#repenting from sin

Abu Huraira (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said,

“By Allah, I seek forgiveness from Allah and I repent to him more than seventy times in a day.”

Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 6307

In-book reference : Book 80, Hadith 4

USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 75, Hadith 319  (deprecated numbering scheme)

Al-Agharr bin Yasar Al-Muzani (May Allah be pleased with him) narrated: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

"Turn you people in repentance to Allah and beg pardon of Him. I turn to Him in repentance a hundred times a day."

Reference : Sahih Muslim 2702b

‏طول الإقامة على الذنب تقسي القلب، حتى يتمنى الإنسان الإقلاع فلا يستطيع، ومن عجز عن معصية فليكثر من الاستغفار منها حتى لا يقسو قلبه بطول ذنبه

“Simple regret has nothing to do with Tawba. Mere regret is superficial and sometimes can even be hypocrisy.

Real Tawba has three parts:

1) real [deep] regret

2) strong intention not to do it again, and

3) taking steps to correct it.

Tawba is not to say ‘astagfirullah’. You can say astagfirullah and it means nothing; you get no reward. Tawba is not to say ‘sorry’. It is to do the above three things.”

▪ REPENTANCE IN ACTION ▪

It is reported that ‘Alī b. Ḥusayn – Allāh have mercy on him – said, “Tawbah is only through action, and turning back from what has been done. Tawbah is not by mere speech.”