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According to the Qur'an, 9:113, [[the Prophet (s)]] and other believers are prohibited from asking God to forgive polytheists and pagans. This is because such a request is pointless,<ref>Qurʾān, 4:48, 116.</ref> since God will never forgive them. Some scholars hold that the prohibition is because if believers think that God may forgive polytheists, they would think that their faith gives them no advantage to them over polytheists, since they both might be forgiven by God.<ref>Ibn ʿĀshūr, ''al-Taḥrīr wa l-tanwīr'', vol. 10, p. 214. </ref> Moreover, istighfar is an expression of love and attachment to polytheists, which is forbidden by God.<ref>Makārim Shīrāzī, ''Tafsīr-i nimūna'', vol. 8, p. 155.</ref> | According to the Qur'an, 9:113, [[the Prophet (s)]] and other believers are prohibited from asking God to forgive polytheists and pagans. This is because such a request is pointless,<ref>Qurʾān, 4:48, 116.</ref> since God will never forgive them. Some scholars hold that the prohibition is because if believers think that God may forgive polytheists, they would think that their faith gives them no advantage to them over polytheists, since they both might be forgiven by God.<ref>Ibn ʿĀshūr, ''al-Taḥrīr wa l-tanwīr'', vol. 10, p. 214. </ref> Moreover, istighfar is an expression of love and attachment to polytheists, which is forbidden by God.<ref>Makārim Shīrāzī, ''Tafsīr-i nimūna'', vol. 8, p. 155.</ref> | ||
===Ibrahim (a) | ===Ibrahim's (a) Istighfar for Azar=== | ||
After prohibiting istighfar for polytheists, the Qur'an refers to why the prophet [[Ibrahim (a)]] asked God to forgive [[Azar]]; according to the verse (9:114), he asked God for Azar's forgiveness only when he still hoped that Azar would believe in God; thus he promised him to asked for his forgiveness. However, when he realized that Azar was an enemy of God, he dissociated himself from him.<ref>Majlisī, ''Biḥār al-anwār'', vol. 11, p. 77, 88; vol. 11, p. 15.</ref> | After prohibiting istighfar for polytheists, the Qur'an refers to why the prophet [[Ibrahim (a)]] asked God to forgive [[Azar]]; according to the verse (9:114), he asked God for Azar's forgiveness only when he still hoped that Azar would believe in God; thus he promised him to asked for his forgiveness. However, when he realized that Azar was an enemy of God, he dissociated himself from him.<ref>Majlisī, ''Biḥār al-anwār'', vol. 11, p. 77, 88; vol. 11, p. 15.</ref> | ||