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ahmad-zuhd:1509ʿAbdullāh > Naṣr b. ʿAlī > Miskīn b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ṭājī > Abū ʿAbdah Ṣāḥib al-Dastuwāʾī > al-Ḥasan

[Machine] I heard Al-Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) saying about the saying of Allah (swt) {then they repent soon after} [An-Nisa 17], he said: "Before being overwhelmed by death."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٥٠٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا مِسْكِينُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الطَّاجِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدَةَ صَاحِبُ الدَّسْتُوَائِيِّ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يَقُولُ فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ ﷻ {ثُمَّ يَتُوبُونَ مِنْ قَرِيبٍ} [النساء 17] قَالَ «قَبْلَ أَنْ يُغَرْغِرَ بِالْمَوْتِ»