By Allah, I indeed seek Allah’s forgiveness and turn to Him in repentance more than seventy times a day.” Recorded by al-Bukhari.

1880 – Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) also reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “By the One in Whose Hand my soul rests, if you did not commit sins, Allah the Exalted would replace you with a people who do sin, then seek Allah’s forgiveness, and He would forgive them.” Recorded by Muslim.

1881 – Ibn ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said, “In a single sitting we used to count for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ one hundred times the words: Rabbi ighfir lī wa tub ʿalayya innaka anta al-tawwāb al-raḥīm (‘My Lord, forgive me and accept my repentance; indeed You are the Ever-Relenting, the Merciful’).” Recorded by Abu Dāwūd and al-Tirmidhī, who said: “A sound, authentic hadith [singular (1)].”

1882 – Ibn ʿAbbās (may Allah be pleased with them both) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Whoever clings to seeking forgiveness, Allah will make for him a way out of every tightness, relief from every sorrow, and will provide for him from where he never expected.” Recorded by Abu Dāwūd (2).

1883 – Ibn Masʿūd (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Whoever says: Astaghfirullāh alladhī lā ilāha illā Huwa al-Ḥayy al-Qayyūm wa atūbu ilayh (‘I seek the forgiveness of Allah, besides Whom there is no deity, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer, and I repent to Him’), his sins will be forgiven even if he had fled from the battlefield.” Recorded by Abu Dāwūd, al-Tirmidhī, and al-Ḥākim, who said: “An authentic hadith according to the conditions of al-Bukhārī and Muslim (3).”

1884 – Shaddād ibn Aws (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet ﷺ said, “The chief formula of seeking forgiveness is for the servant to say: Allāhumma anta Rabbī lā ilāha illā anta, khalaqtanī wa anā ʿabduka, wa anā …”