al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3899
✧ Repentance and Seeking Forgiveness
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حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، ثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ زِيَادِ بْنِ أَنْعُمَ، ثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو ؓ، قَالَ:
جَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ وَنَحْنُ مَعَهُ فَقَالَ: « إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى لَا يَتَعَاظَمُهُ ذَنْبٌ غَفَرَهُ، إِنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ قَتَلَ ثَمَانِيَةً وَتِسْعِينَ نَفْسًا فَأَتَى رَاهِبًا فَقَالَ لَهُ: قَتَلْتُ ثَمَانِيَةً وَتِسْعِينَ نَفْسًا فَهَلْ تَجِدُ لِي مِنْ تَوْبَةٍ ؟ قَالَ: لَا، فَقَتَلَهُ، ثُمَّ أَتَى رَاهِبًا آخَرَ فَأَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ قَتَلَ تِسْعَةً وَتِسْعِينَ نَفْسًا فَهَلْ تَجِدُ لِي مِنْ تَوْبَةٍ ؟ قَالَ: لَا فَقَتَلَهُ، ثُمَّ أَتَى آخَرَ فَأَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ قَتَلَ مِائَةَ نَفْسٍ فَهَلْ تَجِدُ لِي مِنْ تَوْبَةٍ، فَقَالَ: لَقَدْ أَسْرَفْتَ وَمَا أَدْرِي، وَلَكِنْ هَاهُنَا قَرْيَتَانِ إِحْدَاهُمَا يُقَالُ لَهَا: نَضْرَةُ ; أَهْلُهَا يَعْمَلُونَ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ لَا يَثْبُتُ فِيهِمْ غَيْرُهُمْ، وَالْأُخْرَى يُقَالُ لَهَا: كَفْرَةُ ; أَهْلُهَا يَعْمَلُونَ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ لَا يَثْبُتُ فِيهِمْ غَيْرُهُمْ، فَانْطَلِقْ إِلَى أَهْلِ نَضْرَةَ فَإِنْ عَمِلْتَ عَمَلَهُمْ وَتُبْتَ فَلَا تَشُكَّ فِي تَوْبَتِكَ، فَانْطَلَقَ يُرِيدُهَا حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ بَيْنَ الْقَرْيَتَيْنِ أَدْرَكَهُ أَجَلُهُ، فَسَأَلَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ رَبَّهَا، قَالَ جَلَّ وَعَلَا: انْظُرُوا أَيَّ الْقَرْيَتَيْنِ كَانَ أَقْرَبَ فَاكْتُبُوهُ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا، فَوَجَدُوهُ أَقْرَبَ إِلَى نَضْرَةَ بِقَدْرِ أُنْمُلَةٍ فَكَتَبُوهُ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا
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Chain of narrators
- Ibrāhīm
- my father
- ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ziyād b. Anʿum
- ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd
- ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat one day while we were with him and said: “Allah, Exalted, is not overwhelmed by any sin that He forgives. A man before you killed ninety-eight people. He came to a monk and said to him: ‘I have killed ninety-eight people; do you find any repentance for me?’ He said: ‘No,’ so he killed him. Then he came to another monk and told him that he had killed ninety-nine people; do you find any repentance for me? He said: ‘No,’ so he killed him. Then he came to another and told him that he had killed a hundred people; do you find any repentance for me? He said: ‘You have transgressed greatly, and I do not know. But here are two villages: one is called Naḍrah; its people do the deeds of the people of Paradise, and no one else remains among them. The other is called Kafrah; its people do the deeds of the people of the Fire, and no one else remains among them. Go to the people of Naḍrah, and if you do their deeds and repent, do not doubt your repentance.’ So he set out toward it, until when he was between the two villages, his appointed time overtook him. The angels, peace be upon them, asked their Lord about him. He, Majestic and Exalted, said: ‘Look at which of the two villages he was closer to, and record him among its people.’ They found him closer to Naḍrah by a fingertip, so they recorded him among its people.”
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Other narrations of this report
Sahih Muslim 2766bSahih Muslim 2766cSahih Ibn Hibban 615Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 28320al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 15934Musnad Abi Ya'la 1033
Narrators
- One of the early Companions (sābiqūn), among those who narrated abundantly, and one of the jurist ʿAbdullāhs (al-ʿabādilah)d. 63 AH, or 65 AH, or 68 AH, or 69 AH; also said 67 AH, also said 73 AH, also said 77 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِأحد السابقين ، المكثرين من الصحابة ، وأحد العبادلة الفقهاءعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 100 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَثقةحدثنا
- Weak (ḍaʿīf) in his memory, he was a righteous mand. 156 AH, also said: 161 AHعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ زِيَادِ بْنِ أَنْعُمَضعيف في حفظه ، وكان رجلا صالحاحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 213 AHأَبِيثقةحدثني
- trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 231 AH, or 232 AHإِبْرَاهِيمُثقة حافظحدثنا
- d. 307 AHأبو يعلى الموصلي
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