‘Stand up! For Allah has forgiven you’
Sayyiduna Jabir ibn Abdullah radiAllahu anhu reported: A man came to the Beloved Prophet ﷺ and he said, “O my sins! O my sins!” The Noble Prophet ﷺ said to him, say:
اَللَّهُمَّ مَغْفِرَتُكَ أَوْسَعُ مِنْ ذُنُوبِي وَرَحْمَتُكَ أَرْجَى عِنْدِي مِنْ عَمَلِي
‘O Allah, Your forgiveness is Greater than my sins, and I am more hopeful in Your Mercy than my deeds.’
The man said it, then the Beloved Prophet ﷺ said, “Repeat it.” The man repeated it, then the Beloved Prophet ﷺ said, “Repeat it again.” The man repeated it, then the Noble Prophet ﷺ said, “Stand up, for Allah has forgiven you.”
-Shu’ab al-Iman, Imam Bayhaqi r.a
