Kaffarat al-Majlis: Expiation of whatever negative may have occurred in a gathering
When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ intended to get up from the assembly he used to say toward the end:
subḥānak Allāhummā wa-bi-ḥamdika, ash-hadu an lā ilāha illā anta, astaghfiruka wa-atūbu ilayka
(Glory be to You. O Allah and with Your praise, I testify that there is no god but You; I seek Your forgiveness, and turn to You in repentance.)
A man asked: Messenger of Allah! you utter the words now which you did not do in the past? He replied: ˹This is a˺ kaffarah (expiation) for what takes place in the assembly.
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ بِأَخَرَةٍ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَقُومَ مِنَ الْمَجْلِسِ:
(سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ)
فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّكَ لَتَقُولُ قَوْلاً مَا كُنْتَ تَقُولُهُ فِيمَا مَضَى قَالَ: «كَفَّارَةٌ لِمَا يَكُونُ فِي الْمَجْلِسِ»
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