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ahmad:18293Ismāʿīl > Yūnus > Ḥumayd b. Hilāl > Abū Burdah

[Machine] A man from the companions of the Prophet ﷺ said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "O people, repent to Allah and seek His forgiveness, for indeed I repent to Allah and seek His forgiveness one hundred times every day." So I said to him, "O Messenger of Allah, should I say, 'O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness' or 'O Allah, I repent to You'? He said, 'It is the same, or something similar to that.'"  

أحمد:١٨٢٩٣حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ

عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ تُوبُوا إِلَى اللهِ وَاسْتَغْفِرُوهُ فَإِنِّي أَتُوبُ إِلَى اللهِ وَأَسْتَغْفِرُهُ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ اثْنَتَانِ أَمْ وَاحِدَةٌ؟ فَقَالَ هُوَ ذَاكَ أَوْ نَحْوَ هَذَا  


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ahmad:23488Ismāʿīl > Yūnus > Ḥumayd b. Hilāl > Abū Burdah

[Machine] I sat with a sheikh from the companions of the Prophet ﷺ in the mosque of Kufa, and he told me: "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, or he said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'O people, repent to Allah and seek His forgiveness, for I repent to Allah and seek His forgiveness a hundred times every day.' So I said, 'O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness [O Allah, I repent to You]' twice. He said, 'That is what I say to you.'"  

أحمد:٢٣٤٨٨حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ قَالَ

جَلَسْتُ إِلَى شَيْخٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي مَسْجِدِ الْكُوفَةِ فَحَدَّثَنِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَوْ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ تُوبُوا إِلَى اللهِ وَاسْتَغْفِرُوهُ فَإِنِّي أَتُوبُ إِلَى اللهِ وَأَسْتَغْفِرُهُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ فَقُلْتُ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ [اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ] ثْنَتَانِ قَالَ هُوَ مَا أَقُولُ لَكَ