Riyad al-Salihin 22 — A woman of Juhayna repented from unlawful intercourse

رياض الصالحين 22 — امرأة من جهينة تابت من الزنا

A hadith in al-Nawawi's Riyad al-Salihin, in the chapter «باب التوبة», excerpted within forty words.

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«أَنَّ امْرَأَةً مِنْ جُهَيْنَةَ أَتَتْ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ وَهِيَ حُبْلَى مِنَ الزِّنَى فَقَالَتْ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ، أَصَبْتُ حَدًّا فَأَقِمْهُ عَلَىَّ۔ فَدَعَا نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ وَلِيَّهَا فَقَالَ: «أَحْسِنْ إِلَيْهَا فَإِذَا وَضَعَتْ فَائْتِنِي بِهَ»، فَفَعَلَ۔ فَأَمَرَ بِهَا نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ فَشُكَّتْ عَلَيْهَا ثِيَابُهَا ثُمَّ أَمَرَ…»

A verbatim excerpt of the text, forty words at most; the full text is in the edition cited under sources

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Mentions
Sayyi'at (evil deeds and sins)· Muhammad· Tawba (repentance)

People and things also explored

Muslim 2759 — God stretches out His hand for sinners to repent· Riyad al-Salihin 16 — God spreads His hand at night for the penitent of the day· Riyad al-Salihin 18 — God accepts a servant's repentance until the death-rattle· Riyad al-Salihin 20 — The man who killed ninety-nine souls then repented· The reckoning of good and bad deeds· Bukhari 4476 — The great intercession: raise your head, intercede and it will be granted· Bukhari 6491 — God has written good deeds and bad deeds· Bukhari 7501 — God has written good deeds and bad deeds

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  • رياض الصالحين — النووي
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