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*''' Forbidden istighfar: ''' according to the Qur'an, it is forbidden to ask for the forgiveness of pagans and polytheists as well as hypocrites. | *''' Forbidden istighfar: ''' according to the Qur'an, it is forbidden to ask for the forgiveness of pagans and polytheists as well as hypocrites. | ||
==Manners of | ==Manners of Istighfar== | ||
A person was repeating the sentence | A person was repeating the sentence {{inlineArabic| "استغفر الله"}} (I ask God to forgive me) before [[Imam 'Ali (a)]]. The Imam (a) told him there are six conditions to be met in order for an istighfar to be valid, and that it is only then that the recitation of such a sentence could help: | ||
#Repentance over one's past deeds. | |||
#Determination for never repeating that misdeed. | |||
#Observing people's rights. | |||
#Doing all one's obligations that one had ignored. | |||
#One should, out of remorse, lose the flesh he grew in sins until he grows new flesh on his bones. | |||
#One's body should suffer from worships, just as it had enjoyed the sins. | |||
Here are some other manners of istighfar: | Here are some other manners of istighfar: | ||