From the Prescribed Formulas of Seeking Forgiveness
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Question:
Your Eminence, this questioner asks: Before I sleep every night, I seek Allah's forgiveness the number of times equal to the heavens, and I seek Allah's forgiveness the number of times equal to what is between the heavens and the earth. Is it permissible to seek forgiveness in this manner?
Answer:
Yes, there is nothing wrong with it. There is nothing wrong for a servant to say, "I seek Allah's forgiveness the number of times equal to the heavens, the number of times equal to everything, I seek Allah's forgiveness and turn to Him in repentance the number of times equal to what has been and what will be." There is no blame in any of that. And he says, "I seek the forgiveness of Allah, the Great, who has no god worthy of worship except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer, and I turn to Him in repentance." All of this is good, just as in the glorification:Sunan Ibn Majah 3808Sahih (Darussalam) When he (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Juwayriyah, and she was still in her place after the Fajr prayer until the Duha time, he said: She said: Yes. He said: Riyad as-Salihin 1433.
And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Repeating the glorification, the declaration of oneness, and seeking forgiveness, all of it is good, there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
Your Eminence, this questioner asks: Before I sleep every night, I seek Allah's forgiveness the number of times equal to the heavens, and I seek Allah's forgiveness the number of times equal to what is between the heavens and the earth. Is it permissible to seek forgiveness in this manner?
Answer:
Yes, there is nothing wrong with it. There is nothing wrong for a servant to say, "I seek Allah's forgiveness the number of times equal to the heavens, the number of times equal to everything, I seek Allah's forgiveness and turn to Him in repentance the number of times equal to what has been and what will be." There is no blame in any of that. And he says, "I seek the forgiveness of Allah, the Great, who has no god worthy of worship except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer, and I turn to Him in repentance." All of this is good, just as in the glorification:
Subhan-Allahi 'adada khalqiha, Subhan-Allahi rida nafsihi, Subhan-Allahi zinata 'arshihi
سبحان الله عدد خلقه، سبحان الله رضا نفسه، سبحان الله زنة عرشهHave you not left your place?
ما زلت في مكانك؟I recited four words three times after I had left you. If these are to be weighed against all you have recited since morning, these will be heavier. These are: Subhan-Allahi wa bihamdihi, `adada khalqihi, wa rida nafsihi, wa zinatah `arshihi, wa midada kalimatihi
لقد قلت بعدك أربع كلمات ثلاث مرات لو وزنت بما قلت منذ اليوم لوزنتهن: سبحان الله العظيم وبحمده، عدد خلقه، سبحان الله رضا نفسه، سبحان الله زنة عرشه، سبحان الله مداد كلماتهAnd he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever says: Glory be to Allah and His praise, one hundred times in the morning and one hundred times in the evening, his sins will be forgiven, even if they are like the foam of the sea
من قال: سبحان الله وبحمده حين يصبح وحين يمسي مائة مرة غفرت خطاياه، وإن كانت مثل زبد البحرThe presenter: May Allah reward you.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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