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- A servant [of Allâh's] committed a sin and said: O Allâh, forgive me my
sin. And He (glorified and exalted be He) said: My servant has committed
a sin and has known that he has a Lord who forgives sins and punishes
for them. Then he sinned again and said: O Lord, forgive me my sin. And
He (glorified and exalted be He) said: My servant has committed a sin
and has known that he has a Lord who forgives sins and punishes for
them. Then he sinned again and said: O Lord, forgive me my sin. And He
(glorified and exalted be He) said: My servant has committed a sin and
has known that he has a Lord who forgives sins and punishes for sins. Do
what you wish, for I have forgiven you. [Hadîth Qudsi]
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- O son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me and ask of Me, I shall
forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not mind. O son of Adam,
were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and were you then to ask
forgiveness of Me, I would forgive you. O son of Adam, were you to come
to Me with sins nearly as great as the earth and were you then to face
Me, ascribing no partner to Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as
great at it.
- [Hadîth Qudsi]
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- I heard the Prophet sallAllâhu `alayhi wa sallam saying: 'Allah forgives
the man who commits a sin (then feels ashamed), purifies himself, offers
a prayer and seeks His forgiveness.' Then he recited the 'ayah: 'And
those who, when they do an evil thing or wrong themselves, remember Allah
and implore forgiveness for their sins - and who can forgive sins except
Allah? - and will not knowingly repeat (the wrong) they did. The reward
of such will be forgiveness from their Lord, and gardens underneath
which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever- a bountiful reward
for workers."'
- [al-'lmrân: 135-136]. [Abû Dawûd, an-Nasa'i, Ibn Majah, al-Baihaqi, and
at-Tirmidhî who calls it hasan.]
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- When a bondsman - a Muslim or a believer - washes his face (in course of
ablution), every sin he contemplated with his eyes will be washed away
from his face along with water, or with the last drop of water ; when he
washes his hands, every sin they wrought will be effaced from his hands
with the water, or with the last drop of water; and when he washes his
feet, every sin towards which his feet have walked will be washed away
with the water, or with the last drop of water, with the result that he
comes out pure from all sins. [Sahîh Muslim]
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- The Messenger of Allâh sallAllâhu `alayhi wa sallam said: He who
performed ablution well, his sins would come out from his body, even
coming out from under his nails.
- [Sahîh Muslim]
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- When the time for a prescribed prayer comes, if any Muslim performs
ablution well and offers his prayer) with humility and bowing, it will
be an expiation for his past sins, so long as he has not committed a
major sin; and this applies to for all times.
- [Sahîh Muslim]
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- "The congregational prayer of anyone amongst you is more than
twenty (five or twenty seven) times in reward than his prayer in the
market or in his house, for if he performs ablution completely and then
goes to the mosque with the sole intention of performing the prayer, and
nothing urges him to proceed to the mosque except the prayer, then, on
every step which he takes towards the mosque, he will be raised one
degree or one of his sins will be forgiven. The angels will keep on
asking Allâh's forgiveness and blessings for everyone of you so long as
he keeps sitting at his praying place. The angels will say, 'O Allâh,
bless him! O Allâh, be merciful to him!' as long as he does not do
Hadath or a thing which gives trouble to the other." The Prophet
further said, "One is regarded in prayer so long as one is waiting
for the prayer." [Sahîh Al-Bukhari]
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- "The Messenger of Allâh sallAllâhu `alayhi wa sallam said: He who
purified himself in his house, and then he walked to one of the houses
of Allâh for the sake of performing a fard (obligatory act) out of the
Fara'id (obligatory acts) of Allâh, both his steps (would be
significant) as one of them would obliterate his sin and the second one
would raise his status. [Sahîh Muslim]
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- Five prayers and from one Friday prayer to (the next) Friday prayer is
an expiation (of the sins committed in between their intervals) if major
sins are not committed.
