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bayhaqi:19880Abū Manṣūr ʿAbd al-Qāhir b. Ṭāhir al-Imām And ʾAbū Naṣr b. Qatādah And ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAlī b. Ḥamdān al-Fārisī > Abū ʿAmr b. Nujayd > Abū Muslim > al-Anṣārī > Ashʿath > al-Ḥasan

[Machine] A man lost his camel and he accused another man of stealing it. So he brought him to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "This man has taken my camel." The Prophet ﷺ said, "No, by Allah, the one who there is no deity except Him, he did not take it." The man insisted, "You have taken it, return it to me." The Prophet ﷺ ordered him to return it, so he returned it to him. The Prophet ﷺ said to the man, "Your sincerity in this matter has resulted in your forgiveness. This incident is just an isolated matter. If the original belief is true, the intention behind it is to clarify that even if the sin is great, it is not necessarily a cause for the fire (hell) as long as the belief is correct and forgiveness has preceded it. This appointment (of forgiveness) is not for anyone after the Prophet ﷺ."  

البيهقي:١٩٨٨٠أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو مَنْصُورٍ عَبْدُ الْقَاهِرِ بْنُ طَاهِرٍ الْإِمَامُ وَأَبُو نَصْرِ بْنُ قَتَادَةَ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَمْدَانَ الْفَارِسِيُّ قَالُوا أنبأ أَبُو عَمْرِو بْنُ نُجَيْدٍ أنبأ أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ ثنا الْأَنْصَارِيُّ ثنا أَشْعَثُ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا فَقَدَ نَاقَةً لَهُ وَادَّعَاهَا عَلَى رَجُلٍ فَأَتَى بِهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ هَذَا أَخَذَ نَاقَتِي فَقَالَ لَا وَاللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ مَا أَخَذْتُهَا فَقَالَ قَدْ أَخَذْتَهَا رُدَّهَا عَلَيْهِ فَرَدَّهَا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قَدْ غُفِرَ لَكَ بِإِخْلَاصِكَ هَذَا مُنْقَطِعٌ فَإِنْ كَانَ فِي الْأَصْلِ صَحِيحًا فَالْمَقْصُودُ مِنْهُ الْبَيَانُ أَنَّ الذَّنْبَ وَإِنْ عَظُمَ لَمْ يَكُنْ مُوجِبًا لِلنَّارِ مَتَى مَا صَحَّتِ الْعَقِيدَةُ وَكَانَ مِمَّنْ سَبَقَتْ لَهُ الْمَغْفِرَةُ وَلَيْسَ هَذَا التَّعْيِينُ لِأَحَدٍ بَعْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