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ahmad:810 – ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá b. Ḥammād > Dāwud b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-ʿAṭṭār > Abū ʿAbdullāh Maslamah al-Rāzī > Abū ʿAmr al-Bajalī

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Allah loves the slave who falls into sin a great deal and repents a great deal.”  

أحمد:٨١٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْعَطَّارُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مَسْلَمَةُ الرَّازِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الْبَجَلِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ سُفْيَانَ الثَّقَفِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ ابْنِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى يُحِبُّ الْعَبْدَ الْمُفَتَّنَ التَّوَّابَ  

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ahmad:605 – ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá b. Ḥammād al-Narsī > Dāwud b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū ʿAbdullāh Maslamah al-Rāzī > Abū ʿAmr al-Bajalī

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Allah loves the believing slave who falls into sin a great deal and repents a great deal.  

أحمد:٦٠٥ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ النَّرْسِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مَسْلَمَةُ الرَّازِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الْبَجَلِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ سُفْيَانَ الثَّقَفِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ ابْنِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ يُحِبُّ الْعَبْدَ الْمُؤْمِنَ الْمُفَتَّنَ التَّوَّابَ  

suyuti:5234a –

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Allah loves the believing slave who falls into sin a great deal and repents a great deal. (Using translation from Aḥmad 605)   

السيوطي:٥٢٣٤a –

"إِنَّ الله تَعَالى يُحِبُّ العَبْدَ الْمُؤْمنَ المُفَتَّنَ التَّوابَ".  

[حم] أحمد عن علي