‘Abdallah b. Mas'ud reported God’s messenger as saying,“He who repents of a sin is like him who has committed no sin.”In Majah and Baihaqi, in Shu'ab al-iman, transmitted it, the latter saying its only transmitter was an-Nahrani who is unknown. In Sharh as-sunna a tradition traced no farther back than him is transmitted in which he said,“Nadam is repentance, and he who repents is like him who has committed no sin.”

Abu Huraira reported God’s messenger as saying,“When God completed the creation He wrote the following which is with Him above His Throne, ‘My mercy has taken precedence over my anger’.”A version says,“Has prevailed over my anger.”(Bukhari and Muslim).

He reported God’s messenger as saying,“God has a hundred, mercies of which He has sent down one among jinn and men, animals and creeping things. By it they are kind to one another, by it they show mercy to one another, and by it the wild beast is kind to its young. But God has kept back ninety-nine mercies by which He will show mercy to His servants on the day of resurrection.”Bukhari and Muslim.

A version by Muslim from Salman has something similar, at the end of which he said,“When the day of resurrection comes He will complete them with this one.”

Abu Huraira reported God’s messenger as saying,“If the believer knew the punishment God has prepared, no one would hope for His paradise; and if the infidel knew the extent of His mercy, no one would despair of attaining His paradise.”(Bukhari and Muslim.)

Ibn Mas'ud reported God’s messenger as saying,“Paradise is nearer to each of you than the thong of his sandal, and the same applies to hell.”Bukhari transmitted it.

Abu Huraira reported God’s messenger as saying that a man declared he had never done any good to his family. (A version says that a man had committed an excessive amount of sin), and when he was about to die gave instruction to his sons to burn him when he died and scatter half his ashes on the land and half in the sea, swearing by God that if God had him in His power He would give him such a punishment as He would give to no other in the universe. When he died they did what he had commanded them, but God gave command to the sea and it gathered what was in it, and He gave command to the land and it gathered what was in it. He then asked him, "Why did you do this?" and he replied,“From fear of Thee, my Lord, but Thou knowest best.”Then He pardoned him. (Bukhari and Muslim.)

‘Umar b. al-Khattab said that captives came to the Prophet among whom was a woman whose breast was oozing with milk. She was running, and when she found a boy among the captives she took him, put him to her breast and suckled him. Then the Prophet said to us,“Do you think this woman will cast her child into the fire?”We replied,“No, so long as is she in a position not to do so.”He said,“God is more merciful to His servants than this woman is to her child.”(Bukhari and Muslim.)

Abu Huraira reported God’s messenger as saying,“None of you will be rescued by his works.”He was asked if not even he would, and replied,“Not even I unless God covers me with His mercy; but if you keep to the straight path, are moderate, pray morning and evening and part of the night, and earnestly practise moderation, you will reach [the goal] .”(Bukhari and Muslim.)

Jabir reported God’s messenger as saying,“What you do will not bring any of you into paradise or protect you from hell, including myself, except by God’s mercy.”Muslim transmitted it.