Indeed, You are the Oft-Returning with compassion and Ever Merciful.вЂќ ( Riyadu-s Saliheen ) He was quoted in the hadith to have said: вЂњWe counted our MessengerвЂ™s saying a hundred times during one single sitting: Rabb- ighfir li, wa tubb вЂalayya, innaka Antat-Tawwaabur-Rahim. This is a dua that was narrated by Ibn Umar. I seek forgiveness from Allah).вЂќ ( Muslim ) 2. When he (saw) was then asked by his Companions on how we Muslims should seek forgiveness, He (saw) said: вЂњI say: Astaghfirullah, Astaghfirullah (I seek forgiveness from Allah. In a hadith narrated by Thauban, the Prophet (saw) would say вЂњastaghfirullahвЂќ three times immediately after concluding any Salah. This dua is one of the duas of forgiveness that the Holy Prophet used to recite often, especially after every Salah.

The majority of Muslims say this often as it is short and easily memorizable even in its Arabic form. This is perhaps the most popular istighfar dua. Here are some istighfar duas that you can incorporate into your daily worship as a way to consciously seek the forgiveness of Allah (swt). And like all duas that we recite in Islam, duas for istigfhar have been taught to us from the Quran, as well as the Sunnah of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw), so that we can use them as a means of seeking forgiveness and getting closer to Allah. When we seek forgiveness from Allah (swt), we do so in the same way that we recite duas for other things that we ask him for. So we should always seek forgiveness so that our sins are wiped from our book of deeds and we can increase our chances of entering Jannah (paradise). And we know that as humans, we are very fallible and prone to committing sins no matter how little.

Why should you seek forgiveness?Д®very sin that a Muslim commits counts against them on the day of judgement, except if Allah (swt) chooses to forgive them. This is the purpose of istighfar- to seek forgiveness from Allah (swt) from every wrongdoing that we have committed. The good thing about being a Muslim however, is Allah (swt)вЂ™s promise that He will go on forgiving us no matter how many/big our sins are, as long as we pray to Him and aspire for His forgiveness ( Tirmidhi ). One of the realities of life for us is that no matter how hard we try, we often fall short and commit sins.

Safar ki dua in the quran