Musnad Ahmad 4624

Translation

✧ A man came to the Messenger of God ﷺ and said: O Messenger of God, I have committed a great sin; is there any repentance for me? The Messenger of God ﷺ said to him: "Do you have parents?" He said: No. He said: "Do you have a maternal aunt?" He said: Yes. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "Then be dutiful to her."

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• Dāraquṭnī

  والمرسل هو المحفوظ

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  in مسند أحمد, p. 4690

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

   One of the Companions who narrated most often, and one of the ʿAbādilah; he was among the people most strict in following the narrations (athar).d. 72 AH, or 73 AH, or 74 AH, also said: 75 AH
   عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِأحد المكثرين من الصحابة والعبادلة ، وكان من أشد الناس اتباعا للأثر
   عن
2. 2
   ʿAbdullāh b. Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar b. Saʿd b. Abī Waqqāṣ

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. between 111 and 120 AH
   أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ حَفْصٍثقة
   عن
3. 3
   Muḥammad b. Sūqah

   Trustworthy (thiqah), approvedd. between 141 AH and 150 AH
   مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُوقَةَثقة مرضي
   حدثنا
4. 4
   Abū Muʿāwiyah

   Trustworthy (thiqah), the best memorizer of people for the hadith of al-Aʿmash, though he may err in the hadith of othersd. 194 AH, or 195 AH
   أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَثقة ، أحفظ الناس لحديث الأعمش ، وقد يهم في حديث غيره
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 241 AH, Abū Umayyah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭarsūsī said: 242 AH, and no one followed him in his view
   أحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة

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