Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "By Allah, I seek Allah’s forgiveness and repent to Him more than seventy times a day."
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ف: واضح ہو کہ اس حدیث میں استغفار اور توبہ کی ترغیب ہے کہ حضور صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم
معصوم ہونے کے باوجود دن میں ستر (70) بار سے زائد استغفار فرمائیں تو ہم گنہ گاروں کو بطریق
اولیٰ استغفار اور توبہ کرتے رہنا چاہیے۔ چنانچہ حضرت علی رضی اللہ عنہ نے فرمایا ہے کہ زمین پر اللہ تعالیٰ
کے عذاب سے امن دو چیزوں کی وجہ سے تھا ایک کو تو اللہ تعالیٰ نے اٹھا لیا ہے تم کو چاہیے کہ دوسرے کو
مضبوطی کے ساتھ اختیار کریں۔ ایک امن جو اٹھا لیا گیا وہ رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم کی ذات
گرامی ہے۔ اور جو امن باقی ہے وہ استغفار ہے جیسا کہ اللہ تعالیٰ کا ارشاد ہے: (سورۂ انفال، آیت
نمبر:33، میں) ”وَمَا كَانَ اللّٰهُ لِيُعَذِّبَهُمْ وَأَنْتَ فِيهِمْ، وَمَا كَانَ اللّٰهُ مُعَذِّبَهُمْ وَهُمْ
يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ“ (اللہ تعالیٰ ایسا نہ کریں گے کہ (اے نبی!) آپ کے ان میں ہوتے ہوئے ان کو عذاب
میں مبتلا کریں اور ایسا بھی نہ کریں گے کہ ان کو عذاب دیں اس حالت میں کہ وہ استغفار کر رہے ہوں۔
حدیث شریف میں حضور صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم کا استغفار فرمانے کا جو ذکر ہے اس بارے میں صاحب
مرقات نے لکھا ہے کہ: حضور کا یہ استغفار امت کی طرف سے ہوا کرتا تھا جو امت کے حق میں آپ کی
جانب سے بطور سے شفاعت کے تھا۔12
Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "We used to count that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would say in a single sitting: ‘O Lord, forgive me and accept my repentance, for You are the Accepter of Repentance, the Most Merciful,’ a hundred times."
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ف: اس حدیث شریف میں رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم کے استغفار کرنے کا جو ذکر ہے وہ
امت کی تعلیم کے لئے تھا۔ ورنہ آپ کے اگلے اور پچھلے گناہ سب معاف کردئے گئے تھے اس لئے کہ
انبیاء کرام علیہم السلام معصوم ہوتے ہیں۔ حضور صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم کا امت کو تعلیم دینا مقصود تھا کہ
آدمی اپنے مالک کے سامنے تضرع اور عاجزی زیادہ سے زیادہ کرے اس لئے کہ جو جتنا زیادہ مقرب
ہوگا اس کو اتنا ہی زیادہ اپنے مالک سے خوف رہے گا۔ علاوہ ازیں حضور صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم کو اللہ تعالیٰ
کا جلال اور استغناء بھی ظاہر کرنا منظور تھا کہ بندہ کا کام ہی یہ ہے کہ وہ ہمیشہ اپنے مالک کے آگے اپنی
خطاؤں کی معافی مانگتا رہے۔12
Al-Agharr Al-Muzani (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Sometimes I perceive a veil over my heart, and I seek Allah’s forgiveness a hundred times a day."
Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, relaying from Allah the Exalted: "O My servants, I have forbidden injustice for Myself and have made it forbidden among you, so do not wrong one another. O My servants, all of you are astray except those whom I guide, so seek guidance from Me, and I shall guide you. O My servants, all of you are hungry except those whom I feed, so ask Me for sustenance, and I shall feed you. O My servants, all of you are naked except those whom I clothe, so ask Me for clothing, and I shall clothe you. O My servants, you sin by night and by day, and I forgive all sins, so seek My forgiveness, and I shall forgive you. O My servants, you will never attain harming Me so as to harm Me, nor will you ever attain benefiting Me so as to benefit Me. O My servants, if the first of you and the last of you, the humans and the jinn among you, were as pious as the most pious heart of any one of you, that would not increase My dominion in the slightest. O My servants, if the first of you and the last of you, the humans and the jinn among you, were as wicked as the most wicked heart of any one of you, that would not decrease My dominion in the slightest. O My servants, if the first of you and the last of you, the humans and the jinn among you, were to stand together in one place and ask of Me, and I were to give each one what he requested, that would not decrease what I possess any more than a needle decreases the sea when dipped into it. O My servants, it is only your deeds that I record for you and then recompense you for, so whoever finds good, let him praise Allah, and whoever finds other than that, let him blame no one but himself."
Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Allah the Exalted says: ‘O My servants, all of you are astray except those whom I guide, so ask Me for guidance, and I shall guide you. All of you are poor except those whom I enrich, so ask Me, and I shall provide for you. All of you are sinners except those whom I pardon. So whoever among you knows that I have the power to forgive sins and seeks My forgiveness, I will forgive him, and I do not mind. Even if the first of you and the last of you, your living and your dead, your young and your old, were to gather upon the piety of the most pious heart of any one of My servants, that would not add even the wing of a mosquito to My dominion. And if they were to gather upon the wickedness of the most wicked heart of any one of My servants, that would not diminish My dominion even by the wing of a mosquito. If the first of you and the last of you, your living and your dead, your young and your old, were to gather in one place and each ask of Me whatever he desired, and I were to grant each his request, that would not diminish what I possess any more than a needle diminishes the ocean when dipped into it. That is because I am the Most Generous, the Majestic. I do what I will. My giving is but a word, and My punishment is but a word. When I intend a thing, I only say to it, “Be,” and it is.’"
Asma’ bint Yazid (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) reciting: ‘Say, “O My servants who have transgressed against themselves [by sinning], do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins.”’ (Az-Zumar 39:53) without hesitation."
Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: "I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘I do not love to possess the world and all it contains in exchange for this verse: “Say, ‘O My servants who have transgressed against themselves, do not despair of the mercy of Allah.’” (Az-Zumar 39:53).’ A man asked, ‘What if one has committed shirk (associating partners with Allah)?’ The Prophet (ﷺ) remained silent, then said, ‘Except for one who commits shirk,’ repeating it three times."
Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Allah the Exalted says: ‘O son of Adam! As long as you call upon Me and hope in Me, I will forgive you for whatever you have done, and I do not mind. O son of Adam! Even if your sins were to reach the clouds of the sky and you were to ask for My forgiveness, I would forgive you, and I do not mind. O son of Adam! If you were to come to Me with sins nearly as great as the earth and then meet Me without associating anything with Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great as the earth.’"
Abu Sa’id (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Satan said, ‘By Your might, O Lord, I will continue to mislead Your servants as long as their souls remain in their bodies.’ The Lord replied, ‘By My might and majesty, I will continue to forgive them as long as they seek My forgiveness.’"
Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) recited: "He is the One worthy of reverence and the One who forgives." (Al-Muddaththir 74:56) and said: "Your Lord says: ‘I am the One deserving of reverence, so whoever fears Me without associating anything with Me, I am the One who forgives him.’"
Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "By the One in whose hand is my soul, if you did not sin, Allah would replace you with people who would sin and then seek His forgiveness, and He would forgive them."
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ف: اس حدیث شریف میں ارشاد ہے کہ اہل خوف اور گنہ گاران تائب کے لئے بڑا دلا سہ ہے
اور اس میں اس بات کا اشارہ ہے کہ گناہ حکمت الٰہی کے خلاف نہیں تاکہ اللہ تعالیٰ کی رحمت اور غفاری
کی صفت ظاہر ہو۔ اس کا مطلب یہ نہیں کہ آدمی اپنے گناہوں سے نڈر ہو جائے کیونکہ یہ تو صریحاً کفر
ہے۔ (مشکاۃ)۔
Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "A servant committed a sin and said, ‘O Lord, I have sinned, so forgive me.’ His Lord said, ‘Does My servant know that he has a Lord who forgives sins and punishes for them? I have forgiven My servant.’ Then the servant remained for as long as Allah willed before committing another sin and saying, ‘O Lord, I have sinned again, so forgive me.’ His Lord said, ‘Does My servant know that he has a Lord who forgives sins and punishes for them? I have forgiven My servant.’ Then the servant remained for as long as Allah willed before committing another sin and saying, ‘O Lord, I have sinned again, so forgive me.’ His Lord said, ‘Does My servant know that he has a Lord who forgives sins and punishes for them? I have forgiven My servant—let him do as he wills.’"
Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) narrated: "A man said, ‘By Allah, Allah will never forgive so-and-so!’ Allah the Exalted said, ‘Who is this who swears by Me that I will not forgive so-and-so? I have forgiven so-and-so and nullified your deeds.’"
Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "There were two men among the Children of Israel who were brothers—one was devout in worship, and the other was a sinner. The devout one kept saying to the sinner, ‘Stop what you are doing!’ The sinner replied, ‘Leave me alone with my Lord!’ One day, the devout man found the sinner committing a major sin and said, ‘Stop!’ The sinner again said, ‘Leave me alone with my Lord! Were you sent as a watcher over me?’ The devout man said, ‘By Allah, Allah will never forgive you, nor will He admit you to Paradise.’ Allah took their souls, and they were brought before Him. He said to the sinner, ‘Enter Paradise by My mercy.’ Then He said to the devout man, ‘Can you withhold My mercy from My servant?’ The man said, ‘No, O Lord.’ Allah said, ‘Take him to the Fire.’"
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ف: اس حدیث سے معلوم ہوتا ہے کہ کسی کو یقین کے ساتھ دوزخی کہنا درست نہیں اس لئے کہ
نجات کا مدار خاتمہ پر ہے اور ہو سکتا ہے کہ اس کا خاتمہ بالخیر ہو۔ (حاشیہ مشکوۃ)
Shaddad ibn Aws (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "The best way to seek forgiveness is to say: ‘O Allah, You are my Lord; there is no god but You. You created me, and I am Your servant. I am faithful to my covenant and promise to You as much as I can. I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge Your favors upon me, and I confess my sins. Forgive me, for none forgives sins except You.’ Whoever says this during the day with firm faith and dies before evening will be among the people of Paradise. And whoever says it at night with firm faith and dies before morning will be among the people of Paradise."
Bilal ibn Yasar ibn Zayd, a freed slave of the Prophet (ﷺ), reported that his father narrated from his grandfather that he heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: "Whoever says, ‘I seek forgiveness from Allah, besides whom there is no god, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of existence, and I repent to Him,’ will be forgiven, even if he fled from battle." [Narrated by Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud]
(Note: In Abu Dawud’s version, it is narrated from Hilal ibn Yasar. Al-Hafiz Al-Mundhiri said: "Its chain is good and connected. Bukhari mentioned in his history that Bilal heard from his father Yasar, who heard from his father Zayd, the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).")
Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Whoever consistently seeks forgiveness, Allah will grant him relief from every distress, a way out from every hardship, and provide for him from sources he could never imagine."
Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Allah the Exalted raises the rank of a righteous servant in Paradise, and the servant asks, ‘O Lord, how did I attain this?’ Allah replies, ‘Through your child’s seeking forgiveness for you.’"
Abdullah ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "The deceased in the grave is like a drowning person, waiting for a supplication to reach him from his father, mother, brother, or friend. When it reaches him, it is dearer to him than the world and all it contains. Indeed, Allah sends down upon the inhabitants of the graves gifts from the supplications of the living like mountains. The best gift the living can give to the dead is to seek forgiveness for them."
Abdullah ibn Busr (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Blessed is the one who finds abundant seeking of forgiveness in his record."
Abu Bakr As-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "There is no sin too great for one who seeks forgiveness, even if he repeats it seventy times a day."
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ف: اس حدیث شریف سے معلوم ہوتا ہے کہ گناہوں پر اصرار کرنے والا وہ شخص ہے جو
استغفار نہ کرے اور اپنی بداعمالیوں پر شرمسار نہ ہو۔ واضح ہو کہ گناہوں پر اصرار برا ہے کیونکہ گناہ صغیرہ
اصرار سے کبیرہ ہوتا ہے اور کبیرہ پر اصرار کفر تک پہنچا دیتا ہے اسی لئے ارشاد ہوا ہے کہ جو کوئی استغفار
کرتا ہو۔ اور شرمندہ ہو گناہوں پر خواہ گناہ صغیرہ ہو یا کبیرہ ہو وہ گناہوں پر اصرار کرنے والا نہیں ہوگا۔
(حاشیہ مشکوٰة)۔
Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) used to say: "O Allah, make me among those who, when they do good, rejoice, and when they do wrong, seek forgiveness."
Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "O people, repent to Allah, for I repent to Him a hundred times a day."
Abu Sa’id Al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Among the Children of Israel was a man who killed ninety-nine people. Then he went out seeking repentance and came to a monk, asking, ‘Is there any repentance for me?’ The monk said, ‘No,’ so the man killed him, completing his hundredth murder. He continued searching until a man told him, ‘Go to such-and-such town.’ Death overtook him on the way, so he turned his chest toward the town. The angels of mercy and the angels of punishment disputed over him. Allah commanded the town to draw nearer and the other to move away, then said, ‘Measure the distance between them.’ He was found to be a handspan closer to the town of repentance, so he was forgiven."
