, 6326, 7387, 7388
Dua for forgiveness 5:
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Dua for forgiveness 5 |
Transliteration:
Allaahum-maghfir lee thanbee kullahu, diqqahu wa jillahu, wa 'awwalahu wa 'aakhirahu wa 'alaaniyata hu wa sirrahu
Abu Dawud: 878
Allah s.w.t. is All- Forgiving and the utmost Merciful. He commands us to seek remission and noway lose stopgap in His mercy. thus, the best thing we should do after recognising our missteps is to rue unfeignedly and seek pardon from Allah s.w.t. On top of that, seeking pardon and penitence help redeem sins that could be a reason for vittles to be withheld. thus, in seeking remission, our vittles are eased.
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