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-ḥamdik, ash-hadu an lā ilāha illā ant, astaghfiruka wa-atūbu ilayk
(Exalted are You, O Allah, and with Your praise, I testify that there is no god other than You; I seek Your forgiveness, and I 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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