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ف: اس حدیث شریف سے کئی فوائد حاصل ہوتے ہیں ایک یہ کہ گناہ کبیرہ کے بعد توبہ قبول
ہوتی ہے۔ دوسرے یہ کہ جس جگہ گناہ کیا ہو وہاں سے ہجرت کرنا مستحب ہے۔ اور تیسرے یہ کہ مدعا
اور مدعا علیہ کا ⟦?⟧ درست ہے۔ چوتھے یہ کہ رحمت الٰہی کی کوئی حد نہیں۔ ادھر بندہ نے خالص دل
سے توبہ کی اور ادھر دریائے رحمت و مغفرت جوش میں آئی۔ (حاشیہ مشکاۃ)۔
Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "When a servant acknowledges his sin and repents, Allah accepts his repentance."
Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Allah the Exalted says: ‘Whoever knows that I have the power to forgive sins and seeks My forgiveness, I will forgive him, and I do not mind, as long as he does not associate anything with Me.’"
Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Allah extends His hand at night so that the sinners of the day may repent, and He extends His hand during the day so that the sinners of the night may repent—until the sun rises from the west."
Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Whoever repents before the sun rises from the west, Allah will accept his repentance."
Safwan ibn Assal (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Allah the Exalted has placed a gate in the west, the width of seventy years’ journey, for repentance. It will not be closed until the sun rises from its direction. That is the meaning of Allah’s words: ‘The day when some of the signs of your Lord will come, no soul will benefit from its faith if it had not believed before.’ (Al-An’am 6:158)"
Mu’awiya (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Migration (Hijrah) will not cease until repentance ceases, and repentance will not cease until the sun rises from the west."
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Migration will not cease...
(1) The statement: "Migration will not cease..." In At-Tafsirat Al-Ahmadiyyah, it is said: "In the early days of Islam, migration was obligatory, whether one could practice his religion or not. There is no doubt that this was later abrogated. In this era, if one cannot practice his religion due to oppression or disbelief, migration becomes obligatory—and this is the correct view."
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(۱)قوله : لا تنقطع الهجرة إلخ : وقال في التفسيرات الأحمدية: إن في بدء الإسلام كانت الهجرة البتة واجبة، سواء قدر على إقامة دينه أو لا، ولا شك في نسخه، وفي هذا الزمان أن لم يتمكن من إقامة دينه بسبب أيدي الظلمة أو الكفرة يفرض عليه الهجرة، وهو الحق.
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ف: واضح ہو کہ حدیث شریف میں توبہ کے منقطع ہونے سے توبہ کا قبول ہونا مراد ہے غرض یہ
ہے کہ جب تک آفتاب مغرب سے نہیں نکلتا۔ بندہ توبہ کر کے پاک ہوسکتا ہے اور جب آفتاب مغرب
سے نکلا تو پھر یہ موقع ہاتھ سے نکل گیا۔ (از حاشیہ مشکوٰۃ:12)
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ف: واضح ہو کہ اس حدیث میں استغفار اور توبہ کی ترغیب ہے کہ حضور صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم معصوم ہونے کے باوجود دن میں ستر (70) بار سے زائد استغفار فرمائیں تو ہم گنہ گاروں کو بطریق اولیٰ استغفار اور توبہ کرتے رہنا چاہیے۔ چنانچہ حضرت علی رضی اللہ عنہ نے فرمایا ہے کہ زمین پر اللہ تعالیٰ کے عذاب سے امن دو چیزوں کی وجہ سے تھا ایک کو تو اللہ تعالیٰ نے اٹھا لیا ہے تم کو چاہیے کہ دوسرے کو مضبوطی کے ساتھ اختیار کریں۔ ایک امن جو اٹھا لیا گیا وہ رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم کی ذات گرامی ہے۔ اور جو امن باقی ہے وہ استغفار ہے جیسا کہ اللہ تعالیٰ کا ارشاد ہے: (سورۂ انفال، آیت نمبر:33، میں) ”وَمَا كَانَ اللّٰهُ لِيُعَذِّبَهُمْ وَأَنْتَ فِيهِمْ، وَمَا كَانَ اللّٰهُ مُعَذِّبَهُمْ وَهُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ“ (اللہ تعالیٰ ایسا نہ کریں گے کہ (اے نبی!) آپ کے ان میں ہوتے ہوئے ان کو عذاب میں مبتلا کریں اور ایسا بھی نہ کریں گے کہ ان کو عذاب دیں اس حالت میں کہ وہ استغفار کر رہے ہوں۔ حدیث شریف میں حضور صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم کا استغفار فرمانے کا جو ذکر ہے اس بارے میں صاحب مرقات نے لکھا ہے کہ: حضور کا یہ استغفار امت کی طرف سے ہوا کرتا تھا جو امت کے حق میں آپ کی جانب سے بطور سے شفاعت کے تھا۔12