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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