Saying “Astaghfirullah” After the Prayer

Question

Regarding the du‘a immediately after the salam of the fard prayer, Zayd recites: [ar]أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ[/ar] “I seek the forgiveness of Allah, besides Whom there is no god, the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting.” Bakr says: undoubtedly this is a very great istighfar (seeking of forgiveness), but after the salam what is transmitted is [saying] “Allahu akbar” and “astaghfirullah” three times?

Answer

What is well known is indeed that at this point [only] “astaghfirullah” is transmitted, and the attributes that follow it are not transmitted. However, in ‘Amal al-Yawm wa-l-Layla, p. 35, [it is related]: [ar]حَدَّثَنِي مُعَاذٌ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَنْ قَالَ بَعْدَ الْفَجْرِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ وَبَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ: أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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