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Riyad as-SalihinThe Book of Miscellany

Riyad as-Salihin 18

Chapter: Repentance

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Narrator:Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar

وعن أبي عبد الرحمن عبد الله بن عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله عنهما عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال‏:‏ ‏

"‏ إن الله عز وجل يقبل توبة العبد ما لم يغرغر‏"

'Abdullah bin 'Umar bin Al-Khattab (May Allah be pleased with them) reported that:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah accepts a slave's repentance as long as the latter is not on his death bed (that is, before the soul of the dying person reaches the throat)".

[At-Tirmidhi, who categorised it as Hadith Hasan].

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 4253). Cited in Riyad as-Salihin (No. 18).

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Good (hasan) Sunan Ibn Majah 4253

Allah, Blessed and Exalted, accepts the slave's repentance as long as the death rattle has not yet reached his throat

‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah, Blessed and Exalted, accepts the slave's repentance as long as his death rattle has not yet reached his throat."

‏ ‏"‏ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَيَقْبَلُ تَوْبَةَ الْعَبْدِ مَا لَمْ يُغَرْغِرْ ‏"

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