Salaamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Peace, Blessings, and the Mercy of Allah be upon you all.

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Generally regarded as the single most authentic collection of Ahadeeth, Sahih Al-Bukhari covers almost all aspects of life in providing proper guidance from the messenger of Allah.

This 9-Volume Bukhari set is the work of over 16 years by Imam Bukhari who before writing any Hadeeth in this book performed two Rakat prayer of guidance from Allah and when he was sure of the Hadeeth’s authenticity, he wrote it in the book.

In Imam Bukhari’s ‘Al-Jami-al-Sahih’ (Sahih Al Bukhari) the Imam had recorded all the Sayings of the Prophet which he found to be genuine after thorough examination and scrutiny. He spent sixteen years in research and examined more than sixty thousand Sayings from which he selected only sayings whose genuineness and accuracy he established beyond the slightest doubt. Deducting duplicates, the Imam’s collection contain about four thousand distinct Sayings.

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Book 80 - The Book of Invocations

Chapter 2 - Afdall Al-Istighfar (The best way of asking for forgiveness from Allah)
The statement of Allah: '...Ask forgiveness from your Lord. Verily, He is Oft-Forgiving; He will send rain to you in abundance and give you increase in wealth and children, and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers' V 71:10-12
And also the statement of Allah: 'And those who, when they have commited Fahishah (illegal sexual intercourse) or wronged themselves with evil, remember Allah and ask forgiveness for their sins; - and none can forgive sins but Allah - and do not persist in what (wrong) they have done, while they know." V 3:135

Hadith 6306

Narrated Shaddad bin Aus: The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, ‘The most superior way of asking for forgiveness from Allah is:
’Allahuma Anta Rabbi la ilaha illa Anta khalaqtani wa ana ‘abduka, wa ana ’ala ‘ahdika wa wa’dika mastata’tu. A’udhu bika min sharri ma sana’tu, abu’u laka bini’matika ‘alaiya, wa abu’u bidhanbi faghfirli innahu la yaghfirudh-dhunuba illa Anta.’ **

The Prophet (peace be upon him) added, 'If somebody recites it during the day with firm faith in it, and dies on the same day before the evening, he will be from the people of Paradise; and if somebody recites it at night with firm faith in it, and dies before the morning, he will be from the people of Paradise.'

** (English Interpretation)
‘O Allah, You are my Lord!’ None as the right to be worshipped but You. You created me and I am Your slave, and I am faithful to my convenant and my promise (to You) as much as I can. I seek refuge with You from all the evil I have done. I acknowledge before You all the blessings You have bestowed upon me, and I confess to You all my sins. So I entreat You to forgive my sins, for nobody can forgive sins except You.’