A question regarding the virtue of seeking forgiveness
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Question:
Is it permissible to increase the number of times one seeks forgiveness in a day beyond seventy or one hundred? And is it permissible to increase the recitation of "Subhan Allah wa bihamdih" (Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him) beyond one hundred times, given that I have not ceased to remember Allah and seek His forgiveness at any time? Perhaps Allah will accept my repentance.
Answer:
This is recommended, even if you recite it a thousand times, two thousand, or ten thousand. However, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) clarified for the community, saying:, meaning that if one does not persist in major sins, this is among the causes of forgiveness. One should glorify Allah one hundred times in the evening and one hundred times in the morning; this is among the causes of forgiveness for the one whom Allah guides to abandon major sins. Likewise, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: , narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim in the two Sahihs.
This indicates that there is no harm in increasing it, or in remembering Allah two hundred or a thousand times; all of this is good for him, bringing more reward and goodness. The point is that there is no limit to glorification, and there is no limit to the remembrance of Allah. One should increase in the remembrance of Allah and His glorification throughout the day and night as much as Allah makes easy for him.
Is it permissible to increase the number of times one seeks forgiveness in a day beyond seventy or one hundred? And is it permissible to increase the recitation of "Subhan Allah wa bihamdih" (Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him) beyond one hundred times, given that I have not ceased to remember Allah and seek His forgiveness at any time? Perhaps Allah will accept my repentance.
Answer:
This is recommended, even if you recite it a thousand times, two thousand, or ten thousand. However, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) clarified for the community, saying:
Whoever says when he goes to sleep and when he rises, "Subhan Allah wa bihamdih" (Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him) one hundred times, his sins will be forgiven, even if they are like the foam of the sea.
من قال حين يمسي وحين يصبح سبحان الله وبحمده مائة مرة غفرت خطاياه وإن كانت مثل زبد البحرWhoever says in a day, "La ilaha illa Allah wahdahu la sharika lah, lahul mulku wa lahul hamd, wa huwa 'ala kulli shay'in qadir" (There is no god but Allah alone, without partner; to Him belongs the dominion and to Him belongs the praise, and He is over all things competent) one hundred times, it will be for him the equivalent of freeing ten slaves, and Allah will write for him one hundred good deeds and erase from him one hundred bad deeds, and he will be protected from Shaytan on that day until he goes to sleep. And no one will come with anything better than what he has brought, except a man who did more work than his work.
من قال في يوم لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له، له الملك، وله الحمد يحيي ويميت وهو على كل شيء قدير مائة مرة كانت له عدل عشر رقاب وكتب الله له مائة حسنة ومحي عنه مائة سيئة وكان في حرز من الشيطان يومه ذلك حتى يمسي، ولم يأت أحدٌ بأفضل مما جاء به إلا رجل عمل أكثر من عملهThis indicates that there is no harm in increasing it, or in remembering Allah two hundred or a thousand times; all of this is good for him, bringing more reward and goodness. The point is that there is no limit to glorification, and there is no limit to the remembrance of Allah. One should increase in the remembrance of Allah and His glorification throughout the day and night as much as Allah makes easy for him.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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