Divine forgiveness (maghfira)

المغفرة

Divine forgiveness in the forty-second hadith — the last of al-Nawawi's Forty — is the widest promise God made His servants: 'son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me and hope in Me, I forgive you whatever has issued from you, and I do not care; son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and then you sought My forgiveness, I would forgive you; son of Adam, were you to come to Me with an earthful of sins and then meet Me associating nothing with Me, I would come to you with an earthful of forgiveness' — from which Ibn Rajab drew three means by which it is won: supplication joined to hope, seeking forgiveness, and meeting God without association — so forgiveness answers sins however great, so long as they are free of shirk and met with hopeful supplication and sincere seeking of pardon (Jami' al-Ulum wal-Hikam pp. 830–831).

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Maghfira (forgiveness) in the forty-second hadith, last of al-Nawawi's Forty — among the broadest of God's promises to His servants: He forgives whoever calls on Him and hopes in Him, whatever he has been.

Maghfira in the forty-second hadith, last of al-Nawawi's Forty — among the broadest of God's promises to His servants: God forgives whoever calls on Him and hopes in Him, whatever he has been. Ibn Rajab draws three causes by which forgiveness is won: supplication with hope, asking forgiveness, and meeting God without shirk; and it is part of the gate of repentance.

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Maghfira in the forty-second hadith, last of al-Nawawi's Forty — among the broadest of God's promises to His servants: God forgives whoever calls on Him and hopes in Him, whatever he has been. Ibn Rajab draws from the hadith three causes by which forgiveness is won: supplication with hope, asking forgiveness, and meeting God without shirk. And maghfira is part of the gate of repentance.

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Forgiveness in the forty-second hadith, the last of the Forty of al-Nawawi, is among the widest of God's promises to His servants. In it, God forgives whoever calls on Him and hopes in Him, however much he has done. ¹

Ibn Rajab draws from the hadith three causes by which forgiveness is obtained: supplication with hope, seeking forgiveness, and meeting God without associating anything with Him. ¹

Forgiveness is part of the chapter on repentance. ²

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