Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3006
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ، عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ الْفَزَارِيِّ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا، يَقُولُ إِنِّي كُنْتُ رَجُلاً إِذَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْ، رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم حَدِيثًا نَفَعَنِي اللَّهُ مِنْهُ بِمَا شَاءَ أَنْ يَنْفَعَنِي وَإِذَا حَدَّثَنِي رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ اسْتَحْلَفْتُهُ فَإِذَا حَلَفَ لِي صَدَّقْتُهُ وَإِنَّهُ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَصَدَقَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " مَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ يُذْنِبُ ذَنْبًا ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فَيَتَطَهَّرُ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي ثُمَّ يَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ إِلاَّ غَفَرَ لَهُ " . ثُمَّ قَرَأَ هَذِهِ الآيَةَ : (وَالَّذِينَ إِذَا فَعَلُوا فَاحِشَةً أَوْ ظَلَمُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ ذَكَرُوا اللَّهَ فَاسْتَغْفَرُوا ) إِلَى آخِرِ الآيَةِ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ قَدْ رَوَاهُ شُعْبَةُ وَغَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ فَرَفَعُوهُ وَرَوَاهُ مِسْعَرٌ وَسُفْيَانُ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ فَلَمْ يَرْفَعَاهُ وَقَدْ رَوَاهُ بَعْضُهُمْ عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ فَأَوْقَفَهُ وَرَفَعَهُ بَعْضُهُمْ وَرَوَاهُ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ فَأَوْقَفَهُ وَلاَ نَعْرِفُ لأَسْمَاءَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ حَدِيثًا إِلاَّ هَذَا .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Asma’ ibn al-Hakam al-Fazari reported that he heard ‘Ali say: ‘When I hear a hadith from the Messenger of Allah, Allah lets me benefit from it as He wills. If a Companion narrates a hadith to me, I ask him to swear an oath; once he swears, I believe him. Abu Bakr narrated to me—and Abu Bakr spoke the truth—that he heard the Messenger of Allah say: “There is no one who commits a sin, then performs ablution, prays, and seeks Allah’s forgiveness, but Allah will forgive him.” Then he recited, “Those who, when they commit an indecency or wrong themselves, remember Allah and seek forgiveness…” to the end of the verse (Qur’an 3:135).’
Abu ‘Isa noted that Shu‘bah and several others transmitted this report as a saying of the Prophet, while Mis‘ar and Sufyan ibn ‘Uyaynah did not raise it beyond ‘Ali. Some transmitters from Mis‘ar reported it as a Companion’s statement and others as a Prophetic report; Sufyan al-Thawri transmitted it as a Companion’s statement. Abu ‘Isa said this is the only hadith known from Asma’ ibn al-Hakam.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The chains differ on whether the statement about forgiveness is attributed directly to the Prophet or reported as ‘Ali’s own statement.