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ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الدَّالِّ عَلَى أَنَّ تَرْكَ الْمَرْءِ بَعْضَ الْمَحْظُورَاتِ لِلَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا عِنْدَ قُدْرَتِهِ عَلَيْهِ، قَدْ يُرْجَى لَهُ بِهِ الْمَغْفِرَةُ لِلْحَوْبَاتِ الْمُتَقَدِّمَةِ

ibnhibban:387al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Abū Bakr b. ʿAyyāsh > al-Aʿmash > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] "I heard the Prophet ﷺ say more than twenty times, 'Dhul-Kifl, from the Children of Israel, did not hesitate about anything, so he desired a woman and fell into a sin with her. He gave her sixty dinars. When he left her, she cried and repented. Dhul-Kifl regretted his actions and died that same night. In the morning, they found a note on his door saying, 'Indeed, Allah has forgiven you.'"  

ابن حبّان:٣٨٧أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ عِشْرِينَ مَرَّةً يَقُولُ «كَانَ ذُو الْكِفْلِ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لَا يَتَوَرَّعُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَهَوِيَ امْرَأَةً فَرَاوَدَهَا عَلَى نَفْسِهَا وَأَعْطَاهَا سِتِّينَ دِينَارًا فَلَمَّا جَلَسَ مِنْهَا بَكَتْ وَأُرْعِدَتْ فقَالَ لَهَا مَا لَكِ؟ فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي وَاللَّهِ لَمْ أَعْمَلْ هَذَا الْعَمَلَ قَطُّ وَمَا عَمِلْتُهُ إِلَّا مِنْ حَاجَةٍ قَالَ فَنَدِمَ ذُو الْكِفْلِ وَقَامَ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَكُونَ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ فَأَدْرَكَهُ الْمَوْتُ مِنْ لَيْلَتِهِ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ وَجَدُوا عَلَى بَابِهِ مَكْتُوبًا إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ غَفَرَ لَكَ»  


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Collected by Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Ḥākim, Suyūṭī
tirmidhi:2496ʿUbayd b. Asbāṭ b. Muḥammad al-Qurashī from my father > al-Aʿmash > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbdullāh al-Rāzī > Saʿd a freed slave of Ṭalḥah > Ibn ʿUmar

"I heard the Prophet ﷺ narrating a hadith, not just once or twice, even seven times, but I heard him saying it more than that. I heard him saying: 'There was a man called Al-Kifl among the children of Isra'il who did not restrain himself from committing sins. A woman came to him and he gave her sixty Dinar so he could sleep with her. When he sat up from her, as a man sits up from a woman, she began to tremble and cry, so he said: "Why are you crying, did I do something to harm you?" She said: "No. But it is because of what I did, I only did so out of need." He said: "You did this without having done (it before), so leave me, and it (the money) is for you." And then he said: "By Allah! I will never disobey Allah after that." He died during the night and morning came with: " Indeed Allah has forgiven Al-Kifl" written upon his door." Other chains report similar narrations.  