- [Sahîh Muslim]
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- Whoever takes a bath on Friday, purifies himself as much as he can, then
uses his (hair) oil or perfumes himself with the scent of his house,
then proceeds (for the Jumua prayer) and does not separate two persons
sitting together (in the mosque), then prays as much as (Allâh has)
written for him and then remains silent while the Imam is delivering the
Khutba, his sins in-between the present and the last Friday would be
forgiven." [Sahîh Al-Bukhari]
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- A man kissed a woman and then came to Allâh's Apostle and told him of
that, so this Divine Inspiration was revealed to the Prophet sallAllâhu
`alayhi wa sallam:
- "And offer Prayers perfectly at the two ends of the day, and in
some hours of the night; (i.e. (five) compulsory prayers). Verily, the
good deeds remove the evil deeds (small sins). That is a reminder for
the mindful." (Qur'aan : 11.114) The man said, Is this instruction
for me only?" The Prophet said, "It is for all those of my
followers who encounter a similar situation." [Sahîh Al-Bukhari]
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- "Whoever performs Hajj for Allâh's pleasure and does not have
sexual relations with his wife, and does not do evil or sins then he
will return (after Hajj free from all sins) as if he were born
anew." [Sahîh Al-Bukhari]
- "Alternate between Hajj and 'Umrah (regularly), for these two
remove poverty and sins just as the blacksmith's bellows removes all
impurities from metals like iron, gold and silver. The reward for Hajj
Mabrur is nothing short of Paradise." [Nasa'i and Tirmidhi, who
regards it a sound hadîth ]
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- "(The performance of) 'Umra is an expiation for the sins committed
(between it and the previous one). And the reward of Hajj Mabrur (the
one accepted by Allâh) is nothing except Paradise."
- [Sahîh Al-Bukhari]
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- "When the Imâm says 'آmîn', then you should all say ‘آmîn’,
for the angels say ‘آmîn’ at that time, and he whose ‘آmîn’
coincides with the ‘آmîn’ of the angels, all his past sins will be
forgiven."
- [Sahîh Al-Bukhari]
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- "Whoever fasted the month of Ramadân out of sincere Faith (i.e.
belief) and hoping for a reward from Allâh, then all his past sins will
be forgiven, and whoever stood for the prayers in the night of Qadr out
of sincere Faith and hoping for a reward from Allâh, then all his
previous sins will be forgiven ."
- [Sahîh Al-Bukhari]
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- "The Prophet, sallAllâhu `alayhi wa sallam, woke up one day
cheerful and beaming. His companions exclaimed, 'O Prophet of Allâh, you
woke up today cheerful and beaming.' He replied,
- 'Yes! A messenger of Allâh, the Mighty and the Glorified, came to me and
said, "If anyone from your ummah sends you a salutation, Allâh will
record for him ten good deeds, wipe off ten of his sins, and raise him
thereby ten degrees in rank, and He will return his salutation with a
similar salutation".' [Ahmad] Ibn Kathîr considers this a sound
hadîth ]
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- "While a man was walking he felt thirsty and went down a well and
drank water from it. On coming out of it, he saw a dog panting and
eating mud because of excessive thirst. The man said, 'This (dog) is
suffering from the same problem as that of mine. So he (went down the
well), filled his shoe with water, caught hold of it with his teeth and
climbed up and watered the dog. Allâh thanked him for his (good) deed
and forgave him." The people asked, "O Allâh's Apostle! Is
there a reward for us in serving (the) animals?" He replied,
"Yes, there is a reward for serving any animate." [Sahîh
Al-Bukhari]
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- "A prostitute was forgiven by Allâh, because, passing by a panting
dog near a well and seeing that the dog was about to die of thirst, she
took off her shoe, and tying it with her head-cover she drew out some
water for it. So, Allâh forgave her because of that."
- [Sahîh Al-Bukhari]
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- Do not pluck the grey hairs as they are a Muslim's light. Never a Muslim
grows grey in Islam except that Allâh writes for him, due to that, a
good deed. And he raises him a degree. And he erases for him, due to
that, one of his sins." [Related by Ahmad, Abû Dawûd, at-Tirmidhi,
an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah] And Anas said, "We used to hate that a man
should pluck out his white hairs from his head or beard." [Sahîh
Muslim]
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Notes
