[The Book of Repentance] - Libri i Pendimit - [كِتَابُ التَّوْبَةِ]

17455 - From Abu Hurayrah who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever meets Allah – Mighty and Majestic – without associating anything with Him, and pays the Zakat of his wealth, with a willing soul, seeking reward, and hears and obeys, for him is Paradise – or he entered Paradise – and five for which there is no expiation: associating partners with Allah, killing a soul without right, slandering a believer, fleeing from the battlefield, or a persistent oath by which one unlawfully seizes wealth."

17456 - And on the authority of Umar bin al-Khattab: That the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said to Aisha: "O Aisha, {Indeed, those who have divided their religion and become sects} [Al-An'am: 159], they are the people of innovations and the people of [misguided] desires. There is no repentance for them; I am free of them, and they are free of me."

17457 - And on the authority of Anas bin Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, Allah has shielded repentance from every person of innovation."

17458 - And on the authority of Aisha, she said: The Prophet (pbuh) said: "The muqadhdhirun (those who indulge in filth) have perished." I said: The author of Al-Nihayah mentioned that they are those who commit filthy deeds from among the sins.

17459 - On the authority of Abdullah bin Mas'ud: That the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Beware of belittled sins; for they accumulate upon a man until they destroy him." And the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) struck a parable for them: "Like the example of a people who alighted in a desert land, and the time for the people's meal preparation arrived. So, one man would go and bring a stick, and another man would bring a stick, until they gathered a great heap, kindled a fire, and thoroughly cooked what they had cast into it."

And on the authority of Abdullah—meaning Ibn Mas’ud—from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Indeed, Satan has despaired that idols will be worshipped in the land of the Arabs, but he will be satisfied with you with less than that, through the belittled sins, and they are the destructive ones on the Day of Resurrection. Beware of injustices as much as you can; for the servant will come with good deeds on the Day of Resurrection, perceiving that they will save him, but a servant will continue to stand and say: 'O my Lord, Your servant committed an injustice against me,' so He will say: 'Erase from his good deeds.' This will continue until no good deed remains for him because of the sins. And the likeness of that is like a group of travelers who alighted in a desert land with no firewood with them, so the people dispersed to gather wood, and it was not long before they had gathered it, kindled a great fire, and cooked what they desired. And such are sins."

17461 - And from Ibn Mas'ud: Verily, the likeness of belittled sins is as the likeness of a traveling party who alighted in a desolate land, having food with them that could not be prepared except by fire. So they dispersed, and this one began bringing a piece of dung, and this one began bringing a bone, and this one would come with a twig, until they gathered from that what sufficed to prepare their food. Likewise, the perpetrator of belittled sins tells a lie and commits a sin, and accumulates from that which may perhaps cast him headlong upon his face into the fire of Hell.

And from Sahl bin Sa'd: that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Beware of sins that are treated as insignificant; for the likeness of sins that are treated as insignificant is like a group of people who stayed in the bottom of a valley, and one man brought a stick, and another man brought a stick, until they gathered enough to cook their bread. Indeed, when sins that are treated as insignificant are taken into account against their doer, they destroy him."

17463 - And from Sa’d ibn Junadah, who said: "When the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) finished with Hunayn, we alighted in a barren land where there was nothing. Then the Prophet (pbuh) said: 'Gather; whoever finds anything, let him bring it, and whoever finds a bone or a tooth, let him bring it.' He said: Not an hour had passed until we had made it into a heap. Then the Prophet (pbuh) said: 'Do you see this? In this same manner, sins accumulate upon a man among you just as you have gathered this. So let a man fear Allah, and let him not commit a sin, whether small or great; for indeed, they are all accounted for against him.'"

17464 - And from Abu Sa'id—meaning al-Khudri—who said: "Indeed, you perform deeds that are finer in your eyes than hair, which we used to consider during the time of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) to be among the destructive sins."

17465 - And on the authority of Ubada bin Qarad—or Qaraz—who said: "Verily, you perform deeds today that are finer in your eyes than a hair, which we used to consider, during the time of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), among the destructive sins." Humayd said: I said to Abu Qatada: "What if he had reached this time of ours?" Abu Qatada said: "He would have been even more emphatic in saying that."

17466 - And on the authority of Jabir: that he heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying: "A woman was punished because of a cat - or a female cat - which she tied up until it died and she did not release it so that it might eat from the vermin of the earth, and thus the Fire became mandatory for her because of that."

17467 - And from 'Alqamah, who said: "We were with 'Aishah when Abu Hurayrah entered, and she said: 'Are you the one who narrates that a woman was punished because of a cat she tied up, neither feeding it nor giving it water?' He replied: 'I heard it from him'—meaning the Prophet (pbuh). She said: 'Do you know who that woman was? Indeed, that woman, despite what she did, was a disbeliever; and truly, the believer is more honored by Allah—the Mighty and Majestic—than for Him to punish him because of a cat. So when you narrate from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), be mindful of how you narrate.'"

And on the authority of Abu al-Darda', from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "If what you do to the animals were forgiven for you, much would have been forgiven for you."

On the authority of Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As, from the Prophet (pbuh), that he said while he was upon the pulpit: Show mercy and you shall be shown mercy; forgive and you shall be forgiven. Woe to the funnels of speech, and woe to those who persist, those who persist in what they have done while they know.

And from Abdullah ibn Mughaffal: that a man met a woman who had been a prostitute during the Jahiliyyah (the pre-Islamic period of ignorance), and he began to dally with her until he extended his hand toward her. She said, "Stop, for indeed Allah—the Mighty and Majestic—has removed polytheism"—Affan said once: "removed the Jahiliyyah"—"and has brought Islam." The man then turned away, and his face struck a wall, gashing it. He then came to the Prophet (pbuh) and informed him, so he (pbuh) said: "You are a servant for whom Allah intended good. If Allah intends good for a servant, He hastens the punishment for his sin; but if He intends evil for a servant, He withholds the punishment for his sin until he arrives with it on the Day of Resurrection as if he were a wild donkey."

Reported by Ahmad and Al-Tabarani, except that he (Al-Tabarani) said: "While we were with the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) while he was receiving the pledge under the tree, and I was lifting its branches away from his head, a man came with blood flowing from his face. He said to him, 'O Messenger of Allah, I am ruined.' He (pbuh) asked, 'And what has ruined you?' He said, 'I left my house and saw a woman, so I followed her with my gaze, and my face struck the wall, and what you see befell me.'" The rest of the narration is similar.

And from Ibn Abbas, who said: "A man came to the Prophet (pbuh) while his face was dripping with blood and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I followed a woman with my gaze, and a wall met me and did to me what you see.' The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'Indeed, when Allah intends good for His servant, He hastens the punishment for his sin in this world. And when He intends evil for His servant, He withholds his sin from him until he arrives with it on the Day of Resurrection as if he were a wild ass.'"

17472 - And on the authority of Ammar ibn Yasir: that a man was passed by a woman and he fixed his gaze upon her, then he passed by a wall and scraped his face. He came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) while his face was streaming with blood, and he said: "O Messenger of Allah, I did such and such." So the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "If Allah intends good for a servant, He hastens the punishment for his sin in this world; and if He intends otherwise for him, He grants him respite for his sins until he is fully recompensed for them on the Day of Resurrection, as if he were a wild ass."

