The Book of Asceticism · Hadith 196 (#Ḥadīth #11)

صفوان بن يحيى عن الحرث بن المغيرة عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: إن الله يحب المقر التواب قال: وكان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يتوب إلى الله في كل يوم سبعين مرة من غير ذنب قلت: يقول: استغفر الله وأتوب إليه؟ قال: كان يقول: أتوب إلى الله.

11.Ṣafwān ibn Yaḥyā narrated from al-Ḥarth ibn al-Mughīrah, from Abū ʿAbdillāh who said, “Verily Allah loves the one who admits [his sins] and repents often.” He [then] said, “The Messenger of Allah (ṣ) used to turn to Allah in repentance seventy times a day without having committed any sin.” The narrator asked, “Would he say: I seek forgiveness from Allah and turn back to Him in repentance?” He replied, “He would say: I turn [penitently] to Allah.”

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