Sayyidul Istighfar — Allahumma Anta Rabbi (Arabic, Roman Urdu, Urdu & English)
سید الاستغفار — بخشش، مغفرت اور کشادہ رزق کی سب سے افضل دعاSayyidul Istighfar ki Hadith fazilat (Sahih al-Bukhari 6306)
Sahih al-Bukhari (6306) mein Hazrat Shaddad bin Aws رضی اللہ عنہ se riwayat hai ke Rasoolullah ﷺ ne khud is dua ko “Sayyidul-Istighfar” (سَيِّدُ الِاسْتِغْفَارِ — Maghfirat mangne ke tamam kalimaat ka sardar) qarar diya.
Nabi Kareem ﷺ ne irshad farmaya: “Jo shakhs din ke waqt (subah) is ke ma'ani aur sawab par pukhta yaqeen rakhte hue yeh kalimaat kahe aur sham hone se pehle faut ho jaye to woh اہلِ جنت mein se hai; aur jo shakhs raat (sham) ke waqt yaqeen ke sath yeh kalimaat kahe aur subah hone se pehle faut ho jaye to woh bhi اہلِ جنت mein se hai.”
Sayyidul Istighfar aur Rizq o Qarz se nijat ka talluq
Quran Majeed ki Surah Nuh (71:10–12) mein Allah Ta'ala ne Istighfar ko rizq ki kushadgi, barish ki barkat aur maal-o-aulad mein izafe ka sabab bataya hai: “Apne Rab se bakhshish mango, beshak Woh bada Bakhshne wala hai; Woh tum par aasman se khoob barish barsayega aur maal aur aulad se tumhari madad karega.”
Isi liye jab koi musalman subah-o-sham ke azkar mein Sayyidul Istighfar ko apna mamool banata hai, to gunahon ki bakhshish ke sath sath dil ka bojh halka hota hai aur halal rozi o karobar mein barkat ke darwaze khulte hain.
Kalimaat ka gehra mafhoom: Tawheed, Bandagi aur Shukr
Sayyidul Istighfar is liye sab se afzal istighfar hai kyunki is mein sirf maafi ki darkhwast nahi balkay iman ke tamam bunyadi arkan jama hain: sab se pehle Allah ki Rububiyyat aur Uluhiyyat ka iqrar (“Anta Rabbee laa ilaaha illaa Anta”), phir apni bandagi aur aajzi (“khalaqtanee wa ana 'abduka”), aur phir apni istita'at ke mutabiq iman ke ahad par qaim rehne ka ehad.
Is ke baad banda apne aamaal ke shar se Allah ki panah mangta hai, Allah ki be-shumar ne'maton ka shukr-guzar ho kar iqrar karta hai (“aboo'u laka bini'matika 'alayya”) aur apni kotahiyon ka aitraf kar ke sirf Allah se maghfirat mangta hai.
Sayyidul Istighfar kab aur kitni martaba parhein?
Sahih al-Bukhari (6306) ke mutabiq Sayyidul Istighfar subah ke azkar (Namaz-e-Fajr ke baad) mein kam az kam 1 martaba aur sham ke azkar (Asr ya Maghrib ke baad) mein 1 martaba dil ke yaqeen aur tawajjuh ke sath parhna sunnat hai.
Is ke ilawa Tahajjud ke waqt (sahar ke aakhri hisse mein jab Allah Surah Aal-e-Imran 3:17 mein “wal-mustaghfireena bil-ashaar” ki tareef farmata hai), farz namazon ke baad aur pareshani ya qarz ki tangi ke waqt bhi isay parha ja sakta hai.