17473 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "A prophet among the prophets complained to his Lord, saying: 'O Lord, a servant among Your servants believes in You and acts in obedience to You, yet You withhold the world from him and subject him to affliction; while another servant among Your servants disbelieves in You and acts in disobedience to You, yet You withhold affliction from him and present the world to him!' Thereupon, Allah revealed to him: 'Indeed, the servants and the lands are Mine, and there is nothing except that it glorifies Me, declares My oneness, and magnifies Me. As for My believing servant, he has sins, so I withhold the world from him and subject him to affliction until he meets Me, so that I may reward him for his good deeds. As for My disbelieving servant, he has good deeds, so I withhold affliction from him and present the world to him until he meets Me, so that I may recompense him for his sins.'"

17474 - On the authority of Aisha, she said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "When the sins of a servant increase and he has nothing to expiate them, Allah afflicts him with grief to expiate them for him."

17475 - On the authority of Abu Qatada al-Ansari, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "All of my nation are pardoned except those who publicize their sins." It was said: "O Messenger of Allah, and who are those who publicize their sins?" He said: "The one who performs a deed at night and his Lord—Mighty and Majestic is He—conceals it for him, then he reaches the morning and says: 'O so-and-so, I did such and such last night,' thus he uncovers the concealment of Allah—Mighty and Majestic is He—from himself."

17476 - On the authority of Abu Musa, from the Prophet (pbuh): "Allah does not conceal a sin for a servant in this world and then shame him for it on the Day of Resurrection."

17477 - And on the authority of 'Alqamah al-Muzani, from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Allah does not conceal a sin for a servant in this world except that Allah conceals it for him in the Hereafter."

17478 - On the authority of Jabir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever does not show mercy will not be shown mercy, whoever does not forgive will not be forgiven, and whoever does not repent will not be granted repentance."

17479 - And on the authority of Ibn 'Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever does not show mercy will not be shown mercy."

17480 - On the authority of Ibn 'Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Be lenient, and leniency will be shown to you."

17481 - On the authority of Zaid bin Arqam, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Do not assign My servants—the gnostics, the monotheists, the sinners—to Paradise or to Hell until I am the one who assigns them according to My knowledge regarding them. Do not burden yourselves with that which you have not been tasked with, and do not hold the servants to account instead of their Lord - Mighty and Majestic is He."

17482 - On the authority of Ibn 'Umar, who said: When the verses of requisites (al-Mujibat) were revealed, such as His saying: {Indeed, those who unjustly consume the property of orphans} [An-Nisa: 10], and such as His saying: {Those who consume interest} [Al-Baqarah: 275], and such as His saying: {And whoever kills a believer intentionally - his recompense is Hell} [An-Nisa: 93]; he said: We used to testify against anyone who did any of these things that he would be in the Fire. But when His saying was revealed: {Indeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives what is less than that} [An-Nisa: 48], we refrained from testifying, while fearing for them because of what Allah had necessitated for them.

17483 - And on the authority of Ibn ‘Umar, who said: We used to say regarding the killer of a believer, when he died: "He is in the Fire." And we used to say regarding whoever committed a major sin and then died upon it: "He is in the Fire," until this verse was revealed: "Indeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills" [An-Nisa: 48]. Thereafter, we did not deem it mandatory for them; rather, we hoped for them and feared for them.

17484 - And from Abdullah, who said: "We used to assert the Fire as mandatory for the people of major sins until there was revealed: 'Indeed, Allah does not forgive that partners should be associated with Him, but He forgives what is other than that for whom He wills' [An-Nisa: 48]. He said: Then the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) forbade us from asserting the Fire as mandatory for any of the monotheists."

17485 - And from Abdullah—meaning Ibn Mas'ud—from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "There was a man praying, and a man came and stepped on his neck. The one underneath said: 'By Allah, you will never be forgiven.' Then Allah—Mighty and Majestic—said: 'My servant has sworn an oath by Me that I would not forgive My servant; indeed, I have forgiven him.'"

17486 - And from 'Abdullah—meaning Ibn Mas'ud—who said: Do not be hasty in praising people nor in disparaging them; for you, or perhaps you, may see something from your brother today that pleases you, while perhaps it may displease you tomorrow. And perhaps you may see from him today something that displeases you, while perhaps it may please you tomorrow. Indeed, people are deceived, and Allah only forgives sins on the Day of Resurrection. Allah is more merciful to His servant on the day he meets Him than a mother of an only child who spreads a bedding for him in a shaded land and then feels it; if there were a thorn, it would strike her before him, and if there were a sting, it would strike her before him.

17487 - On the authority of 'Abdullah—meaning Ibn Mas'ud—that a man had never performed any good deed at all except for the testimony of Monotheism (Tawhid). When death approached him, he said to his family: "When I die, take me and burn me until you have turned me into charcoal, then grind me, then scatter me into the sea on a windy day." He said: So they did that to him, and suddenly he was in the grasp of Allah—the Mighty and Sublime. Allah—the Mighty and Sublime—said to him: "What induced you to do what you did?" He replied: "Fear of You." He said: So Allah—the Mighty and Sublime—forgave him.

17488 - And from Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said the like of it.

17489 - And from 'Abdullah, who said: "There was a man of much wealth who, when death approached him, said to his family, 'If you do what I command you, I shall bequeath to you a great deal of wealth.' They said, 'Yes.' He said, 'When I die, burn me, then grind me, and when there is a day of wind, ascend to the top of a mountain peak and scatter me; for indeed, if Allah gains power over me, He will not forgive me.' That was done to him, and then he was gathered in the Hands of Allah. He said, 'What prompted you to do what you did?' He replied, 'O Lord, the fear of You.' He said, 'Go, for I have indeed forgiven you.'"

And in a narration: "And the man was a grave-robber, so he was forgiven because of his fear."

17491 - And al-Tabarani narrated it similarly, and he said at the end of it: 'Abdullah said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "So he fell into the hand of Allah, and He said: 'What prompted you to do what you did?' He said: 'Fear of You.' He said: 'I have surely forgiven you.'"

17492 - And from Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet (pbuh), and from Ibn Sirin, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "There was a man among those who were before you who never performed any good deed except Monotheism (Tawhid). When death approached him, he said to his family: 'See to it that when I die, you burn me until you turn me into charcoal, then grind me, then scatter me on a windy day.' When he died, they did that to him. Then, behold, he was in the grasp of Allah. Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, said: 'O son of Adam, what prompted you to do what you did?' He replied: 'O my Lord, the fear of You.' He said: 'So He forgave him because of it, and he had never performed any good deed except Monotheism (Tawhid).'"

17493 - And from Mu'awiyah bin Haydah, he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "There was a servant among the servants of Allah to whom Allah—the Mighty and Sublime—gave wealth and children, but he did not profess any religion for Allah. He remained until a lifetime passed and only a [short] time remained to be mentioned. He realized that he had not stored any good with Allah—the Mighty and Sublime—so he called his sons and said: 'O my sons, what kind of a father do you know me to be?' They said: 'The best of fathers, O our father.' He said: 'By Allah, I shall not leave any wealth that belongs to me with any man among you unless I take it from him, or you must do what I command you.' He [the narrator] said: So he took a covenant from them. He [the man] said: 'Since that is so, then when I die, take me and throw me into the fire, until when I have become charcoal, then scatter me.'" Then the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) gestured with his hand upon his thigh as if he were saying: "'Crush me, then scatter me in the wind, that I might elude Allah—the Mighty and Sublime.'" He said: "And by the Lord of Muhammad, that was done to him when he died. Then he was brought forth in the best condition he had been and was presented before his Lord—the Exalted. He said: 'What compelled you to the fire?' He said: 'Fear of You, O my Lord.' He said: 'Indeed, I hear you [speaking out of] aversion [to My punishment].'" Yazid said: "[Or] 'I hear you as one who is fearful,' and he was forgiven."

