Al-Aghar al-Muzani reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, there is fog over my heart at times, so I seek the forgiveness of Allah one hundred times in a day.”
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2702
Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Muslim
Al-Qadi said, “It is said that it means the Prophet had intervals of distraction from the remembrance of Allah, as remembrance was his normal state of affairs. When he had a period of inattention or unmindfulness, he would consider that sinful and seek forgiveness for it.”
Source: Sharḥ al-Nawawī ‘alá Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 17/23
عَنْ الْأَغَرِّ الْمُزَنِيِّ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّهُ لَيُغَانُ عَلَى قَلْبِي وَإِنِّي لَأَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ فِي الْيَوْمِ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ
2702 صحيح مسلم كتاب الذكر والدعاء والتوبة والاستغفار باب استحباب الاستغفار والاستكثار منه
قَالَ الْقَاضِي قِيلَ الْمُرَادُ الْفَتَرَاتُ وَالْغَفَلَاتُ عَنِ الذِّكْرِ الَّذِي كَانَ شَأْنُهُ الدَّوَامَ عَلَيْهِ فَإِذَا فتَرَ عَنْهُ أَوْ غَفَلَ عَدَّ ذَلِكَ ذَنْبًا وَاسْتَغْفَرَ مِنْهُ
2702 شرح النووي على مسلم
