Further reports on the vastness of Allah's mercy and His forgiveness of sins, and the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): If you did not sin, Allah would replace you

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "By the One in whose hand is my soul, or by the One in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), if you were to commit so many errors (sins) that your errors filled the space between the heavens and the earth, and then you sought forgiveness from Allah, He would certainly forgive you. And by the One in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), or by the One in whose hand is my soul, if no sins were committed by you, Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, would bring into being a people who would sin, then seek forgiveness (from Allah), and Allah would forgive them."
Ahmad and Abu Ya'la (may Allah have mercy on them both) recorded it, and all its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
"The expiation for sin is remorse."
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) also said:
"If you people did not sin, Allah Almighty would bring a people who would sin, and Allah Almighty would forgive them."
Ahmad recorded it, and at-Tabarani recorded it in abridged form with only these words:
"The expiation for sin is remorse."
At-Tabarani recorded this in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and al-Bazzar also recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, Yahya bin Amr bin Malik al-Nukri, who is da'if (weak), though he has been declared trustworthy; the rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If you people did not sin, Allah Almighty would create a creation who would sin, and then He would forgive them."
At-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat he recorded these words: "Allah Almighty would create a creation who would sin, then they would seek forgiveness from Allah Almighty, and He would forgive them, and He is the Forgiving, the Merciful."
Al-Bazzar recorded it, similar to al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, referring it to the mawquf narration of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him). The narrators of these narrations are thiqat (trustworthy), and there is disagreement about some of them.

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "If you people do not sin, Allah Almighty will take you away and bring people who will sin, then seek forgiveness from Allah Almighty, and He will forgive them."
Al-Bazzar recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, Yahya bin Kathir, the student of al-Basri, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty says: O son of Adam! As long as you keep calling upon Me and placing your hope in Me, I will keep forgiving you, whatever (shortcoming) there may be in you. If you come to Me with sins filling the earth, I will meet you with forgiveness filling the earth, as long as you do not associate anyone with Me as a partner. If your errors were to reach the edges of the sky, and then you asked Me for forgiveness, I would forgive you."
At-Tabarani recorded it in all three books; its chain contains a narrator, Ibrahim bin Ishaq al-Sini, and a narrator, Qays bin al-Rabi', and there is disagreement about both of them; the rest of its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda' (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Your Lord says: If My servant comes to Me with sins filling the earth, while he does not associate anyone with Me as a partner, I will meet him with just as much forgiveness."
At-Tabarani recorded it, and its chain contains narrators whom I do not know.

Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda' (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), from Sayyiduna Jibril (peace be upon him), this saying of Allah Almighty: "If My servant comes before Me with sins filling the earth, I will meet him with just as much forgiveness, and I will not care."
At-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains a narrator, Ala' bin Zayd, who is matruk (abandoned).

With the same chain, from Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda' (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), from Sayyiduna Jibril (peace be upon him), this saying of his Lord is narrated:
"O My servant! As long as you keep calling upon Me and placing your hope in Me, and you do not associate anyone with Me as a partner, I will forgive you everything that is in you (that is, whatever sins you have committed)."
(Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: Before this, the hadith narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) has passed, in which these words occur:
"O My servants! All of you were astray, except the one whom I guided."
It has passed in the Book of Supplications, in the chapter on the power of Allah Almighty and that the servant is in need of Allah Almighty in every matter.