عن ثَوْبَانَ رضي الله عنه قال: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا انْصَرَفَ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ اسْتَغْفَرَ ثَلَاثًا، وَقَالَ: «اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ السَّلَامُ، وَمِنْكَ السَّلَامُ، تَبَارَكْتَ ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ»، قَالَ الْوَلِيدُ: فَقُلْتُ لِلْأَوْزَاعِيِّ: كَيْفَ الْاسْتِغْفَارُ؟ قَالَ: تَقُولُ: أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ، أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ.
Kutoka kwa Thauban -Radhi za Allah ziwe juu yake- amesema: Alikuwa Mtume -Rehema na amani ziwe juu yake- anapoondoka katika swala yake anaomba msamaha mara tatu, na anasema: "Allaahumma antas salaam waminkas salaam, tabaarakta yaa dhal-jalaali wal-ikraam", Anasema Walid: Nikasema kumwambia Auzaiy: Ni vipi unaomba msamaha: Akasema: Unasema: Astagh-firullaah, Astagh-firullaah.
Thawbān (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: When the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) finished his prayer, he would seek Allah’s forgiveness three times and say: "Allahumma anta as-salām wa minka as-salām, tabārakta yadha al-jalāl wa al-ikrām (O Allah, You are As-Salām (peace, perfection), and as-salām comes from You. Blessed are You, O Possessor of Glory and Honor)". Al-Walīd said: I said to Al-Awzā‘i: "How is the seeking of forgiveness?" He said: "You say: Astaghfirullāh, astaghfirullāh (I seek forgiveness from Allah, I seek forgiveness from Allah)."
Sunna ya kuomba msamaha baada ya swala na kudumu nazo.
Sunna ya kuomba msamaha ili kuziba mapungufu ndani ya ibada na kuipa nguvu ibada na uzembe uliojitokeza ndani yake.