كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) يَتُوبُ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً فَقُلْتُ أَ كَانَ يَقُولُ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ وَ أَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ لَا وَ لَكِنْ كَانَ يَقُولُ أَتُوبُ إِلَى اللَّهِ قُلْتُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) كَانَ يَتُوبُ وَ لَا يَعُودُ وَ نَحْنُ نَتُوبُ وَ نَعُودُ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ الْمُسْتَعَانُ .
Translation
Humeyd Bin Ziyad, from Al Hassan Bin Muhammad, from someone else, from Aban, from Zayd Al Shahham, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> used to turn to Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic seventy times during every day’. So I said, ‘Was he<sup>saww</sup> saying: ‘I<sup>saww</sup> seek Forgiveness of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> and I<sup>saww</sup> turn to Him<sup>azwj</sup>’?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘But he<sup>saww</sup> was saying, ‘I<sup>saww</sup> turn to Allah<sup>azwj</sup>’. I said, ‘Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> was turning and he<sup>saww</sup>was not repeating, and we are repenting and we are repeating’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Allah<sup>azwj</sup> is the Aider’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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