Question:
Aslaam alaykum I hope your well, my question is that if someone read thousands of istighfar sincerely everyday, what is the benefit from this action especially if someone is struggling in there life?
Jazak Allah khair.
Answer:
الجواب بعون الملك الوهاب
Wa-Alaykum al-Salam Wa Rahmatullah
There are many benefits of reciting Istigfar thousands of times each day.
Allah says in the Qur’an (Surah al-Anfal V33): nor will He punish them while they seek forgiveness.
In a Hadith narrated by Bukhari, The Prophet ﷺ said, “The best supplication for seeking forgiveness (Syed-ul- Istighfar) is to say:
اللهم أنت ربي، لا إله إلا أنت ، خلقتني وأنا عبدك، وأنا على عهدك ووعدك ما استطعت أعوذ بك من شر ما صنعت أبوء لك بنعمتك علي، وأبوء بذنبي، فاغفر لي فإنه لا يغفر الذنوب إلا أنت
‘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 ‘alayya, wa Abu ‘u bidhanbi faghfir li, fa innahu la yaghfirudh-dhunuba illa Anta.
‘He who supplicates in these terms during the day with firm belief in it and dies on the same day (before the evening), he will be one of the dwellers of Jannah; and if anyone supplicates in these terms during the night with firm belief in it and dies before the morning, he will be one of the dwellers of Jannah.”
In another Hadith, The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “whoever asks a great deal for forgiveness. Allah will make a way out for him from every worry and distress, and Allah will send him provision from sources he never imagined.”
واللہ تعالی اعلم
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Answered by Mufti Muhammad Saeed Ahmad Mujaddidi
Darul Ifta ‘Ilmiyyah