17494 - And in a narration, he said: "O son of Adam, what prompted you to do what you did?" He said: "Out of fear of You." He said: "So Allah—the Mighty and Majestic—met him with it."

17495 - And from Salman—meaning al-Farisi—from the Prophet (pbuh), similar to the preceding hadith and its text, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: “Verily, a man from among those who were before you was blessed by Allah with wealth and children. He said to his family: ‘When I die, burn me until I have become charcoal, then grind me and scatter me; for indeed, if my Lord takes hold of me, He will punish me with a punishment such as He has not punished anyone in the worlds.’ So they did that to him, then Allah—Mighty and Majestic—commanded him, and he was gathered together. Suddenly, he was standing before Allah—Mighty and Majestic—and He said: ‘What prompted you to do what you did?’ He replied: ‘Fear of You, O Lord.’ So he was forgiven.”

On the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: "The Quraysh said to the Prophet (pbuh): 'Supplicate to your Lord for us that He makes as-Safa gold for us; for if it becomes gold, we shall follow you.' So he supplicated to his Lord, and Gabriel (peace be upon him) came to him and said: 'Indeed, your Lord sends you greetings of peace and says to you: If you wish, as-Safa shall become gold for them, but whoever among them disbelieves thereafter, I shall punish him with a punishment the likes of which I have not inflicted upon anyone among the worlds; and if you wish, I shall open for them the door of repentance and mercy.' He (pbuh) said: 'Rather, the door of repentance and mercy.'"

17497 - And from Ibn Abbas, who said: "We recited it during the time of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) [for years]: {And those who do not invoke with Allah another deity or kill the soul which Allah has forbidden [to be killed], except by right, and do not commit adultery} [al-Furqan: 68], then there was revealed: {Except for those who repent and believe} [al-Furqan: 70]; and I never saw the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) ever rejoice with a joy more intense than his joy with it, and with: {Indeed, We have granted you a clear triumph} [al-Fath: 1]."

Narrated by Abu Musa, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Allah is more joyful with the repentance of His servant who has been excessive against himself than a man who traveled in a desolate, perilous, and destructive land; then, when he was in the midst of it, he lost his mount. He hurried in search of it to the right and to the left until he became exhausted—or he despaired of it—and thought that he had perished. Then he looked and found it in a place where he did not expect to find it. Allah—the Mighty and Majestic—is more joyful with the repentance of His excessive servant than that man is with his mount when he found it."

17499 - On the authority of Abu Sa'id, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever draws near to Allah by a handspan, He draws near to him by a cubit; and whoever draws near to Him by a cubit, He draws near to him by a fathom; and whoever comes to Him walking, He comes to him at a trot."

17500 - And from Shurayh who said: I heard a man from the companions of the Prophet (pbuh) saying: The Prophet (pbuh) said: "Allah (the Mighty and Majestic) said: O son of Adam, stand up for Me, I will walk to you; and walk to Me, I will hasten to you."

17501 - And on the authority of Yazid ibn Nu'aim, who said: I heard Abu Dharr al-Ghifari, while he was on the pulpit in al-Fustat, saying: I heard the Prophet (pbuh) saying: "Whoever draws near to Allah (the Mighty and Majestic) by a handspan, He draws near to him by a cubit, and whoever draws near to Him by a cubit, He draws near to him by a fathom, and whoever comes toward Allah (the Mighty and Majestic) walking, Allah (the Mighty and Majestic) comes toward him at a trot. And Allah is more Exalted and Sublime, and Allah is more Exalted and Sublime, and Allah is more Exalted and Sublime."

And on the authority of Salman — who attributed it to the Prophet (pbuh) — he said: Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, says: "If My servant draws near to Me by a handspan, I draw near to him by a cubit; and if he draws near to Me by a cubit, I draw near to him by an arm's length; and if he comes to Me walking, I come to him at speed."

17503 - On the authority of Abdullah bin Amr, who said: "Whoever repents a year before his death, his repentance is accepted; and whoever repents a month before his death, his repentance is accepted." Until he said: "a day." Until he said: "an hour." Until he said: "the duration between two milkings of a camel." He said: A man asked, "What if he was a disbeliever and then embraced Islam?" He replied, "I only narrate to you as I heard from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh)."

17504 - And al-Tabarani narrated in his al-Awsat: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "Whoever repents before his death by the duration of the milking of a she-camel, Allah shall accept his repentance."

17505 - And from Abd al-Rahman al-Baylamani, who said: "Four of the companions of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) gathered, and one of them said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "Verily, Allah - the Mighty and Sublime - accepts the repentance of His servant a day before he dies."' The second asked: 'Did you hear this from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh)?!' He replied: 'Yes.' He said: 'And I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "Verily, Allah - the Mighty and Sublime - accepts the repentance of His servant half a day before he dies."' The third asked: 'Did you hear this from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh)?!' He replied: 'Yes.' He said: 'And I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "Verily, Allah - the Mighty and Sublime - accepts the repentance of His servant during the mid-morning before he dies."' The fourth asked: 'Did you hear this from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh)?!' He replied: 'Yes.' He said: 'And I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "Verily, Allah - the Mighty and Sublime - accepts the repentance of His servant as long as his soul has not reached his throat (the death rattle)."'

17506 - And from Ibn ‘Umar, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying: “There is no believing servant who repents to Allah - Mighty and Majestic - a month before death except that Allah accepts it from him, and even less than that; and before his death by a day or an hour, as long as Allah knows from him repentance and sincerity, except that Allah accepts it from him.”

17507 - And from Abdullah bin Salam, who said: I do not narrate to you except from a sent Prophet or a revealed Book: "Indeed, if a servant were to commit every sin and then repented to Allah a day before his death, He would accept it from him."

17508 - And from Abdullah ibn Salam, who said: I do not narrate to you except from a revealed Book or a sent Prophet: "There is no soul that offers a repentance before its illness in which it dies, but that its repentance is accepted, until the sun rises from its place of setting."

17509 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin Mas'ud, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Paradise has eight gates, seven are closed and one gate is open for repentance until the sun rises from its direction."

17510 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Whoever repents before the sun rises from the west, Allah will accept his repentance."

17511 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin Mas'ud, who said: Repentance is offered to the son of Adam if he accepts it, as long as one of three things does not occur: as long as the sun does not rise from its setting place, or the Beast emerges, or Gog and Magog emerge.

17512 - And on the authority of Abu Dharr: That the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, Allah - Mighty and Majestic - says: 'He accepts the repentance of His servant, or He forgives His servant, as long as the veil has not fallen.'" It was asked: "And what is the falling of the veil?" He said: "That the soul departs while it is associating partners with Allah."

17513 - And on the authority of Abu Hurairah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Allah — Glorified and Exalted be He — continues to accept repentance from His servant as long as the soul does not reach the throat (the death rattle)."

17514 - On the authority of Aisha, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said to me: "O Aisha, if you have committed a sin, then seek forgiveness from Allah; for indeed, repentance from a sin is remorse and seeking forgiveness." I said: A portion of its beginning is in the Sahih.

17515 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The expiation for sin is remorse."

And from Ibn Abbas, from the Prophet (pbuh), he said: "The remorseful one awaits repentance, and the conceited one awaits detestation."

17517 - And on the authority of Anas: that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Remorse is repentance."

17518 - And from Wa'il ibn Hujr: that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "Remorse is repentance."

17519 - And on the authority of the son of Abu Sa'id, from his father: that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Remorse is repentance, and the one who repents from sin is like one who has no sin."

17520 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Remorse is repentance."

