Saif Morad – Benefits of Istighfar never stop seeking forgiveness from Allah

To whom my dear brothers and sisters, may

Allah

bless us with the best in this world

and the next. In today's video, we're gonna

be talking about the benefits of istighfar

and how we can implement it into our

lives.

4 men came to Hassan al Basri one

day

and were complaining to him about different problems.

One of them said,

we're not getting any rain.

So Hassan told him that say Astaghfirullah.

Seek forgiveness from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

Another man came to him and started complaining

about poverty. So Hassan told him that to

say astaghfirullah.

Seek forgiveness from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

A third man came

and asked him to make dua for him

so that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will bless

him with a child, and he told him

the same thing that say.

A 4th man came and started complaining to

him about his garden that it's not bearing

fruit, it's dry. So he told them the

same thing that say Astaghfirullah.

So the companion of Hassan told him that

these four people came to you with different

problems, yet you gave them the same exact

answer.

So Hassan told him that have you not

heard the statement of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala?

Ask forgiveness from your lord. Truly he is

the one who is off forgiving, who always

forgives.

He will send rain to you in abundance,

increase you in wealth and children,

and grant you gardens and rivers.

So we see from this ayah, Allah

tells us the benefits of islighfar, that he

will send down rain, make us wealthy, and

who amongst us does not want to become

wealthy? He will bless us with children. Those

people who are struggling to have children

seek forgiveness of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. And

Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala does not tell lies.

Who is more truthful in speech than Allah

Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. My dear brothers and sisters,

no matter what we have done in our

past,

we need to always seek forgiveness from Allah

subhanahu wa ta'ala.

And it's part of human nature to make

mistakes.

That's part of who we are. The prophet

sallallahu alaihi wa sallam told us

that all of the children of Adam are

sinners

and the best sinners are those who turn

back to

Allah No matter what,

Allah tells us.

And those who do not call upon other

than Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and do not

kill the soul which Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

has made sacred except in seeking justice,

and do not commit

adultery. Whoever does that will face

penalties.

The punishment will be doubled for him on

the day of resurrection,

and he will dwell therein in humiliation.

Except for those who repent

and believe and renew their faith

and do good deeds,

those individuals, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, will replace

their bad deeds with good deeds,

and he is ever forgiving and merciful.

Whoever repents and acts righteously has inclined towards

Allah with

subhanahu wa ta'ala,

with repentance.

If Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, has blessed us

to be able to seek forgiveness and know

that Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, will definitely forgive

us

And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala wants to forgive

us. He tells us in the Quran,

Allah intends to make things clear to you

and to guide you in the ways of

those before you and to forgive you. Allah

is most knowing, and he is the most

wise.

Allah

wants to forgive you,

but those who follow their desires wants you

to turn away

utterly.

So when we

seek forgiveness from Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, it

has to be sincere. Allah tells us

That all you who believe,

repent to Allah

this sincere repentance.

Umar bin Khattab, he said, the sincere repentance

is that in which the slave makes a

mistake. He commits a sin,

but then he stops it and he never

goes back to that sin. So Tawba has

conditions. It has to be met with certain

conditions for it to be

a true Tawba.

Number 1,

that we stop doing that act right away.

Number 2, we make a commitment to never

go back to that sin.

And number 3, we try to regret the

fact that we disobeyed Allah

Those are the conditions for a true

tawba.

But if we go back to the sin,

it doesn't matter. We make tawba again. We

repent to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala again and

again and again,

and we try our best.

Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala loves it when we

make tawba, when we repent to him. The

prophet sallallahu wa ta'ala told us

that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is more happy

with the tawba, with the repentance of a

slave

than, for example, if the slave went out

to the desert and he had his camel

with him and on the camel was his

provision,

and he decided to take a nap.

And when he woke up, the camel was

gone.

Nowhere to be found.

And he's searching and he's looking and he

can't find it,

and it becomes really hot, and he's thirsty

and he's hungry and he gives up hope.

He's like, that's it. You know, I'm gonna

wait for death.

And he goes and he lies down and

he's waiting for death to take him and

all of a sudden he wakes up and

he sees his camel there. Imagine how excited

this person must be

that he's on the verge of death. He's

going to die.

And all of a sudden his provision is

there in front of him.

So out of happiness he yells out and

he says,

dear, oh Allah,

you are my slave and I am your

Lord.

And he says this out of

extreme

happiness. He didn't intend to say that,

but imagine how happy this person must be

in this situation.

Allah

is even happier than that when his slave

turns back to him

and sincerely repents to Allah. Today's action step

is, number 1, to make it a habit

of seeking forgiveness

daily.

The prophet

said

that I seek forgiveness from Allah subhanahu wa

ta'ala over 70 times per day, and this

is the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, someone

whose sins were forgiven,

yet

he used to seek forgiveness from Allah

Allah over 70 times per day.

So in following his example,

we need to seek forgiveness daily. And if

you wanna take it one step further than

to try to say

a 100 times a day.

The glory be to Allah

Allah is free from any sort of deficiency,

and I praise him.

And if a person says this a 100

times a day, then all their sins are

forgiven

even though it might be as much as

the foam that's on the ocean.

Number 2, that no matter what a person

has done to always

turn back to Allah

and seek his forgiveness

and to not allow shaitan to deceive us,

to make us feel that, you know, I've

committed so many sins in my life. I

have no hope.

Never fall in that trap.

Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is rafar, the one

who's always forgiving,

A man told Hassan al Basri

that, you know, don't we feel shy that

we commit sins and then we ask Allah

to forgive us, then we go back to

committing the same sin or even worse and

then we turn back to Allah subhanahu wa

ta'ala.

So Hassan told them that shaytan wishes for

you to think like that

so that he can overcome you,

but don't ever lose hope in seeking forgiveness

from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala because if a

person is guided to seek forgiveness,

then know that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will

forgive him.

And we learn in the hadith

that shaitan swore.

He said, by your glory, oh Allah,

I will continue

to deceive people, to destroy them as long

as their souls are in their bodies.

And do we know what Allah subhanahu wa

ta'ala said in response to this?

He said,

by my majesty,

by my glory, by my greatness,

I will continue

to forgive them

as long as they seek my forgiveness.

So may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala forgive us

and make us amongst those who seek the

forgiveness of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

Until next time.

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