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ahmad-zuhd:1609ʿAbdullāh > Ukhbirt > Sayyār > Hilāl b. Ḥiq > Saʿīd al-Jurayrī

[Machine] I said to Hasan, "O Abu Sa'id, a person sins, then repents, then sins again, then repents, then sins again, then repents, until when?" He said, "I only know this from the qualities of the believers."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٦٠٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ أُخْبِرْتُ عَنْ سَيَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا هِلَالُ بْنُ حِقٍّ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ الْجُرَيْرِيُّ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِلْحَسَنِ يَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الرَّجُلُ يُذْنِبُ ثُمَّ يَتُوبُ ثُمَّ يُذْنِبُ ثُمَّ يَتُوبُ ثُمَّ يُذْنِبُ ثُمَّ يَتُوبُ ثُمَّ يُذْنِبُ ثُمَّ يَتُوبُ حَتَّى مَتَى؟ قَالَ «مَا أَعْلَمُ هَذَا إِلَّا مِنْ أَخْلَاقِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ»