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(14). 3006. Asmā' bin Al-Ḥakam Al-Fazārī said: "I heard 'Alī saying: 'Indeed I am a man who, when I hear a Ḥadīth from the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, then Allāh causes me to benefit from it as much as He wills for me to benefit from it. When a man among his Companions narrates to me I ask him to swear an oath to me, about it, and when he swears an oath to me I trust him. And Abū Bakr
narrated to me – and Abū Bakr told the truth – he said: “I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ saying: ‘There is no man who commits a sin, then stands for purification, then performs Ṣalāt, then seeks forgiveness from Allāh, except that Allāh forgives him.’ Then he recited this Āyah: Those who, when they have committed Fahishah or wronged themselves with evil, remember Allāh...[1] until the end of the Āyah.”[2] (Ḥasan)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] Shu'bah and more than one other narrator reported this Ḥadīth from 'Uthmān bin Al-Mughīrah, in Marfū' form. Mis'ar and Sufyān reported it from 'Uthmān bin Al-Mughīrah and they did not narrate it in Marfū' form. [Some of them reported it from Mis'ar as Mawqūf and some of them as Marfū'. Sufyān Ath-Thawrī reported it from 'Uthmān bin Al-Mughīrah in Mawqūf form. And we do not know of a Ḥadīth from Asmā' bin Al-Ḥakam except for this one].
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[1] Āl 'Imrān 3:128.
Commentary
This Ḥadīth tells that after committing a sin and offence, remembering Allāh and seeking His forgiveness is a source of pardon and forgiveness. It is also known from this Ḥadīth that the best and practical form of Allāh's remembrance is offering prayer, thereafter the forgiveness is sought; this also informs that 'Ali ﷺ had great trust in Abū Bakr ﷺ.
