Chapter 151
Remembrance 1 from Chapter 151
The supplication to say on laylat al‑qadr (the night of the decree)
Arabic
Romanisation
Allāhumma innaka ‘Afuwwun tuḥibbu-l-‘afwa fa-‘fu ‘annī.
Context
WE RELATE WITH ṣaḥīḥ isnāds from the books of at-Tirmidhī, an-Nasā’ī, Ibn Mājah and others, from ‘Ā’ishah
who narrated: “I asked: ‘Messenger of Allah, if I know it is the Night of the Decree, what should I say?’ He answered: ‘Say: O Allah, You are Forgiving and You love forgiveness, so forgive me.’” [1].According to at-Tirmidhī, this hadith is ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ.
References
[1] At-Tirmidhī (3508), Ibn Mājah (3850), and al-Ḥākim in al-Mustadrak (1/530), who grades it as ṣaḥīḥ ; and adh-Dhahabī agrees.