The Meaning of the Hadith: "Whoever Says, 'I Seek Forgiveness from Allah, the Magnificent...'"
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Question:
One of the students is asking and saying: What is your opinion regarding the hadith: "Whoever says: 'I seek forgiveness from Allah, the Magnificent, who has no god but Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer, and I repent to Him; his sins will be forgiven, even if he had fled from the battlefield"?
Answer:
This was reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the meaning—if it is authentic—is that if he repented with a valid repentance. A person does not achieve repentance merely by seeking forgiveness with his tongue; repentance requires the heart to turn away from the sin, accompanied by remorse and a cessation of persistence in it. If he repents with a sincere repentance, Allah erases all his sins, Glorified and Exalted is He. Thus, through repentance, Allah erases all sins.
One of the students is asking and saying: What is your opinion regarding the hadith: "Whoever says: 'I seek forgiveness from Allah, the Magnificent, who has no god but Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer, and I repent to Him; his sins will be forgiven, even if he had fled from the battlefield"?
Answer:
This was reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the meaning—if it is authentic—is that if he repented with a valid repentance. A person does not achieve repentance merely by seeking forgiveness with his tongue; repentance requires the heart to turn away from the sin, accompanied by remorse and a cessation of persistence in it. If he repents with a sincere repentance, Allah erases all his sins, Glorified and Exalted is He. Thus, through repentance, Allah erases all sins.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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