17521 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, the servant may commit a sin, and whenever he remembers it, what he has done saddens him; so when Allah looks at him and sees that what he has done has saddened him, He forgives him."

17522 - And on the authority of Aisha, she said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever commits a sin and then feels regret, Allah (Mighty and Sublime) forgives that sin for him before he even seeks His forgiveness; and whoever Allah bestows a blessing upon and knows that it is from Allah, Allah records the gratitude for it for him before he even praises Him for it; and whoever Allah clothes with a garment and knows that it is Allah who clothed him, the garment does not reach his knees before he is forgiven."

On the authority of Al-Aswad ibn Saree': That a captive was brought to the Prophet (pbuh), and [the captive] said: "O Allah, I repent to You, and I do not repent to Muhammad." The Prophet (pbuh) then said: "He has recognized the truth for its rightful Owner."

17524 - On the authority of Abdullah—meaning Ibn Mas'ud—who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Repentance from sin is that one repents from it, then does not return to it."

And from 'Awf ibn Malik, who said: "There is no sin except that I know its repentance." It was asked: "And what is its repentance?" He said: "That one abandons it and then does not return to it."

17526 - On the authority of Abdullah bin Mas'ud, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "The one who repents from sin is like one who has no sin."

17527 - And from Ibn Abi Sa'id, from his father: that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Remorse is repentance, and the one who repents from sin is like one who has no sin."

17528 - On the authority of Aisha, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever would be pleased to surpass the persistent, diligent one, let him refrain from sins."

Narrated from Ali bin Abi Talib, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, Allah - Mighty and Majestic - loves the believing servant who is oft-tried and oft-repentant."

17530 - And on the authority of Uqbah ibn 'Amir: that a man came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and said: "O Messenger of Allah, one of us commits a sin." He said: "It is recorded against him." He said: "Then he seeks forgiveness for it and repents." He said: "He is forgiven and his repentance is accepted." He said: "Then he returns and commits a sin again." He said: "It is recorded against him." He said: "Then he seeks forgiveness for it and repents." He said: "He is forgiven and his repentance is accepted, and Allah does not grow weary until you grow weary."

17531 - And on the authority of Aisha, she said: "Habib ibn al-Harith came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I am a man who frequently commits sins.' He said: 'Then repent to Allah, O Habib.' He said: 'O Messenger of Allah, indeed I repent and then I return (to sin).' He said: 'Then whenever you sin, repent.' He said: 'O Messenger of Allah, then my sins will become numerous.' He said: 'Allah's forgiveness is greater than your sins, O Habib ibn al-Harith.'"

17532 - And on the authority of Anas, who said: "A man came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I have committed a sin.' The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'If you commit a sin, then seek forgiveness from your Lord.' The man said: 'But I seek His forgiveness, then I return and sin again.' He (pbuh) said: 'If you commit a sin, then return and seek forgiveness from your Lord.' The man said: 'But I seek forgiveness, then I return and sin again.' He (pbuh) said: 'If you commit a sin, then return and seek forgiveness from your Lord.' He said it on the fourth occasion, saying: 'If you commit a sin, seek forgiveness from your Lord until it is Satan who is the loser.'"

17533 - On the authority of Ibn Abbas, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "There is no believing servant except that he has a sin which he commits from time to time, or a sin that he persists in and does not leave until he departs [this world]. Verily, the believer was created to be one frequently tried, often repentant, and forgetful; when he is reminded, he remembers."

17534 - On the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "The likeness of the believer and the likeness of faith is like the likeness of a horse at its tethering post; it wanders about and then returns to its tethering post. Verily, the believer may fall into heedlessness but then returns to faith. So feed your food to the God-fearing, and bestow your kindness upon the believers."

17535 - On the authority of Jabir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The believer is one who falls into sin and repairs himself; so happy is he who passes away while in his state of patching."

17536 - On the authority of 'Uqbah ibn 'Amir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The likeness of the one who commits evil deeds and then performs good deeds is as the likeness of a man wearing a tight coat of mail that has choked him; then he performs a good deed and a ring is loosened, then he performs another good deed and another ring is loosened, until he steps out onto the ground."

17537 - And on the authority of Abu Dharr, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever does good in what remains, what has passed will be forgiven for him, and whoever does evil in what remains, he will be held accountable for what has passed and what remains."

17538 - And it is narrated from Abu Tawil Shatb al-Mamdud that he came to the Prophet (pbuh) and said: "What is your opinion about a man who has committed all sins and left none of them, and in the process, he has not left any small or great sin except that he committed it—is there any repentance for such a person?" He asked: "Have you embraced Islam?" He replied: "As for me, I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that you are the Messenger of Allah." He (pbuh) said: "You shall perform good deeds and abandon evil ones, and Allah will turn them all into good deeds for you." He said: "Even my betrayals and my debaucheries?" He (pbuh) said: "Yes." He said: "Allahu Akbar (Allah is Greatest)," and he continued to proclaim Allah's greatness until he was hidden from sight.

17539 - On the authority of Thawban, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Indeed, the servant seeks the pleasure of Allah the Exalted and continues to do so, until Allah - Mighty and Majestic - says to Gabriel: 'Indeed, such and such a servant of Mine seeks to please Me; behold, My mercy is upon him.' Gabriel then says: 'The mercy of Allah is upon such and such a person,' and the carriers of the Throne say it, and those around them say it, until the inhabitants of the seven heavens say it, then it descends to the Earth."

17540 - And on the authority of ‘Amr ibn Malik al-Ru’asi, who said: "I came to the Prophet (pbuh) and he turned away from me; so I said: 'Indeed, the Lord—Exalted is He—is sought for pleasure and He becomes pleased, so be pleased with me,' so he became pleased with me."

17541 - On the authority of Umm al-Fadl: that the Prophet (pbuh) entered upon al-Abbas while he was suffering from an ailment and wishing for death. He said: "O Abbas, uncle of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), do not wish for death. If you are a doer of good, then to increase in your goodness upon your goodness is better for you. And if you are an evildoer, then to be granted respite is better for you. Do not wish for death."

17542 - And in a narration: "If you are an evildoer, then if you are delayed so that you may seek to make amends for your evildoing, it is better for you." Narrated by Ahmad, Abu Ya'la, and al-Tabarani.

17543 - And from Jabir bin Abdullah, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Do not wish for death; for indeed, the horror of the sight [of the afterlife] is severe, and indeed, it is part of happiness that the servant's life is prolonged and that Allah—Mighty and Majestic—grants him the provision of turning to Him in repentance."

17544 - And from Abu Umama, who said: "We sat with the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and we engaged in remembrance and our hearts softened. Then Sa'd wept, and he wept profusely, and said: 'O, I wish I had died!' The Prophet (pbuh) said: 'O Sa'd, is it in my presence that you wish for death?' He repeated that three times, then he said: 'O Sa'd, if you were created for Paradise, then the longer your life is and the better your deeds become, the better it is for you.'"

17545 - On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Shall I not inform you of the best among you?" They said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said: "The best of you are those who are longest in life and best in their deeds."

17546 - And in a narration: "The best of you in character," instead of "deeds."

17547 - And on the authority of Anas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Shall I not inform you of the best among you?" They said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said: "The best of you are those who live the longest lives, if they remain upright."

17548 - And on the authority of Abu Bakr: That a man said: "O Messenger of Allah (pbuh), who among the people is the best?" He said: "The one whose life is long and whose deeds are good." He said: "Then who among the people is the worst?" He said: "The one whose life is long and whose deeds are evil."

17549 - And on the authority of Jabir: that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Shall I not inform you of the best among you?" They said: "Yes, indeed." He said: "The best of you are those of you best in character and the longest of you in lifespan."

