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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
كتاب التوبة
Book of Repentance
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي عَدَمِ قُنُوطِ الْمُدْنِبِ مِنَ الْمَغْفِرَةِ لِكَثْرَةِ ذُنُوبِهِ مَا دَامَ مُوَحَدًا
Chapter: What has been reported regarding the sinner not despairing of forgiveness due to the abundance of his sins as long as he is a monotheist
Al-Fath ar-Rabbani 10185 — What has been reported regarding the sinner
عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ سَرِيعٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ أُتِيَ بِأَسِيرٍ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ وَلَا أَتُوبُ إِلَى مُحَمَّدٍ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَرَفَ الْحَقَّ لِأَهْلِهِ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Aswad bin Sari’ (may Allah be pleased with him) that a prisoner was brought to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The prisoner said: O Allah! I repent to You, I do not repent to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This prisoner has recognized the truth for its rightful owner.
