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Dua to seek forgiveness (istighfar)

adab:627 – Jandal b. Wāliqa > Yaḥyá b. Yaʿlá > Yūnus b. Khabbāb > Mujāhid > Ibn ʿUmar

Ibn Umar said: I heard the Prophet ﷺ asking Allah to forgive him a hundred times in this assembly with the words, 

rabbi ighfir lī wa-tub ʿalayya wa-irḥamnī, innaka anta al-tawwābu al-raḥīm.

"My Lord, forgive me, accept my repentance, and have mercy on me. Indeed, You are the Accepter of repentance, the Most Merciful."

الأدب المفرد:٦٢٧ – حَدَّثَنَا جَنْدَلُ بْنُ وَالِقٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَعْلَى عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ خَبَّابٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ فِي الْمَجْلِسِ مِئَةَ مَرَّةٍ: «رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَتُبْ عَلَيَّ وَارْحَمْنِي إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ.»

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The Companions would count the Prophet ﷺ doing istighfār at least a hundred times

abudawud:1516 – al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī > Abū Usāmah > Mālik b. Mighwal > Muḥammad b. Sūqah > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

In one sitting we would count the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying a hundred times: "rabbi ighfir lī wa-tub ʿalayya, innaka anta al-ttawwābu al-raḥīmu (My Lord, forgive me and pardon me for You are the Most Accepting of Repentance and the Most Merciful.)"

أبو داود:١٥١٦ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ مِغْوَلٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُوقَةَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

إِنْ كُنَّا لَنَعُدُّ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْمَجْلِسِ الْوَاحِدِ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ: (رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَتُبْ عَلَىَّ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ۔)

ibnmajah:3814 – ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Abū Usāmah And al-Muḥāribī > Mālik b. Mighwal > Muḥammad b. Sūqah > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

"We used to count that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said one hundred times in a gathering: 'Rabbighfirli wa tub ʿalayya innaka Antat-Tawwabur-Rahim (O Allah forgive me and accept my repentance, for You are the Accepter of repentance, the Most Merciful).'"

ابن ماجة:٣٨١٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ وَالْمُحَارِبِيُّ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ مِغْوَلٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُوقَةَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

إِنْ كُنَّا لَنَعُدُّ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْمَجْلِسِ يَقُولُ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَتُبْ عَلَىَّ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ

bazzar:5267 –
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البزّار:٥٢٦٧ – حَدَّثنا مُحَمد بن عُثمَان بن كرامة حَدَّثنا عُبَيد الله بن موسى حَدَّثنا مَالِك بْنُ مِغْوَل عَن مُحَمد بْنِ سُوقَةَ عَن نافعٍ عَن ابْنِ عُمَر قَالَ كُنَّا نَعُدُّ لِرَسُولِ

اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيه وَسَلَّم فِي الْمَجْلِسِ الوَاحِدِ مِئَةُ مَرَّةٍ يَقُولُ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَتُبْ عَلَيَّ إنَّك أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الْغَفُورُ