Which is better: supplicating for forgiveness or seeking forgiveness?
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Praying for forgiveness is the essence of seeking forgiveness (istighfar), and there is no point in preferring one over the other. The meaning of seeking forgiveness, its virtue, and its formulas have already been explained in other fatwas.
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