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tirmidhi:1904bAbū Kurayb > Abū Muʿāwiyah > Muḥammad b. Sūqah > Abū Bakr b. Ḥafṣ > Ibn ʿUmar

A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: "O Messenger of Allah! I have been afflicted by a tremendous sin. Is there any repentance for me?" He said: "Do you have your mother?" The man said: "No." He said: "Do you have any maternal aunts?" The man said: "Yes." He said: "Then be dutiful to them."  

الترمذي:١٩٠٤bحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُوقَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ حَفْصٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أَصَبْتُ ذَنْبًا عَظِيمًا فَهَلْ لِي مِنْ تَوْبَةٍ قَالَ هَلْ لَكَ مِنْ أُمٍّ قَالَ لاَ قَالَ هَلْ لَكَ مِنْ خَالَةٍ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَبِرَّهَا وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ وَالْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ  


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ذِكْرُ اسْتِحْبَابِ بِرِّ الْمَرْءِ خَالَتَهُ إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ وَالِدَانِ

ibnhibban:435Muḥammad b. ʿUmar b. Yūsuf Binasā > Yaʿqūb al-Dawraqī > Abū Muʿāwiyah > Muḥammad b. Sūqah > Abū Bakr b. Ḥafṣ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came and a man said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have committed a major sin. Is there any repentance for me?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked him, "Do you have parents?" He replied, "No." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked him, "Do you have an aunt?" He replied, "Yes." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Then be kind to her."  

ابن حبّان:٤٣٥أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ يُوسُفَ بِنَسَا قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ الدَّوْرَقِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُوقَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ حَفْصٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَجُلٌ فقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أَذْنَبْتُ ذَنْبًا كَبِيرًا فَهَلْ لِي مِنْ تَوْبَةٍ؟ فقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَلَكَ وَالِدَانِ؟ » قَالَ لَا قَالَ «فَلَكَ خَالَةٌ»؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَبِرَّهَا إِذًا»