17550 - And on the authority of 'Ubadah bin al-Samit, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Shall I not inform you of the best among you?" They said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said: "Those of you who live the longest lives in Islam, if they remain upright."

17551 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin Mas'ud, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, Allah has servants whom He protects from destruction; He lengthens their spans of life in the performance of good deeds, makes their provisions wholesome, grants them life in well-being, takes their souls in well-being while upon their beds, and grants them the stations of the martyrs."

17552 - And on the authority of Shaddad Abi ‘Ammar, who said: “‘Auf bin Malik said: ‘O plague, take me to you.’ They said: ‘Have you not heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: “Whenever a Muslim’s life is prolonged, it is better for him”?’. He replied: ‘Yes.’”

And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: There were two men from Bali—a tribe of Quda'ah—who embraced Islam with the Messenger of Allah (pbuh). One of them was martyred, and the other lived for another year. Talhah ibn 'Ubaydullah said: I saw Paradise [in a dream], and I saw the one who was delayed among them entered Paradise before the martyr. I was amazed by that, so in the morning, I mentioned that to the Prophet (pbuh)—or it was mentioned to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh)—and the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Did he not fast Ramadan after him, and pray six thousand rak'ahs, and such and such rak'ahs of voluntary prayers?"

17554 - And on the authority of 'Abdullah bin Shaddad: "That a group of three individuals from Banu 'Udhrah came to the Prophet (pbuh) and embraced Islam. He said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'Who will look after them for me?' Talhah said: 'I will.' He said: So they stayed with Talhah. Then the Prophet (pbuh) sent out an expedition, and one of them joined it and was martyred. Later, he sent out another expedition, and another of them joined it and was martyred. Then the third one died in his bed. Talhah said: 'I saw these three who were with me in Paradise, and I saw the one who died on his bed ahead of them, and I saw the one who was martyred last following him, and I saw the one who was martyred first behind them.' He said: 'This weighed upon me, so I went to the Prophet (pbuh) and mentioned that to him.' He said: He said: 'And what do you find strange in that? No one is better in the sight of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, than a believer who is granted a long life in Islam for his glorification (Tasbih), his magnification (Takbir), and his declaration of oneness (Tahlil).'" I said: Talhah has a Hadith narrated by Ibn Majah in the chapter of Dream Interpretation other than this one.

17555 - And on the authority of Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), who attributed the narration to the Prophet (pbuh), he said: "The child, until he reaches the age of accountability, whatever good deed he performs is recorded for his father—or for his parents—and whatever evil deed he performs is not recorded against him nor against his parents. When he reaches the age of accountability, the pen begins to flow for him, and the two angels accompanying him are commanded to record and to be meticulous. When he reaches forty years in Islam, Allah grants him safety from three afflictions: insanity, leprosy, and leukoderma. When he reaches fifty, Allah lightens his reckoning. When he reaches sixty, Allah grants him the provision of turning back to Him in a manner He loves. When he reaches seventy, the dwellers of the heavens love him. When he reaches eighty, Allah records his good deeds and overlooks his evil deeds. When he reaches ninety, Allah forgives his past and future sins, accepts his intercession for the members of his household, and he is the captive of Allah on His earth. When he reaches the most decrepit age so that he knows nothing after having known, Allah records for him the equivalent of the good he used to do during his health, and if he performs an evil deed, it is not recorded against him."

17556 - And in a narration on the authority of Anas: That the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: “There is no Muslim who is granted a long life in Islam.” Then he mentioned its likeness and said: “So when he reaches seventy years in Islam, Allah loves him, and the inhabitants of heaven love him.”

17557 - And in a narration: "If he reaches seventy years in Islam, the inhabitants of heaven and the inhabitants of the earth shall love him."

17558 - And in a narration: “When he reaches sixty, Allah grants him the turning back to Allah in a manner that Allah loves; and when he reaches seventy, Allah forgives his past and future sins, and he becomes Allah’s captive on His earth, and his intercession for his household is accepted.”

17559 - And Ahmad narrated it as a mawquf report in an abbreviated form, and he said therein: "So when he reaches sixty, Allah—Mighty and Majestic—grants him a turning [to Him in repentance] for which He loves him."

17560 - And he narrated after it with his chain of narrators to Abdullah bin Umar bin al-Khattab, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "The same [as the previous narration]."

17561 - And from Anas, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Whomever Allah grants a life of forty years in Islam, Allah averts from him various types of afflictions: leprosy and vitiligo." Abd al-Malik said in his narration: "Allah fends off from him various types of affliction: leprosy, vitiligo, and the suffocation of the Devil. And whomever Allah grants a life of fifty years in Islam, Allah eases the reckoning for him."

17562 - And in a narration: "Allah will ease the reckoning for him on the Day of Resurrection. And whomever Allah grants a life of sixty years in Islam, Allah will grant him the turning back to Him through that which Allah loves." And Abu Damrah said: "Allah the Exalted will grant him the excellence of turning back to Him." "And whomever Allah grants a life of seventy years in Islam, the inhabitants of the heavens and the inhabitants of the earth will love him. And whomever Allah grants a life of eighty years in Islam, Allah will erase his bad deeds and record his good deeds." Anas said in his narration: "Allah records his good deeds and does not record his bad deeds. And whomever Allah grants a life of ninety years in Islam, Allah will forgive him his sins, and he shall be the captive of Allah on His earth and an intercessor for his household on the Day of Resurrection." Anas bin Iyad said: "And he will be granted intercession for his household on the Day of Resurrection."

And on the authority of 'Uthman—meaning Ibn 'Affan—from the Prophet (pbuh), he said: "When a Muslim servant reaches fifty years of age, Allah eases his good deeds. When he reaches sixty, Allah grants him turning in repentance toward Him. When he reaches seventy years, the inhabitants of heaven love him. When he reaches eighty years, Allah establishes his good deeds and erases his evil deeds. When he reaches ninety years, Allah forgives his past and future sins, and Allah—the Mighty and Majestic—grants him intercession for the members of his household, and he is recorded in heaven as 'the prisoner of Allah on earth'."

17564 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin Abi Bakr al-Siddiq, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "When a Muslim person reaches fifty years of age, Allah averts from him three types of affliction: insanity, leprosy, and vitiligo. When he reaches sixty, Allah grants him the provision of turning in repentance to Him. When he reaches seventy years, his misdeeds are erased and his good deeds are recorded. When he reaches ninety years, Allah forgives his sins, both past and future, and he becomes the captive of Allah on earth and an intercessor for the people of his household."

17565 - And on the authority of Sahl bin Sa’d: That the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "When a servant reaches sixty years of age, Allah has indeed left him with no excuse regarding his lifespan and has granted him the full extent of his term."

17566 - On the authority of Anas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The lifespans of my nation are between sixty and seventy, and the fewest of them are those who reach eighty."

17567 - And from Hudhayfah that he said: "O Messenger of Allah, tell us about the lifespans of your Ummah?" He (pbuh) said: "Between fifty and sixty." They said: "O Messenger of Allah, what about those in their seventies?" He (pbuh) said: "Few from my Ummah reach it; may Allah have mercy on those in their seventies, and may Allah have mercy on those in their eighties."

17568 - And from Ibn 'Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The fewest of my nation are those who reach seventy."

17569 - On the authority of Amr ibn Abasah, from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), who said: "None of you should wish for death unless he is confident in his deeds; but if you see six traits within Islam, then wish for death, and if your soul were in your hand, then release it: the shedding of blood, the leadership of children, the multiplication of guards, the leadership of the foolish, the selling of judgment, and a generation who take the Qur'an as musical instruments."

