The Book of Asceticism · Hadith 187 (#Ḥadīth #2)
Chapter 12 | Repentance, Seeking Forgiveness, Regret, and Admission (of Guilt)
فضالة بن أيوب عن القاسم بن بريد العجلي عن محمد بن مسلم قال: قال أبو جعفر عليه السلام (انه كان يقال) ان من أحب عباد الله إلى الله المحسن التواب.
2.Faḍālah ibn Ayyūb narrated from al-Qāsim ibn Burayd al-ʿIjlī, from Muḥammad ibn Muslim who said, “Abū ʿJaʿfar said, ‘It used to be said: verily among the most beloved of the servants of Allah to Allah is the doer of good who repents often.’”
Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).