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‘How perfect You are O Alla>h, and I praise You. I
bear witness that None has the right to be
worshipped except You. I seek Your forgiveness and
turn to You in repentance.’
99
86. Returning a supplication of forgiveness
(197)
‘Abdulla>h Ibn Sarjis
said: ‘ I went to see the
Prophet
and ate from his food and then said to
him:
.
‘May Alla>h forgive you, O Messenger of Alla>h.’
...he
replied:
_________________
99 ‘A<’ishah
said: ‘Whenever The Messenger of Alla>h
would
betake a seat, read Qur’a>n or pray, he would always conclude it with
certain words, I [i.e. ‘A<’ishah] said: O Messenger of Alla>h
, I have
noticed that whenever you betake a seat, read Qur’a>n or pray, you always
conclude it with these words. He said: Yes, whoever speaks good, it [i.e.,
the supplication] will be a seal for that goodness and whoever speaks ill, it
will be an atonement for him...’ Related by An-Nasa‘i> in [‘Amal al-Yawm
wa Al-Laylah], 308 and Ah}mad 6/77. Dr Fa>ru>q H{ama>dah declared its
chain to be authentic in his checking of An-Nasa‘i>’s ‘Amal al-Yawm wa
Al-Laylah, pg. 273.