17570 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), that he said: "None of you should ever wish for death, nor supplicate for it before it comes to him, unless he has become confident in his deeds."

17571 - And on the authority of Abu al-Mu'alla, who said: Al-Hakam al-Ghifari said: "O plague, take me to you." A man from the people said to him: "Why do you say this, when you have heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: 'Indeed, let none of you wish for death'?" He said: "I have heard what you have heard, but I am hastening to precede six things: the selling of judgment, the proliferation of guards, the rule of children, the shedding of blood, the severing of kinship ties, and a generation that will emerge at the end of time who take the Qur'an as musical instruments."

17572 - On the authority of Yusuf bin Abdullah bin Salam, who said: I came to Abu ad-Darda' during his illness in which he passed away, and he said to me: "O my nephew, what has brought you to this land? And what brought you here?" He said: I replied: "Nothing except the bond between you and my father, Abdullah bin Salam." Abu ad-Darda' said: "What a wretched hour for lying this would be. I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: 'Whoever performs ablution and performs the ablution well, then stands to pray two or four units—Sahl was uncertain—perfecting the bowing and the humility therein, then seeks forgiveness from Allah, Allah will forgive him.'"

17573 - On the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "Indeed, Iblis said to his Lord - Mighty and Majestic is He -: 'By Your Might and Your Majesty, I shall not cease to mislead the children of Adam as long as their souls are within them.' So his Lord said to him: 'Then by My Might and My Majesty, I shall not cease to forgive them as long as they seek My forgiveness.'"

17574 - And from Abu Bakr, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Adhere to 'There is no god but Allah' and seeking forgiveness; for indeed Iblis said: 'I destroyed the people with sins, but they destroyed me with "There is no god but Allah" and seeking forgiveness. When I saw that, I destroyed them with whims, while they reckon that they are rightly guided.'"

17575 - And on the authority of Anas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, hearts have a rust like the rust of iron, and their polish is seeking forgiveness."

17576 - On the authority of Abu Umamah, from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), who said: "Verily, the companion of the left withholds the pen for six hours from the Muslim servant who has erred or committed a misdeed; if he feels regret and seeks forgiveness from Allah for it, he discards it, otherwise it is recorded as a single [sin]."

17577 - And from Abu Umamah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The companion of the right is an overseer over the companion of the left. So if the servant performs a good deed, he writes it as ten times its equivalent, and if he performs an evil deed and the companion of the left intends to write it, the companion of the right says to him: 'Hold off from it,' so he holds off from it; then if he seeks forgiveness, it is not written, and if he remains silent, it is written against him."

17578 - And on the authority of Umm 'Isma al-'Awsiyya—a woman from the tribe of Qays—who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "There is no servant who commits a sin except that the angel entrusted with recording his sins pauses for three hours. If he seeks forgiveness from Allah for that sin during any part of those hours, it will not be presented against him on the Day of Resurrection."

On the authority of Al-Zubayr: that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever loves that his record should please him, let him increase therein the seeking of forgiveness."

And on the authority of Anas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "There are no two recording angels who elevate to Allah what they have recorded in a day, such that Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He) sees at the beginning of the scroll and at its end a prayer for forgiveness, except that He (Glorified and Exalted be He) says: 'I have forgiven My servant for what is between the two ends of the scroll.'"

17581 - And from Anas, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, I seek forgiveness from Allah seventy times in a day."

17582 - And in a narration: "Indeed, I repent," instead of: "Indeed, I seek forgiveness."

And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, I seek Allah's forgiveness and turn to Him in repentance seventy times."

17584 - And in a narration: "More than seventy times."

17585 - And in a narration: "A hundred times."

17586 - And from Anas bin Malik: that a man came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and said: "O Messenger of Allah, I am a man with a sharp tongue, and most of that is directed toward my family." So the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Where do you stand regarding seeking forgiveness? Indeed, I seek forgiveness from Allah one hundred times in a day and night."

17587 - And on the authority of Abu Musa: that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "Indeed, I seek forgiveness from Allah and repent to Him one hundred times a day."

17588 - And on the authority of Abd al-Rahman bin Dalham: that a man said: "O Messenger of Allah, teach me a deed by which I may enter Paradise." He (pbuh) said: "Do not get angry, and you shall have Paradise." He said: "O Messenger of Allah, tell me more." He (pbuh) said: "Seek forgiveness from Allah seventy times a day before the sun sets; Allah will forgive you the sins of seventy years." He said: "I do not have seventy years." He (pbuh) said: "Then for your father." He said: "My father does not have seventy years." He (pbuh) said: "Then for the people of your household." He said: "The people of my household do not have seventy years." He (pbuh) said: "Then for your neighbors."

17589 - On the authority of Uthman bin Abi al-As al-Thaqafi, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "The gates of heaven are opened at midnight, and a caller calls out: Is there any supplicant so that he may be answered? Is there any petitioner so that he may be given? Is there anyone in distress so that he may be relieved? Thus, no Muslim remains who offers a supplication except that Allah answers him, except for a fornicatress who earns through her private parts or an unjust tax collector."

17590 - And on the authority of Anas, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) commanded us to seek forgiveness during the pre-dawn hours seventy times."

17591 - On the authority of Abu Musa, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying: "O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for what I have sent forward and what I have delayed, what I have concealed and what I have declared; indeed, You are the One who brings forward and You are the One who delays, and You are over all things Powerful." I said: In the Sahih, it is narrated as: "O Allah, forgive me for what I have sent forward..." to the end. And this [version] is: "O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness..."

17592 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas - who attributed the narration to the Prophet (pbuh) - that he said: "Whoever says: 'Glory be to Allah and His is the praise, and I seek forgiveness from Allah and repent to Him'; it is recorded exactly as he uttered it, then it is suspended by the Throne. No sin committed by its speaker shall erase it until he meets Allah, and it remains sealed just as he uttered it."

17593 - And on the authority of Abu Malik al-Ash'ari, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, the most fulfilling word with Allah is for the servant to say: 'O Allah, You are my Lord, and I am Your servant. I have wronged myself and confessed my sin, and none forgives sins except You; O Lord, so forgive me my sin.'"

17594 - And from Abdullah bin Mas'ud, who said: No man says: "I seek forgiveness from Allah, the One besides whom there is no deity, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer, and I repent to Him," three times, except that he is forgiven, even if he had fled from the battlefield.

17595 - On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Verily, Allah - Mighty and Majestic - raises the rank of the righteous servant in Paradise, so he says: 'O Lord, from where is this for me?!' and He says: 'By your child’s seeking of forgiveness for you.'"

And from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "A man will be followed on the Day of Resurrection by good deeds like the likes of mountains, so he will say: 'From where is this?!' It will be said: 'Through your child’s seeking of forgiveness for you.'"

17597 - On the authority of Abu Huraira who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever does not have wealth to give in charity, let him seek forgiveness for the believing men and the believing women; for indeed, it is a charity."

17598 - And on the authority of 'Ubadah bin al-Samit, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "Whoever seeks forgiveness for the believing men and the believing women, Allah writes for him a good deed for every believing man and believing woman."

17599 - And on the authority of Umm Salama, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever says every day: 'O Allah, forgive me and the believing men and the believing women'; he shall be gifted a good deed for every believer."

17600 - And on the authority of Abu al-Darda, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "Whoever seeks forgiveness for the believing men and believing women every day twenty-seven times, or twenty-five times—one of these two numbers—he will be among those whose supplications are answered, and by virtue of whom the inhabitants of the earth are granted provision."