الترمذي:٢٤٩٦حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْبَاطِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْقُرَشِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الرَّازِيِّ عَنْ سَعْدٍ مَوْلَى طَلْحَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يُحَدِّثُ حَدِيثًا لَوْ لَمْ أَسْمَعْهُ إِلاَّ مَرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ حَتَّى عَدَّ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ وَلَكِنِّي سَمِعْتُهُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ كَانَ الْكِفْلُ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لاَ يَتَوَرَّعُ مِنْ ذَنْبٍ عَمِلَهُ فَأَتَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ فَأَعْطَاهَا سِتِّينَ دِينَارًا عَلَى أَنْ يَطَأَهَا فَلَمَّا قَعَدَ مِنْهَا مَقْعَدَ الرَّجُلِ مِنِ امْرَأَتِهِ أُرْعِدَتْ وَبَكَتْ فَقَالَ مَا يُبْكِيكِ أَأَكْرَهْتُكِ قَالَتْ لاَ وَلَكِنَّهُ عَمَلٌ مَا عَمِلْتُهُ قَطُّ وَمَا حَمَلَنِي عَلَيْهِ إِلاَّ الْحَاجَةُ فَقَالَ تَفْعَلِينَ أَنْتِ هَذَا وَمَا فَعَلْتِهِ اذْهَبِي فَهِيَ لَكِ وَقَالَ لاَ وَاللَّهِ لاَ أَعْصِي اللَّهَ بَعْدَهَا أَبَدًا فَمَاتَ مِنْ لَيْلَتِهِ فَأَصْبَحَ مَكْتُوبًا عَلَى بَابِهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ غَفَرَ لِلْكِفْلِ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ قَدْ رَوَاهُ شَيْبَانُ وَغَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ نَحْوَ هَذَا وَرَفَعُوهُ وَرَوَى بَعْضُهُمْ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ فَلَمْ يَرْفَعْهُ وَرَوَى أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ فَأَخْطَأَ فِيهِ وَقَالَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ وَهُوَ غَيْرُ مَحْفُوظٍ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الرَّازِيُّ هُوَ كُوفِيٌّ وَكَانَتْ جَدَّتُهُ سُرِّيَّةً لِعَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَرَوَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الرَّازِيِّ عُبَيْدَةُ الضَّبِّيُّ وَالْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَرْطَاةَ وَغَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ كِبَارِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ
ahmad:4747Asbāṭ b. Muḥammad > al-Aʿmash > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Saʿd a freed slave of Ṭalḥah > Ibn ʿUmar > Laqad

"I heard the Prophet ﷺ narrating a hadith, not just once or twice, even seven times, but I heard him saying it more than that. I heard him saying: 'There was a man called Al-Kifl among the children of Isra'il who did not restrain himself from committing sins. A woman came to him and he gave her sixty Dinar so he could sleep with her. When he sat up from her, as a man sits up from a woman, she began to tremble and cry, so he said: "Why are you crying, did I do something to harm you?" She said: "No. But it is because of what I did, I only did so out of need." He said: "You did this without having done (it before), so leave me, and it (the money) is for you." And then he said: "By Allah! I will never disobey Allah after that." He died during the night and morning came with: " Indeed Allah has forgiven Al-Kifl" written upon his door." Other chains report similar narrations. (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2496)   

أحمد:٤٧٤٧حَدَّثَنَا أَسْبَاطُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ سَعْدٍ مَوْلَى طَلْحَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ لَقَدْ

سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَدِيثًا لَوْ لَمْ أَسْمَعْهُ إِلَّا مَرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ حَتَّى عَدَّ سَبْعَ مِرَارٍ وَلَكِنْ قَدْ سَمِعْتُهُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ كَانَ الْكِفْلُ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لَا يَتَوَرَّعُ مِنْ ذَنْبٍ عَمِلَهُ فَأَتَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ فَأَعْطَاهَا سِتِّينَ دِينَارًا عَلَى أَنْ يَطَأَهَا فَلَمَّا قَعَدَ مِنْهَا مَقْعَدَ الرَّجُلِ مِنَ امْرَأَتِهِ أَرْعَدَتْ وَبَكَتْ فَقَالَ مَا يُبْكِيكِ أَكْرَهْتُكِ؟ قَالَتْ لَا وَلَكِنْ هَذَا عَمَلٌ لَمْ أَعْمَلْهُ قَطُّ وَإِنَّمَا حَمَلَنِي عَلَيْهِ الْحَاجَةُ قَالَ فَتَفْعَلِينَ هَذَا وَلَمْ تَفْعَلِيهِ قَطُّ؟ قَالَ ثُمَّ نَزَلَ فَقَالَ اذْهَبِي فَالدَّنَانِيرُ لَكِ ثُمَّ قَالَ وَاللهِ لَا يَعْصِي اللهَ الْكِفْلُ أَبَدًا فَمَاتَ مِنْ لَيْلَتِهِ فَأَصْبَحَ مَكْتُوبًا عَلَى بَابِهِ قَدْ غَفَرَ اللهُ ﷻ لِلْكِفْلِ  

hakim:7651Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-Maḥbūbī > Saʿīd b. Masʿūd > ʿUbayd b. Mūsá > Shaybān b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > al-Aʿmash > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Saʿd a freed slave of Ṭalḥah > Ibn ʿUmar > Laqad > Min

