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English translation
1949. ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Umar narrated: “A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh! How many times should the servant be pardoned?’ The Prophet ﷺ was silent. Then he said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh! How many times should the servant be pardoned?’ He said: ‘Seventy times each day.’” (Hasan)
[Abū ‘Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Gharīb. ‘Abdullāh bin Wahb reported it similarly from Abū Hānī’ Al-Khawlānī with this chain. Al-‘Abbās (a narrator in the chain) is Ibn Julaid Al-Hajrī Al-Mišrī.
(Another chain) with similar meaning, and some of them reported this Hadīth from ‘Abdullāh bin Wahb with this chain, saying: “From ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Amr.”
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Commentary
According to the Sunan of Abū Dāwūd the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was silent twice, without making a reply, in order to hold out the message that it was not a question worth enquiring, for pardoning one's servant as well as those under one's care is an established act of virtue.