17601 - On the authority of Ibn 'Umar, who said: "We used to refrain from seeking forgiveness for the people of major sins until we heard our Prophet (pbuh) say: 'Indeed, Allah does not forgive that partners be associated with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills.' And he said: 'I have reserved my intercession for the people of major sins on the Day of Resurrection.'"

17602 - On the authority of Anas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whomever Allah the Exalted has promised a reward for a deed, He shall fulfill it for him; and whomever Allah has promised a punishment for a deed, He is at liberty regarding him."

17603 - And on the authority of Anas bin Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever commits a sin and knows that Allah—the Mighty and Majestic—if He wills, He punishes him, and if He wills to forgive him, He forgives him, it becomes a right upon Allah—the Mighty and Majestic—to forgive him."

17604 - On the authority of Abdullah bin Mas'ud, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever commits a sin and knows that Allah has observed it, he is forgiven even if he does not seek forgiveness."

17605 - On the authority of Abdullah bin Amr, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) came out one day and said: "Indeed, Allah—Exalted is His Mention—does not consider any sin He forgives too great. There was a man among those who were before you who killed ninety-eight souls. He came to a monk and said: 'I have killed ninety-eight souls, so do you find any repentance for me?' The monk said to him: 'You have exceeded the limits,' so he rose up against him and killed him. Then he came to another monk and said: 'I have killed ninety-nine souls, so do you find any repentance for me?' He said: 'No, you have exceeded the limits,' so he rose up against him and killed him. Then he came to another monk and said: 'I have killed a hundred souls, do you find any repentance for me?' He said: 'You have exceeded the limits, and I do not know; however, here are two villages: a village called Nasrah, and the other called Kafrah. As for Nasrah, its people perform the deeds of the people of Paradise, and none remain in it but them. As for Kafrah, its people perform the deeds of the people of the Fire, and none remain in it but them. So set out to the people of Nasrah, and if you remain there and act as its people do, then do not doubt your repentance.' So he set out intending for it until, when he was between the two villages, death overtook him. The angels asked their Lord about him, and He said: 'Look at which of the two villages he was closer to, and record him among its people.' They found him closer to Nasrah by the length of a finger-joint, so he was recorded as being among its people."

17606 - And from Abu Abd Rabb: that he heard Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan on the pulpit narrating: that he heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "A man transgressed against himself and met a man and said: 'Indeed, the other [referring to himself] has killed ninety-nine souls, all of them unjustly; is there any repentance for me?' He said: 'No.' So he killed him. Then he came to another and said: 'Indeed, the other has killed a hundred souls, all of them unjustly; do you find for me any repentance?' He replied: 'If I were to tell you that Allah does not accept the repentance of one who repents, I would be lying to you. There are people here who worship, so go to them and worship Allah with them.' So he set out toward them and died while in that state. Then the angels of mercy and the angels of punishment gathered, so Allah sent an angel to them and said: 'Measure the distance between the two places, and whichever he is closer to, he belongs to them.' They found him closer to the monastery of the repentant by a fingertip, so he was forgiven."

17607 - And from Abu Qays, the freed slave of Banu Jumah, who said: I heard Abu Zam'ah al-Balawi - and he was among the Companions of the Tree who pledged allegiance to the Prophet (pbuh) beneath it - and he came one day to the Mosque of al-Fustat, standing in the courtyard. Word had reached him regarding some of the strictness reported from Abdullah ibn Amr, so he said: Do not be harsh with the people; for I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "A man from the Children of Israel killed ninety-seven souls. He went to a monk and said: 'I have killed ninety-seven souls; do you find any repentance for me?' He said: 'No.' So he killed the monk. Then he went to another monk and said: 'I have killed ninety-eight souls; do you find any repentance for me?' He said: 'No.' So he killed him. Then he went to a third and said: 'I have killed ninety-nine souls, including two monks; do you find any repentance for me?' He replied: 'You have committed evil, and if I were to say that Allah is not Oft-Forgiving and Most Merciful, I would have lied. Therefore, repent to Allah.' The man said: 'As for me, I shall not leave you after your words.' So he stayed with him on the condition that he would not disobey him, and he used to serve him during that time. Then a man died whose reputation was foul, and when he was buried, he sat by his grave and wept intensely. Then another died whose reputation was good, and when he was buried, he sat by his grave and laughed intensely. His companions disapproved of that, so they gathered with their leader and said: 'How can this killer of souls dwell with you when he has done what you have seen?!' This weighed upon his soul and their souls. So he came to their companion once, accompanied by a companion of his, and spoke to him, saying: 'What do you command me?' He said: 'Go and light an oven.' He did so and then came to him, informing him that he had done it. He said: 'Go and throw yourself into it.' The monk then became distracted from him, while the other man went and threw himself into the oven. Then the monk recovered and said: 'I suspect that the man has thrown himself into the oven because of my word.' He went and found him alive in the oven, sweating. He took him by his hand and brought him out of the oven, then said: 'It is not fitting for you to serve me, but rather I should serve you. Tell me about your weeping for the first deceased and your laughing for the other.' He said: 'As for the first, when he was buried, I saw the evil that he encountered, so I remembered my sins and wept. As for the other, I saw the good that he encountered, so I laughed.' And after that, he was among the great figures of the Children of Israel."

17608 - And on the authority of Ibn Mas'ud, who said: There were two villages: one was righteous, and the other was oppressive. A man left the oppressive village intending for the righteous village, and death came to him wherever Allah willed. Then the angel and the devil disputed over him. The devil said: "By Allah, he never disobeyed me." The angel said: "He came out seeking repentance." So it was judged between them that it should be seen which of them he was closer to. They found him closer to the righteous village by a handspan, so he was forgiven.

17609 - On the authority of Anas, who said: The Prophet (pbuh) and a group of his companions passed by, and there was a boy on the road. When his mother saw the group, she feared for her child that he might be trampled, so she came running and saying: "My son, my son!" and she rushed and grabbed him. The people said: "O Messenger of Allah, this woman would not throw her son into the fire." The Prophet (pbuh) quieted them and said: "And Allah would not throw His beloved into the fire."

17610 - And from Abdullah bin Abi Awfa, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) went out one day, and he happened upon a boy crying, so he said: 'O Umar, take hold of the boy; for he is lost.' Then his mother came and took her son, and she began to embrace him to herself, kiss him tenderly, and cry. So the Prophet (pbuh) said: 'Do you see this woman as being merciful to her child?' They said: 'Yes.' He said: 'By Allah, Allah is more merciful to the Muslims than this woman is to her child.'"

On the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Allah—Exalted and Glorified is He—did not create anything except that He created what overcomes it, and He created His mercy to overcome His anger."

17612 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "I said: O Gabriel, does your Lord - Exalted be His Mention and High be His Majesty - pray? He said: Yes. I said: What is His prayer? He replied: [He says:] Glorious, Holy, My mercy preceded My wrath."

And from Abu Sa'id, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "If you knew the extent of Allah's mercy, you would have relied—I think he said—upon it."

17614 - And on the authority of Jundub, who said: A Bedouin came and made his camel kneel, then he hobbled it. When the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) had finished praying, he went to his camel, untied its hobble, then mounted it, and then called out: "O Allah, have mercy on me and Muhammad, and do not include anyone else in our mercy." The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Do you say he is more astray or his camel? Did you not hear what he said?" They said: "Yes." He said: "You have restricted something vast, for the mercy of Allah is all-encompassing. Indeed, Allah - the Mighty and Majestic - created one hundred mercies, and He sent down one mercy by which the creations show compassion to one another: their Jinn, their humans, and their beasts; and with Him are ninety-nine. Do you say he is more astray or his camel?" I say: Abu Dawud narrated it in an abridged form.

