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Qurʾān Bukhārī Muslim Nasāʾī Abū Dāwūd Tirmidhī Ibn Mājah Mālik Aḥmad Dārimī Ḥākim Ibn Ḥibbān Ṭabarānī Nasāʾī's Kubrá Bayhaqī al-Luʾluʾ wa-al-Marjān Ibn Rajab's Fifty Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn Aḥmad's Zuhd Suyūṭī
ahmad-zuhd:1597 – ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > al-Ḥasan b. Muslim > al-Ḥasan /

[Machine] I heard Al-Hasan narrating that he said, "O son of Adam, abandoning sins is easier than seeking repentance."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٥٩٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ وَهُوَ يُحَدِّثُ يَقُولُ «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ تَرْكُ الْخَطِيئَةِ أَيْسَرُ مِنْ طَلَبِ التَّوْبَةِ»