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tabarani:457 – Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Khālid al-Ḥarrānī Thum ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > Abū Ghifār al-Muthanná b. Saʿīd > Abū al-Shaʿthāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] I heard Ibn Abbas saying, "I seek forgiveness from Allah and repent to Him from evil actions."  

الطبراني:٤٥٧ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ ثُمَّ عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو غِفَارٍ الْمُثَنَّى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الشَّعْثَاءِ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ «أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنَ الصَّرْفِ»  

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Collected by Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá

ذِكْرُ إِبَاحَةِ الِاقْتِصَارِ عَلَى دُونِ مَا وَصَفْنَا مِنَ الِاسْتِغْفَارِ

ibnhibban:928 – ʿUmar b. Muḥammad al-Hamdānī > ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān b. Saʿīd > al-Walīd b. Muslim > Saʿīd b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Ismāʿīl b. ʿUbaydullāh b. Abū al-Muhājir > Khālid b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥusayn > Abū Hurayrah > Mā Raʾayt Aḥad Akthar

[Machine] I have never seen anyone say "I seek forgiveness from Allah and repent to Him" more than the Messenger of Allah ﷺ .  

ابن حبّان:٩٢٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي الْمُهَاجِرِ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا أَكْثَرَ أَنْ يَقُولَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ  

nasai-kubra:10215 – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > al-Walīd > Saʿīd b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Ismāʿīl b. ʿUbaydullāh > Khālid b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥusayn > Abū Hurayrah > Mā Raʾayt Aḥad Akthar

[Machine] I have never seen anyone say more "I seek forgiveness from Allah and repent to Him" than the Messenger of Allah.  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٢١٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا أَكْثَرَ أَنْ يَقُولَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