"I heard the Prophet ﷺ narrating a hadith, not just once or twice, even seven times, but I heard him saying it more than that. I heard him saying: 'There was a man called Al-Kifl among the children of Isra'il who did not restrain himself from committing sins. A woman came to him and he gave her sixty Dinar so he could sleep with her. When he sat up from her, as a man sits up from a woman, she began to tremble and cry, so he said: "Why are you crying, did I do something to harm you?" She said: "No. But it is because of what I did, I only did so out of need." He said: "You did this without having done (it before), so leave me, and it (the money) is for you." And then he said: "By Allah! I will never disobey Allah after that." He died during the night and morning came with: " Indeed Allah has forgiven Al-Kifl" written upon his door." Other chains report similar narrations. (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2496)   

الحاكم:٧٦٥١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْمَحْبُوبِيُّ ثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ ثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ مُوسَى أَنْبَأَ شَيْبَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ سَعْدٍ مَوْلَى طَلْحَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ لَقَدْ

سَمِعْتُ مِنْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَدِيثًا لَوْ لَمْ أَسْمَعْهُ إِلَّا مَرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ حَتَّى عَدَّ سَبْعًا وَلَكِنِّي سَمِعْتُهُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ كَانَ الْكِفْلُ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لَا يَتَوَرَّعُ عَنْ ذَنْبٍ عَمِلَهُ فَأَتَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ فَأَعْطَاهَا سِتِّينَ دِينَارًا عَلَى أَنْ يَطَأَهَا فَلَمَّا قَعَدَ مِنْهَا مَقْعَدَ الرَّجُلِ مِنِ امْرَأَتِهِ أَرْعَدَتْ فَبَكَتْ فَقَالَ مَا يُبْكِيكِ أُكْرِهْتِ؟ قَالَتْ لَا وَلَكِنْ هَذَا عَمَلٌ لَمْ أَعْمَلْهُ قَطُّ وَإِنَّمَا حَمَلَنِي عَلَيْهِ الْحَاجَةُ قَالَ فَتَفْعَلِينَ هَذَا وَلَمْ تَفْعَلِيهِ قَطُّ قَالَ ثُمَّ نَزَلَ فَقَالَ اذْهَبِي وَالدَّنَانِيرُ لَكِ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ وَاللَّهِ لَا يَعْصِي الْكِفْلُ رَبَّهُ أَبَدًا فَمَاتَ مِنْ لَيْلَتِهِ وَأَصْبَحَ مَكْتُوبًا عَلَى بَابِهِ قَدْ غُفِرَ لِلْكِفْلِ  

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السيوطي:١٦٥٩١a

"كَانَ الْكفْلُ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ يَتَوَرَّع مِنْ ذَنْب عَملَه، فَأَتَتْه امْرَأةٌ فَأَعْطَاهَا ستِّينَ دينارًا عَلَى أن يَطأَهَا، فَلَمَّا قَعَدَ مِنْهَا مَقْعَدَ الرَّجُل مِنْ امْرَأتِه أَرْعَدَت وبَكَتْ، فَقَال: مَا يبكِيكِ؟ ، أكْرَهْتُكِ؟ ، قَالتْ: لَا وَلَكنَّه عَمَلٌ مَا عَمِلتُه قَطُّ، وَمَا حَمَلنِى عَلَيهِ إلا الْحَاجَةُ، فَقَال: تَفْعَلِين أنْتِ هَذَا ومَا فَعَلتِيه؟ ، اذْهبى فَهى لكِ، وَقَال: والله لا أعْصِى اللهَ بَعْدَهَا أبدًا، فمَاتَ مِنْ لَيلَتهِ فأصْبَحَ مَكْتُوبٌ عَلَى بَابِه، إِن الله قَدْ غَفَرَ لِلْكِفْلِ".  

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