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Sahih Muslim 6989

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, Stretches out His Hand during the night so that the people may repent for the fault committed from dawn…

Abu Musa al-Asharinarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَبْسُطُ يَدَهُ بِاللَّيْلِ لِيَتُوبَ مُسِيءُ النَّهَارِ وَيَبْسُطُ يَدَهُ بِالنَّهَارِ لِيَتُوبَ مُسِيءُ اللَّيْلِ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ مَغْرِبِهَا» وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ نَحْوَهُ

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, Stretches out His Hand during the night so that the people may repent for the fault committed from dawn till dusk and He stretches out His Hand during the day so that the people may repent for the fault committed from dusk to dawn. (He would accept repentance) before the sun rises in the west (before the Day of Resurrection).

A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of Shuba with the same chain of transmitters.

(…/…) মুহাম্মাদ ইবনু বাশশার (রহঃ) ..... শুবাহ (রহঃ) থেকে এ সূত্রে অবিকল হাদীস বর্ণনা করেছেন।

محمد بن جعفر نے کہا : ہمیں شعبہ نے عمرہ بن مرہ سے حدیث بیان کی ، انہوں نے کہا : میں نے ابوعبید کو حضرت ابوموسیٰ رضی اللہ عنہ سے حدیث بیان کرتے ہوئے سنا ، انہوں نے نبی صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم سے روایت کی کہ آپ نے فرمایا : " اللہ عزوجل رات کو اپنا دست ( رحمت بندوں کی طرف ) پھیلا دیتا ہے تاکہ دن کو گناہ کرنے والا توبہ کرے اور دن کو اپنا دست ( رحمت ) پھیلا دیتا ہے تاکہ رات کو گناہ کرنے والا توبہ کرے ( اور وہ اس وقت تک یہی کرتا رہے گا ) یہاں تک کہ سورج مغرب سے طلوع ہو جائے ۔

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Muhammad bin Al Mutsanna] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Muhammad bin Ja'far] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Syu'bah] dari ['Amru bin Murrah] dia berkata; aku mendengar [Abu 'Ubaidah] bercerita dari [Abu Musa] dari Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam beliau bersabda: " Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala akan senantiasa membuka lebar-lebar tangan-Nya pada malam hari untuk menerima taubat orang yang berbuat dosa pada siang hari dan Allah senantiasa akan membuka tangan-Nya pada siang hari untuk menerima taubat orng yang berbuat dosa pada malam hari, dan yang demikian terus berlaku hingga matahari terbit dari barat."

Dan telah menceritakan kepada kami [Muhammad bin Basysyar] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abu Dawud] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Syu'bah] dengan sanad ini yang serupa dengan Hadits tersebut

(Bize Muhammed b. Müsennâ rivâyet etti. ki) Bize Muhammed b. Ca'fer rivâyet etti. ki) Bize Şu'be, Amr b. Mür ra'dan rivâyet etti. ki): Ebû Ubeyde'yi, Ebû Mûsa'dan, o da Peygamber (sallallahü aleyhi ve sellem)'den naklen rivâyet ederken dinledim (Şöyle buyurmuşlar): kul, bir günah işlerse...» buyururken işittim. ki: Allah (azze ve celle) gündüzün günah işleyenin şubesini kabul etmek için, geceleyin elini açar.

Geceleyin günah işleyenin tevbesini kabul etmek İçin de, gündüzün elini açar. (Bu) Tâ güneş baîtığı yerden doğuncaya kadar (devam eder).»

Sahih Muslim 6989, Book 0, Introduction. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) informs that: Allah Almighty accepts repentance from His slaves. When the slave commits a sin during the day and repents at night, Allah accepts his repentance; and when he commits a sin during the night and repents at day, Allah accepts his repentance as well. Allah Almighty extends His Hand to repentance by way of joy and acceptance.

The door of repentance will remain open until the sun rises from the west, indicating the end of the world. When this happens, the door of repentance will be shut.

What it teaches

  • The acceptance of repentance will continue as long as its door is open, and its door will be shut when the sun rises from the west, and as long as one repents before the death rattle, i.e., when the soul reaches the throat.
  • One's sin should not lead him to be desperate and hopeless because Allah's pardon and mercy are vast and the door of repentance is open.
  • Conditions of repentance: First: To abandon the sin. Second: To regret doing it. Third: To be determined not to return to it ever. This applies in case the sin has to do with the rights of Allah Almighty; however, if it is related to others' rights, then a condition of the validity of the repentance is to restore the right to its owner or the one to whom the right is due forgives him.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Muhammad ibn al-MuthannaTold us, Fourth generation, died 252 AH
  3. 3Muhammad ibn Jafar, GhundarTold us, Third generation, died 192 AH
  4. 4Shubah ibn al-HajjajTold us, Third generation, died 160 AH
  5. 5Amr ibn MurrahFrom, Successor, died 118 AH
  6. 6Abu Ubaydah ibn AbdullahHeard, Successor, died 81 AH
  7. 7Abu Musa al-AshariFrom, Companion, died 42 AH

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