ةعفان لا ةيعدلاا

44. Prayer for Seeking Forgiveness
Abu Sa’id al-Khudri ؓ reported the messenger of Allah
ﷺ as saying that if anyone says the following three
times while going to bed, then Allah will forgive him
his Sins. Even if they are like the foam of the sea, or in
number like the sand which is accumulated, or as many
as the leaves of the trees, or as numerous as the days of
this world:
[Recite the following three times]
ا ىْ حـْلا َ و َا
َه ُ ّلاِا َهّٰل ِالآ ىْ ِ ذّلا َللهار ُ ِ فْغَ ـتسْ ِهيَل ْ ِا بُ وُـتَا ْ و َ مُ وْ ْـيَقْل Astagfirullah-Alladhi laa ilaaha illaa Huwal-Hayyul
Qayyummu wa’atubu illayh
“I ask for forgiveness from Allah other than Whom
there is no God, The One who is eternally alive, the
One who is the Self-Sustaining Sustainer of all, and to
him I turn in repentance.”(Tirmidhi, Ma’ariful Hadith,
Hisn Hasin)
45. Sleeping In Purity
Narrated by Al-Bara 'bin 'Azib ؓ : The Prophetﷺ said
to me, "Whenever you go to bed perform ablution
(Wudhu) like that for the prayer, lie on your right side
and say the following… Then if you die on that very
night, you will die with faith (religion of Islam). Let
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