Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan Na’eemi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه writes in the commentary of this Hadees: ‘In Arabic, the number 70 is used to denote abundance of something. In other words, forgive him many times on a daily basis. This is in that case when the servant has made a mistake unintentionally and not due to the evil of the Nafs (by purpose/due to a bad habit) and it should be the master’s personal violation, not the violation of Shari’ah, the nation or the country, as these faults  are not forgiven. (Mirat-ul-Manajih, vol. 5, pp. 170)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Whispers of Satan!

Dear Islamic brothers! By mentioning forgiving 70 times daily, it is an indication that we should become tolerant. Regardless of the enormity of the mistakes that occur, we should never leave tolerance. We see today that we may be patient once or twice upon someone’s mistake, but if that same mistake happens again, then revenge is taken with full force; and some foolish people become angry instantly upon small things. For example:

   ٭Not getting favourite food

   ٭A small child urinating on clothes

   ٭Someone rang us by mistake

   ٭Someone horning in an emergency whilst stuck in a traffic jam

   ٭Receiving un-ironed clothes

   ٭In the ablution area, whilst making ablution, water sprinkled from the next person onto your clothes

Then on such occasions, Satan whispers in the ears that ’you can’t survive if you keep forgiving’, ‘if you become soft-hearted, this world will not let you live’, ‘nowadays, you shouldn’t choose to forgive’, ‘it is not the era to forgive!’ ‘people begin to mistreat you if you forgive them,’ etc.

So remember! Do not pay attention to these kinds of whispers at all. You do not become tolerant and forgiving to make this life better, but rather,