[Machine] A woman came to him accompanied by her husband who had been sent by the Prophet of Allah ﷺ on a mission. She said to him, "Sell me some dates for a dirham." I told her, "I am amazed that there are dates in the house that are better than these." He took them with him, winked at her, and kissed her. Then he left and met Abu Bakr who asked him, "Have I been destroyed?" He replied, "What is your concern?" He told him the story, and asked him, "Can I repent?" He said, "Yes, repent and do not repeat it, and do not tell anyone." Then he went until he met the Prophet ﷺ and narrated the incident to him. The Prophet said, "You have left behind a man from the Muslims who is fighting for the sake of Allah with this, and I thought that I am one of the people of Hell and that Allah will never forgive me. But the Prophet ﷺ interceded for me until Allah revealed to him, 'And establish prayer at the two ends of the day and at the approach of the night. Indeed, good deeds do away with misdeeds. That is a reminder for those who remember.' He sent the verse to me and recited it to me."
أَتَتْهُ امْرَأَةً وَزَوْجُهَا قَدْ بَعَثَهُ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ فِي بَعْثٍ فَقَالَتْ لَهُ بِعْنِي بِدِرْهَمٍ تَمْرًا فَقُلْتُ لَهَا وَأَعْجَبَتْنِي إِنَّ فِي الْبَيْتِ تَمْرًا أَطْيَبُ مِنْ هَذَا فَانْطَلَقَ بِهَا فَغَمَزَهَا وَقَبَّلَهَا فَفَرَغَ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَلَقِيَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ هَلَكْتُ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَا شَأْنُكَ فَقَصَّ عَلَيْهِ أَمْرَهُ وَقَالَ لَهُ هَلْ لِي مِنْ تَوْبَةٍ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَتُبْ وَلَا تَعُدْ وَلَا تُخْبِرَنَّ أَحَدًا ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ حَتَّى أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَصَّ عَلَيْهِ أَمْرَهُ فَقَالَ خَلَفْتَ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ غَازِيًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ بِهَذَا فَظَنَنْتُ أَنِّي مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ وَأَنَّ اللهَ لَا يَغْفِرُ لِي أَبَدًا وَأَطْرَقَ عَنِّي نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى نَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ {وَأَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ طَرَفَيِ النَّهَارِ} [هود 114] إِلَى {ذِكْرَى لِلذَّاكِرِينَ} [هود 114] فَأَرْسَلُ إِلَيَّ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَرَأَهُنَّ عَلَيَّ