Islamic teaching holds that a believer does not sit in despair after a wrong, but recognises it and turns back to Allah quickly, and the five daily prayers are the regular means of that return.
IslamMasjid al-Haram's preacher Sheikh Dr Faisal bin Jamil Ghazzawi spoke on repentance and self-purification; the Prophet's Mosque preacher Sheikh Abdullah al-Buaijan called contentment true wealth.
Islam'Astaghfirullah' means 'I seek Allah's forgiveness'; drawing on Surah Nuh and Surah Az-Zumar and the hadith that the Prophet (peace be upon him) sought forgiveness more than 70 times a day, Channel i Online explains istighfar and sincere repentance.
IslamTwo hadiths in Sahih al-Bukhari say that Allah tests those He wishes good for, and that a Muslim's fatigue, illness and pain are a means of forgiveness of sins.
A hadith in Tirmidhi calls wise the person who holds himself to account and works for the life after death, and helpless the one who follows his desires while hoping in vain for Allah's forgiveness.
The hadith establishes Salatut Tawbah, in which a person who has sinned performs ablution, prays two rakats and asks Allah's forgiveness, with the promise that Allah forgives him.