17615 - And on the authority of al-Hasan al-Basri, who said: It reached me that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Verily, Allah - Mighty and Majestic - has one hundred mercies. He distributed one single mercy among the people of the earth, and it has encompassed them until their appointed terms. He has reserved ninety-nine mercies with Him for His allies. Allah - Mighty and Majestic - shall reclaim that mercy which He distributed among the people of the earth and add it to the ninety-nine, thus completing one hundred mercies for His allies on the Day of Resurrection."

17616 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said the likes of that.

17617 - And it was narrated from Khilas that he said the like of it.

17618 - And it was narrated from Muhammad bin Sirin that he said the same.

And on the authority of Mu'awiyah bin Haydah, from the Prophet (pbuh) who said: "Indeed, Allah - Mighty and Majestic - created one hundred mercies; one mercy is among His creation by which they show mercy to one another, and He has reserved ninety-nine for His allies."

17620 - And from Ubadah—meaning Ibn al-Samit—he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Our Lord divided His mercy into one hundred parts, and He sent down one part of them to the earth, and it is by means of it that people, birds, and animals show mercy to one another; and there remained with Him one hundred mercies except for one mercy, for His servants on the Day of Resurrection."

17621 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Verily, Allah - Mighty and Majestic is He - created one hundred mercies. One mercy among them He distributed among the creations, and ninety-nine are for the Day of Resurrection."

17622 - And on the authority of al-Farazdaq ibn Ghalib, who said: I met Abu Hurayrah in ash-Sham, and he said to me: "Are you al-Farazdaq?" I replied: "Yes." He asked: "Are you the poet?" I replied: "Yes." He then said: "Truly, if you remain, you will encounter a people who will say: 'There is no repentance for you,' so beware of severing your hope in the mercy of Allah."

17623 - On the authority of Thawban, the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "I would not love to have the world and all that is in it in exchange for this verse: {O My servants who have transgressed against themselves, do not despair of the mercy of Allah} [Az-Zumar: 53]." to the end of the verse.

And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) sent word to Wahshi, the killer of Hamza, inviting him to Islam. He sent back to him: "O Muhammad, how can you invite me to your religion when you claim that whoever kills, or associates partners with Allah, or commits adultery, shall meet a penalty; the punishment will be doubled for him on the Day of Resurrection, and he will abide therein disgraced?! And I have done that; so do you find any concession for me?" Then Allah revealed: {Except for those who repent, believe, and do righteous work. For them Allah will replace their evil deeds with good, and Allah is Ever-Forgiving and Merciful} [Al-Furqan: 70]. Wahshi said: "O Muhammad, this is a difficult condition: {Except for those who repent, believe, and do righteous work} [Al-Furqan: 70]. Perhaps I may not be able to do this." Then Allah—the Mighty and Majestic—revealed: {Indeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills} [An-Nisa: 48]. Wahshi said: "O Muhammad, I see it is subject to a will, and I do not know if He will forgive me or not. Is there anything other than this?" Then Allah revealed: {O My servants who have transgressed against themselves, do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins. Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful} [Az-Zumar: 53]. Wahshi said: "This, yes." So he embraced Islam. The people then said: "O Messenger of Allah, we have committed what Wahshi committed." He said: "It is for the Muslims in general."

17625 - And on the authority of Anas ibn Malik, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "By the One in Whose Hand is my soul – or, by the One in Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad – if you were to commit sins until your sins reached what is between the heaven and the earth, then you were to seek forgiveness from Allah, He would surely forgive you. And by the One in Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad – or, by the One in Whose Hand is my soul – if you did not commit sins, Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, would have brought a people who would commit sins and then seek forgiveness, so that He would forgive them."

17626 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The expiation of sin is remorse." And the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "If you did not sin, Allah would have brought a people who sin so that He may forgive them."

17627 - And on the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri: that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "If you did not commit sins, Allah would have taken you away and brought a people who commit sins, so they seek forgiveness from Allah and He forgives them."

17628 - And on the authority of Ibn ‘Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Allah (Mighty and Majestic is He) said: 'O son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me and place your hope in Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done. And if you were to come to Me with an earthful of sins, I would meet you with an earthful of forgiveness, as long as you do not associate anything with Me; and if your sins were to reach the clouds of the sky and then you were to seek My forgiveness, I would forgive you.'"

17629 - And on the authority of Abu al-Darda’, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Your Lord—Blessed and Exalted is He—said: 'If My servant were to meet Me with an earthful of sins while associating nothing with Me, I would meet him with an earthful of forgiveness.'"

17630 - And from Abu al-Darda', from the Prophet (pbuh), from Gabriel (peace be upon him), from his Lord (Mighty and Sublime), who said: "My servant, if you were to meet Me with an earth's fill of sins, I would meet you with an equivalent amount of forgiveness, and I would not mind."

17631 - And by his chain of narration from Abu al-Darda’, from the Prophet (pbuh), from Gabriel (peace be upon him), from his Lord (Mighty and Majestic), who said: "My servant, as long as you call upon Me and put your hope in Me and do not associate anything with Me, I have forgiven you for whatever was in you."

17632 - On the authority of Hudhayfah—meaning Ibn al-Yaman—who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "By Him in Whose Hand is my soul, Allah shall surely enter into Paradise the one who was profligate in his religion and foolish in his livelihood; and by Him in Whose Hand is my soul, he whom the Fire has scorched because of his sin shall surely enter Paradise; and by Him in Whose Hand is my soul, Allah shall surely grant such forgiveness on the Day of Resurrection that Iblis will stretch himself forth, hoping that it might reach him."

17633 - On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, or on the authority of Abu Sa’id—al-A’mash was in doubt—he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, Allah—Mighty and Majestic is He—has those whom He frees every day and night, and for every servant among them is a supplication that is answered."

17634 - And on the authority of Anas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, has on every Friday six hundred thousand people who are emancipated from the Fire, all of whom had deserved the Fire."

17635 - And on the authority of Anas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, for Allah—meaning in one of the hours of the world—there are six hundred thousand emancipated ones whom He releases from the Fire; all of them had deserved the Fire."

17636 - On the authority of Abu al-Darda’, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Glorify Allah, and He will forgive you." Ibn Thawban said: Meaning, embrace Islam.

17637 - On the authority of Abu al-Darda', who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "If what you commit against the animals were forgiven for you, much would have been forgiven for you."

17638 - On the authority of al-Harith ibn Suwayd, who said: I heard 'Abdullah—meaning Ibn Mas'ud—saying: "There is no speech that I might utter in the presence of an authority by which I could avert from myself two lashes of a whip, except that I would speak it."

17639 - And on the authority of Mu'adh ibn Jabal, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "There is no soul that dies while possessing with Allah the weight of an ant of good except that it is sealed over with clay."

17640 - On the authority of Ibn Abbas, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "The Lord - Mighty and Majestic is He - said: 'The good deeds and evil deeds of the servant shall be brought on the Day of Resurrection, and some shall be offset against others. If a single good deed remains, Allah will admit him into Paradise.'" He (Ibn Abbas) said: I said: "What if no good deed remains?" He said: "'Those are the ones from whom We accept the best of what they did and overlook their evil deeds, among the companions of Paradise.'" He said: I said: "What is your view on His statement: 'No soul knows what has been hidden for them of comfort for the eyes'?" He said: "It refers to the servant who performs a deed in secret; Allah keeps it secret for him until the Day of Resurrection, then he sees what brings comfort to the eyes."