Wisdom Behind Istighfaar After The
Obligatory Prayers
The wisdom behind [الاستغفار –
(i.e. saying: أستغفار three times)] after Salaah is to manifest the soul’s wrong
doing – that the slave [i.e. the performer of the prayer] did not fulfil the
rights of the prayer - neither
completely nor perfectly in the manner it is obligated; because it has to be
the case that he did fall into some deficiency, shortcoming and negligence.
Therefore, he seeks forgiveness in the hope that his shortcoming is
relinquished and so that his Istighfaar [i.e. seeking forgiveness] can be a
means of remedying the deficiency or shortcoming in his prayer.
An
Excerpt from ‘Fiqhul Ad’iyah Wal Adhkaar’ page 171’ Parts 3&4
TRANSLATION SOURCE: Masjid al- Furq
5 Feb 2019, 10:31 AM @IslamStoke
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