حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِسْحَقَ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ الْبَصْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا کَثِيرُ بْنُ فَائِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ قَال سَمِعْتُ بَکْرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمُزَنِيَّ يَقُولُ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِکٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَکَ وَتَعَالَی يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ إِنَّکَ مَا دَعَوْتَنِي وَرَجَوْتَنِي غَفَرْتُ لَکَ عَلَی مَا کَانَ فِيکَ وَلَا أُبَالِي يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ لَوْ بَلَغَتْ ذُنُوبُکَ عَنَانَ السَّمَائِ ثُمَّ اسْتَغْفَرْتَنِي غَفَرْتُ لَکَ وَلَا أُبَالِي يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ إِنَّکَ لَوْ أَتَيْتَنِي بِقُرَابِ الْأَرْضِ خَطَايَا ثُمَّ لَقِيتَنِي لَا تُشْرِکُ بِي شَيْئًا لَأَتَيْتُکَ بِقُرَابِهَا مَغْفِرَةً قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَی هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ لَا نَعْرِفُهُ إِلَّا مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 3540
Anas bin Malik narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Allah, Blessed is He and Most High, said: ‘O son of Adam! Verily as long as you called upon Me and hoped in Me, I forgave you, despite whatever may have occurred from you, and I did not mind. O son of Adam! Were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky, then you sought forgiveness from Me, I would forgive you, and I would not mind. So son of Adam! If you came to me with sins nearly as great as the earth, and then you met Me not associating anything with Me, I would come to you with forgiveness nearly as great as it.’”
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020