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المستدرك على الصحيحين
Al Mustadrak ala al‑Sahihayn
كتاب التوبة والإنابة
Book of Repentance and Turning to Allah
من تاب إلى الله قبل الغرغرة تاب الله عليه .
Whoever repents to Allah before the death rattle, Allah accepts his repentance
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Hadith Number: 7857
حدثنا ابو جعفر احمد بن عبيد بن إبراهيم الاسدي الحافظ بهمذان، حدثنا عمير بن مرداس، حدثنا عبد الله بن نافع حدثنا هشام بن سعد، عن زيد بن اسلم، عن عبد الرحمن بن البيلماني، قال: سمعت عبد الله بن عمرو يقول: قال رسول الله ﷺ:"من تاب قبل موته بعام تيب عليه"، حتى قال:"بشهر"، حتى قال:"بجمعة" حتى قال:"بيوم"، حتى قال:"بساعة"، حتى قال:"بفواق". فقلت: سبحان الله، اولم يقل الله ﷿: ﴿وليست التوبة للذين يعملون السيئات حتى إذا حضر احدهم الموت قال إني تبت الآن﴾ [النساء: 18]؟ فقال عبد الله: إنما احدثك بما سمعت من رسول الله ﷺ (1).
[التعليق - من تلخيص الذهبي] ترقيم العلميه 7664 - سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever repents a year before his death, his repentance will be accepted," until he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "a month before," until he said: "a week before," until he said: "a day before," until he said: "an hour before," until he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "as long before as the interval between two milkings of a she-camel (that is, a brief moment, his repentance will be accepted)." The narrator says: I said: Subhanallah! Has Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, not said: "And repentance is not (accepted) for those who keep doing evil deeds until, when death comes to one of them, he says: Now I repent" [Surah al-Nisa: 18] ? Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I am only narrating to you what I heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).


تخریج الحدیث: «إسناده ضعيف سبق الكلام عليه قريبًا برقم (7854)» [ترقيم الرساله 7857] [ترقيم الشركة 7763] [ترقيم العلميه 7664]
Takhrij and Tahqiq of Hadith No. 7857 of Al Mustadrak ala al‑Sahihayn
by Shaykh Adil Murshid, Dr. Ahmad Barhoum, Dr. Muhammad Kamil Qarah Balli and Dr. Sa'id al-Lahham
Hadith-science notes and terminology
Grading: The chain is da'if; discussion of it has passed under no. 7854.
Technical note / Defect ('illah): Abd Allah bin Nafi', narrating from Hisham bin Sa'd, named the Companion as "Abd Allah bin Amr", whereas all the other narrators who narrated it from Hisham, and likewise those who corroborated Hisham from Zayd bin Aslam, left the Companion unnamed (mubham), as has passed in the previous three hadiths.
(1) إسناده ضعيف سبق الكلام عليه قريبًا برقم (7854). وقد انفرد عبد الله بن نافع عن هشام بن سعد بتسمية صحابيه عبد الله بن عمرو، فجميع من رواه عن هشام بن سعد، وكذلك من تابع هشامًا عن زيد بن أسلم أبهموا صحابيّه كما سبق تخريجه في الأحاديث الثلاثة السابقة.
Technical note / Defect ('illah): Abd Allah bin Nafi' also contradicted the other narrators in the text; he narrated it from only one Companion, whereas the other narrators attribute it to several Companions.
وكذلك خالفهم في متنه فجعله عن صحابي واحد، وأولئك جعلوه عن عدة صحابة.
Reference / Source: Ahmad (11/ 6920) narrated via a man from Banu al-Harith, who said: I heard a man from among us called Ayyub say: I heard Abd Allah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him), attributing it to the Prophet (marfu'): "Whoever repents a year before his death, his repentance is accepted; whoever repents a month before his death, his repentance is accepted", until he said: "a day", until he said: "an hour", until he said: "a fuwaq" (the interval between two milkings of a she-camel).
Grading: Its chain is da'if because the Harithi man in it is "mubham" (unnamed) and his shaykh Ayyub is "majhul" (unknown).
وأخرج أحمد (11/ 6920) من طريق رجل من بني الحارث قال: سمعت رجلًا منا يقال له: أيوب، قال: سمعت عبد الله بن عمرو رفعه: "من تاب قبل موته عامًا تِيب عليه، ومن تاب قبل موته بشهر تِيب عليه"، حتَّى قال: "يومًا"، حتَّى قال: "ساعة"، حتَّى قال: "فُواقًا". وسنده ضعيف لإبهام الرجل الحارثي وجهالة شيخه أيوب.
Note / Clarification: The word "fuwaq" (with damma or fatha on the fa') refers to the short interval between two milkings of a she-camel, in which the camel is rested so that the milk comes down into the udders again. This explanation was given by Ibn al-Athir in "al-Nihayah".
قوله: "فُواق" بضم الفاء وتفتح: هو ما بين الحَلْبتين من الراحة، لأنّها تُحلَب ثم تُراح حتَّى تدرَّ، ثم تُحلَب. قاله ابن الأثير في "النهاية".