مسند الحميدي
Musnad al-Humaydi
Hadiths of Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)
Oath for hadith and mention of forgiveness upon remembering sin
Hadith 5
حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ ثنا سَعْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، ثنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ يَقُولُ: مَا حَدَّثَنِي مُحَدِّثٌ حَدِيثًا لَمْ أَسْمَعْهُ أَنَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَّا أَمَرْتُهُ أَنْ يُقْسِمَ بِاللَّهِ لَهُوَ سَمِعَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَّا أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ لَا يَكْذِبُ، فَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «مَا ذَكَرَ عَبْدٌ ذَنْبًا أَذْنَبَهُ فَقَامَ حِينَ يَذْكُرُ ذَنْبَهُ ذَلِكَ فَيَتَوَضَّأُ فَأَحْسَنَ وُضُوءَهُ ثُمَّ صَلَّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ اسْتَغْفَرَ اللَّهَ لِذَنْبِهِ ذَلِكَ إِلَّا غُفِرَ لَهُ»
Abu Sa'id Maqbari narrates: He heard Sayyiduna Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) saying, whenever someone narrating a hadith told me a hadith which I had not heard from the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), I would instruct him to swear by the name of Allah that he had heard this from the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). I did not do this only with Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him), because he did not speak falsely. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) told me that he heard the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) saying this: Whenever a person remembers a sin that he has committed, then when he remembers his sin, if he gets up and performs ablution and performs ablution well, then offers two units of prayer, then seeks forgiveness from Allah Almighty for that sin, he is forgiven.
