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السيوطي:١٦٦٤٩a –

"كَتَبَ رَبُّكُمْ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ بِيَدِهِ قَبْلَ أنْ يَخْلُقَ الْخَلْقَ: رَحْمَتِى سَبَقَتْ غَضَبِى".  

[هـ] ابن ماجة عن أبي هريرة

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ibnmajah:189 – Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá > Ṣafwān b. ʿĪsá > Ibn ʿAjlān from his father > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Your Lord wrote for Himself with His Own Hand before He created the creation: "My mercy precedes My wrath."  

ابن ماجة:١٨٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عِيسَى عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلاَنَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَتَبَ رَبُّكُمْ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ بِيَدِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ الْخَلْقَ رَحْمَتِي سَبَقَتْ غَضَبِي