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2625. Abū Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "The adulterer is not a believer while he is committing adultery, and the thief is not a believer while he is stealing, but there is a chance for repentance; (if he repents, Allāh will accept the repentance)." (Ṣaḥīḥ)
There are narrations on this topic from Ibn 'Abbās, 'Aishah, 'Abdullāh bin Abī Awfā.
[Abū 'Eisā said:] The Hadīth of Abū Hurairah is a Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ Gharīb Hadīth from this route.
It has been reported from Abū Hurairah from the Prophet ﷺ that he said: "If a worshipper commits adultery then faith leaves him, so it remains above his head like a shadow, then if he leaves that action the faith returns to him."
It was reported that Abū Ja'far Muḥammad bin 'Alī said: "In this is a departure from faith to Islām."
Through other routes, it has been reported that the Prophet ﷺ said about adultery and theft: "Whoever does any of that then the penalty (for the crime) is implemented upon him, that will be an atonement for his sin. And whoever does any of that, and Allāh covers it for him then, it is up to Allāh, the Exalted – if He wishes, He punishes him on the Day of Judgement, and if He
wishes, He forgives him.” This was narrated by ‘Alī bin Abī Tālib, ‘Ubādah bin Aṣ-Ṣāmit and Khuzaymah bin Thābit from the Prophet ﷺ.
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Adultery, stealing — and in the light of other narrations — alcoholism, killing, manslaughter, looting, robbery, dishonesty, illegal killing are such bad and evil deeds that their perpetrator remains deprived of perfect and real Īmān; there is a saying in every language that if one has a low and small quality, it is regarded next to nothing and it is negated totally.
