Musnad Abi Ya'la 5726 — he said: I heard a hadith from the Messenger

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: I heard a hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) which, had I heard it only once or twice (until he counted up to seven times), I would not have narrated; but I heard it from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) many more times than that. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Among the Children of Israel there was a man named al-Kifl who did not refrain from committing any sin. Once a woman came to him, and he gave her sixty dinars on the condition that she would let him commit fornication with her. When he sat with her as a man sits with his wife, the woman began to tremble and weep bitterly. Al-Kifl asked: What has made you weep? Have I forced you? She said: No, but the truth is that this is something I have never done in my life, and only dire need and poverty have driven me to it. Al-Kifl said: So you are doing this only because of that, although you have never done it before? Then he moved away from her and said: You may go, and these dinars are yours. Then he vowed: By Allah! From this day on al-Kifl will never disobey Allah. The narrator said: He died that very night, and in the morning it was found written on his door: 'Indeed, Allah Almighty has forgiven al-Kifl.'"