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Mishkat al-Masabih 2363

Prayer for Pardon, and Repentance - Section 3

وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «التَّائِبَ مِنَ الذَّنْبِ كَمَنْ لَا ذَنْبَ لَهُ». رَوَاهُ ابْنُ مَاجَهْ وَالْبَيْهَقِيُّ فِي شُعَبِ الْإِيمَانِ وَقَالَ تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ النَّهْرَانَيُّ وَهُوَ مَجْهُولٌ. وَفِي (شَرْحِ السُّنَّةِ) رَوَى عَنْهُ مَوْقُوفًا قَالَ: النَّدَمُ تَوْبَةٌ والتَّائبُ كمن لَا ذَنْبَ لَهُ

Translation

‘Abdallah b. Mas'ud reported God’s messenger as saying, “He who repents of a sin is like him who has committed no sin.” In Majah and Baihaqi, in Shu'ab al-iman, transmitted it, the latter saying its only transmitter was an-Nahrani who is unknown. In Sharh as-sunna a tradition traced no farther back than him is transmitted in which he said, “ Nadam is repentance, and he who repents is like him who has committed no sin.”

Grades by grader

Muhammad Fuad Abd al-BaqiHasangraded on ibnmajah:4250fawazahmed0
Shuayb al-ArnautSanad Daifgraded on ibnmajah:4250fawazahmed0
Zubair Ali ZaiWeakgraded on ibnmajah:4250fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com
al-AlbaniDaifgraded on ibnmajah:4250fawazahmed0

Same hadith, other wordings

  • Arba'in Dahlawi 28الْتَّائِبُ مِنَ الذَّنْبِ کَمَنْ لَا ذَنْبَ لَهُ
  • Arba'in 28الْتَّائِبُ مِنَ الذَّنْبِ کَمَنْ لَا ذَنْبَ لَهُ
  • Sunan Ibnu Majah 4250«التَّائِبُ مِنَ الذَّنْبِ كَمَنْ لاَ ذَنْبَ لَهُ۔»