The statement of the Prophet (صلى ألله عليه وسلم): Whoever seeks forgiveness for the male and female Muslims, he will receive for himself a good deed for each and every one of them.
Look! Whoever seeks forgiveness for the male Muslims and the female Muslims, he will receive for himself a good deed for each and every one of them!
Do you know how many good deeds you will receive if you say in your supplication?!:
اللَّهُمَّ اغفِر لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ والْمُسْلِمَاتِ وَالمُؤمِنِينَ وَالمُؤمِنَاتِ، الأَحيَاءِ مِنهُم وَالأَموَاتِ
O Allah, forgive the male and female Muslims, and the male and female believers, the living and the deceased.
A phrase which is not even one line; how many good deeds will you receive?!
You will receive a good deed for every Muslim; millions of good deeds.
Then you supplicate for them to have guidance, firmness, assistance, success, and safety from trials and tribulations. If this supplication comes from your heart this is proof of the soundness of your heart and conscience for the welfare of your Muslim brother.
✒ Translator’s Note:
Below is another wording of the Hadith which has been declared Hassan by Shaykh Al Albani (رحمه ألله)
Ubaadah ibn Saamit (رضى ألله عنه) said:
“I heard the Prophet (صلى ألله عليه وسلم) say:
“Whoever seeks forgiveness for the male and female believers, Allah writes for him a good deed per male and female believer!”
[Collected by At Tabaraani in musnadush Shaamiyeen 3/234 hadeeth no# 2155 and declared Hasan by Shaykh Al Albaani in Saheeh al jaami’ 6026]
✒ Translated by Rasheed Ibn Estes Barbee (حفظه ألله)
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