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Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Mu'awiyah ibn Ammar said: I heard Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) say concerning the verse: وَ بِالْأَسْحارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ [And in the morning they asked forgiveness]: "At the end of the Witr prayer they would seek forgiveness from Allah seventy times."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): They seek forgiveness from Allah seventy times at dawn and at the end of the Witr prayer.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Indeed, the best time in which you may supplicate to Allah is at the pre-dawn hours. Allah the Exalted has said: وَ بِالْأَسْحارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ; and in the pre-dawn hours they seek forgiveness.

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): Whoever seeks forgiveness from Allah seventy times at the time of sahar (the pre-dawn) is among the people of this verse [and among its examples]: وَ بِالْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ یَسْتَغْفِرُونَ [And in the pre-dawn hours they seek forgiveness].

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): In the witr prayer, seek forgiveness seventy times, and while seeking forgiveness raise your left hand and count the number of istighfars with your right hand.