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[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said regarding a goat, when it went away: 'Why didn't you leave it? Perhaps it would repent, and Allah would accept its repentance.' And the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said: 'O Hazal, if you had covered it with your garment, it would have been better for you than what you have done.'"  

البيهقي:١٧٠٠١أَخْبَرَنَاهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا تَمْتَامٌ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ غَالِبٍ ثنا أَبُو حُذَيْفَةَ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ نُعَيْمِ بْنِ هَزَّالٍ الْأَسْلَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فِي مَاعِزٍ لَمَّا ذَهَبَ هَلَّا تَرَكْتُمُوهُ فَلَعَلَّهُ يَتُوبُ فَيَتُوبَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَا هَزَّالُ لَوْ كُنْتَ سَتَرْتَ عَلَيْهِ بِثَوْبِكَ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَكَ مِمَّا صَنَعْتَ