al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 3517
✧ Repentance of the Apostate
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أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بَزِيعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا دَاوُدُ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ
كَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَسْلَمَ ثُمَّ ارْتَدَّ وَلَحِقَ بِالشِّرْكِ ثُمَّ نَدِمَ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى قَوْمِهِ سَلُوا لِي رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ هَلْ لِي مِنْ تَوْبَةٍ فَجَاءَ قَوْمُهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالُوا إِنَّ فُلَانًا نَدِمَ وَإِنَّهُ أَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَسْأَلَكَ هَلْ لَهُ مِنْ تَوْبَةٍ فَنَزَلَتْ {كَيْفَ يَهْدِي اللهُ قَوْمًا كَفَرُوا بَعْدَ إِيمَانِهِمْ} [آل عمران 86] إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ} [البقرة 173] فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ فَأَسْلَمَ
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Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Bazīʿ
- Yazīd / Ibn Zurayʿ
- Dāwud
- ʿIkrimah
- Ibn ʿAbbās
✧ There was a man from the Ansar who accepted Islam, then apostatized and joined the polytheists, then regretted it. He sent to his people: Ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for me whether I can repent. His people came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: So-and-so regrets, and he ordered us to ask you whether there is repentance for him. Then it was revealed: {How shall Allah guide a people who disbelieved after their belief} [Al 'Imran 86] up to His saying {Forgiving, Merciful} [Al-Baqarah 173]. So he sent to him and he accepted Islam.
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