AHMAD 23515:
from Abū Ṣirmahaʿan Abū Ayyūb al-Anṣārī —
I used to conceal from you a thing which I heard from Messenger of Allah ﷺ and I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Had you not committed sins, Allah would have brought into existence a creation that would have committed sin (and Allah) would have forgiven them. (Using translation from Muslim 2748a)
أحمد ٢٣٥١٥:
عن ابو صرمهعن ابو ايوب الانصاري —
أَنَّهُ قَالَ حِينَ حَضَرَتْهُ الْوَفَاةُ قَدْ كُنْتُ كَتَمْتُ عَنْكُمْ شَيْئًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَوْلَا أَنَّكُمْ تُذْنِبُونَ لَخَلَقَ اللهُ قَوْمًا يُذْنِبُونَ فَيَغْفِرُ لَهُمْ
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