Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 36924 — Reports on the breadth of the mercy

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that there was a sinful man named al-Kifl. He was attracted to a woman, so he gave her fifty dinars. When he was about to commit the wrong act with her, the woman began to tremble. Al-Kifl asked: "What is the matter with you?" The woman said: "This is a deed I have never done before." Al-Kifl said: "You are frightened of this sin, while I have been doing it for such and such a time! By Allah, I will never sin again after today." Then he died that same night. When morning came, the people of Banu Isra'il began to say: "Who will pray the funeral prayer over so-and-so?" Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: It was found written on his door: "Allah Almighty has forgiven al-Kifl."