The Astaghfirullah Treatment

In the Name of Allah, the Constant Forgiver of Sins, the Most Merciful

Allahumma salli ‘ala Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ wa ‘ala aalihi wa as’haabihi ajama’een.

Alhamdulillah, I was given permission by Sister Zaibunisa M to share an article she wrote a while ago:

“Years ago, I heard on the radio how effective saying Astagfirullah is, so I implemented it. It made me very contented and my life became easier, Alhamdulillah.

Sharing the word
I then advised another person at that time to say Astaghfirullah continuously. He implemented it as well. After 2 months, I heard that he had died. His wife said he had a beautiful death and died with a smile on his face.

I advised another person to make Taubah Salah and say Astaghfirullah continuously because of all the wrong we do. After 3 days, he said he started to feel lighter. Thereafter, he got a job and got married.

When I went to the Unveiling in 2018, a speaker said:

“We are made to sin, and what is most beloved to Allah is when His slave repents and makes Istighfaar.”

What caught my attention was when my domestic worker, a Muslim, told me she had no food in the house. Her husband was in the hospital for 2 months with kidney problems. He was now home, but very weak and could hardly stand on his feet. The doctors gave him 2 months to live.

I advised her to say Astaghfirullah continuously and told her what it meant: “Oh Allah, I seek Your forgiveness.”

She said she would say it in her language and started saying it that very day, while she was working.

The following week when she came to work, I could see she looked better and I asked her if she had implemented it. She said yes she had, and the day she left work the taxi driver told her that everybody paid but she didn’t have to pay that day. Then a few days later a family member gave her R250 and said, “Go buy you food.”

She told her husband to also start saying Astaghfirullah continuously. He did and after a week he could get up and get dressed. She asked him where he was going and he said he was feeling fine and was going to look for work. The next Thursday he got a job working Monday to Friday. Her husband could not thank her enough for telling him to say Astaghfirullah.

I told this story to 5 more people, and all of them had a positive response just from saying Astaghfirullah every day in abundance.

Why is it so effective? It is most beloved to Allah (ﷻ) to hear his slave making Istighfaar. SubhanAllah.

The Power of Repentance
I phoned my friend who studied first year with me in 2016 (at Zahraa Institute) to find out how her classes were going, as I might join her next year. I told her about Astaghfirullah. She said she knew about it.

She said her Sheikh told them that a couple who could not have children had come to him. The sheikh told them to go onto The Astaghfirullah Treatment. He told them to say Astaghfirullah as much as they could every day, with the intention to have a child.

After a few years, the Sheikh met them again in Makkah and asked them how they were doing. They told the Sheikh that they now had 3 children. They said every time they wanted another child they went onto The Astaghfirullah Treatment. SubhanAllah.

Then, I went onto the Internet to find out more about why Astaghfirullah is so great. I came across an audio clip of Mufti Menk called “Small but Powerful Word for opening the Closed Doors in lives.”

While listening to it, I could not believe what I was hearing. Allah (ﷻ) had wanted me to experience the effect of Astaghfirullah first, before I could hear the clip. SubhanAllah.

In a hadith of Nabi Muhammad (ﷺ), we learn that he used to say Astaghfirullah 100 times a day. If that was enough for our Prophet (ﷺ) then how many times don’t we have to say it? In my opinion, I would say it 500 times per day.

When we say Astaghfirullah, we’re worshiping Allah, and the only reason Allah (ﷻ) created us was to worship Him. So when we say Astaghfirullah continuously, then we are continuously worshiping Allah and the angels are recording it.

That is besides the benefits we get from saying Astaghfirullah. SubhanAllah. What a beautiful gift Allah (ﷻ) has granted us, Alhamdulillah.” – Sister Zaibunisa M