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ahmad:7711 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Abū ʿUrwah Maʿmar > Ayyūb > Ibn Sīrīn > Abū Hurayrah

He who seeks repentance (from the Lord) before the rising of the sun from the west (before the Day of Resurrection), Allah turns to him with Mercy. (Using translation from Muslim 2703)   

أحمد:٧٧١١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ أَبِي عُرْوَةَ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ تَابَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ مَغْرِبِهَا قُبِلَ مِنْهُ  

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Collected by Muslim, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī

Repentance is accepted up until the Last Hour

muslim:2703 – [Chain 1] Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Khālid / Sulaymān b. Ḥayyān [Chain 2] Ibn Numayr > Abū Muʿāwiyah [Chain 3] Abū Saʿīd al-Ashaj > Ḥafṣ / Ibn Ghiyāth > Hishām [Chain 4] Abū Khaythamah Zuhayr b. Ḥarb > Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Hishām b. Ḥassān > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn > Abū Hurayrah

He who seeks repentance (from the Lord) before the rising of the sun from the west (before the Day of Resurrection), Allah turns to him with Mercy.  

مسلم:٢٧٠٣ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ يَعْنِي سُلَيْمَانَ بْنَ حَيَّانَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الأَشَجُّ حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ غِيَاثٍ كُلُّهُمْ عَنْ هِشَامٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «مَنْ تَابَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ مَغْرِبِهَا تَابَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ۔»  

ahmad:9509 – Ismāʿīl > Hishām b. Ḥassān > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn > Abū Hurayrah

He who seeks repentance (from the Lord) before the rising of the sun from the west (before the Day of Resurrection), Allah turns to him with Mercy. (Using translation from Muslim 2703)  

أحمد:٩٥٠٩ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ تَابَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ مَغْرِبِهَا تَابَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ  

ahmad:9130 – Hawdhah > ʿAwf > Muḥammad > Abū Hurayrah

He who seeks repentance (from the Lord) before the rising of the sun from the west (before the Day of Resurrection), Allah turns to him with Mercy. (Using translation from Muslim 2703)   

أحمد:٩١٣٠ – حَدَّثَنَا هَوْذَةُ حَدَّثَنَا عَوْفٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ تَابَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ مَغْرِبِهَا تَابَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ  

ahmad:10581 – Yazīd > Hishām > Muḥammad > Abū Hurayrah > Man Tāb Qabl

[Machine] "That God will forgive him if the sun rises from its place of setting."  

أحمد:١٠٥٨١ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ مَنْ تَابَ قَبْلَ

أَنْ تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ مَغْرِبِهَا تَابَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ  

ahmad:10419 – Abū Muʿāwiyah > Hishām b. Ḥassān > Ibn Sīrīn > Abū Hurayrah

He who seeks repentance (from the Lord) before the rising of the sun from the west (before the Day of Resurrection), Allah turns to him with Mercy. (Using translation from Muslim 2703)  

أحمد:١٠٤١٩ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ تَابَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ مِنْ مَغْرِبِهَا تَابَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ تَوْبَةَ التَّائِبِ إِنَّمَا تُقْبَلُ إِذَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ مِنْ مَغْرِبِهَا، لَا بَعْدَهَا

ibnhibban:629 – Abū Yaʿlá > Hārūn b. Maʿrūf > ʿAbdullāh b. Rajāʾ > Hishām > Ibn Sīrīn > Abū Hurayrah

He who seeks repentance (from the Lord) before the rising of the sun from the west (before the Day of Resurrection), Allah turns to him with Mercy. (Using translation from Muslim 2703)  

ابن حبّان:٦٢٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ مَعْرُوفٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ رَجَاءٍ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ تَابَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ مَغْرِبِهَا تَابَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ»  

nasai-kubra:11115 – ʿAlī b. Khashram > ʿĪsá > ʿAwf > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn > Abū Hurayrah

He who seeks repentance (from the Lord) before the rising of the sun from the west (before the Day of Resurrection), Allah turns to him with Mercy. (Using translation from Muslim 2703)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١١١٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ خَشْرَمٍ أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى عَنْ عَوْفٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ تَابَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ مَغْرِبِهَا تَابَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ»