Chapter 52
Remembrance 1 from Chapter 52
What to say on friday mornings
Arabic
Romanisation
Astaghfiru-llāha-lladhī lā ilāha illā Huwa-l-Ḥayyu-l-Qayyūmu wa atūbu ilayh.
Context
We relate in the book of Ibn as-Sunnī from Anas 
who reported that the Messenger of Allah 
said: “If a person says thrice on Friday morning before the Ṣubḥ ṣalāh: I ask forgiveness of Allah, besides Whom there is no god, the Living, the Self-Subsisting, and I repent to Him, Allah will forgive his sins even if they be as abundant as the foam of the sea.” [1].
References
[1] Ibn as-Sunnī (82). Its chain is very weak, as it includes Isḥāq ibn Khālid, who narrated from ‘Abd al-‘Azīz ibn ‘Abdullāh, who narrated from Khusayf from Anas. There is a difference of opinion regarding Khusayf, who did not hear this hadith from Anas. ‘Abd al-‘Azīz was accused by Aḥmad of lying. As for Isḥāq, Ibn ‘Adī claims that he narrated munkar hadiths. See Ibn Ḥajar’s Natā ’ ij al-afkār (187).