Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #29164

Qutaibah told us, Abu Awanah told us, on the authority of Uthman bin Al-Mughirah, on the authority of Ali bin Rabi’ah, on the authority of Asma bin Al-Hakam Al-Fazari, he said I heard Ali say, “I was a man who, when I heard a hadith from the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, God benefited me from it as He wished it would benefit me.” And if one of his companions narrates to me, I make him swear to me, and if he swears to me, I believe him, and that Abu Bakr narrated to me, and Abu Bakr spoke the truth, saying, “I heard The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: “There is no man who commits a sin, then gets up and purifies himself, then prays, then asks God for forgiveness but He will forgive him.” Then he read this verse: (And those who, when they commit an indecency or wrong themselves, remember Allah and ask forgiveness) until the end of the verse. Abu Issa said, “This is a hadith that was narrated by Shu’bah and more than one person on the authority of Uthman ibn al-Mughirah, so they attributed it to the Prophet, and it was narrated by Mis’ar and Sufyan on the authority of Othman bin Al-Mughirah, but they did not narrate it, and some of them narrated it on the authority of Mas’ar, so he stopped it, and some of them narrated it as narration, and Sufyan Al-Thawri narrated it on the authority of Othman bin Al-Mughirah stopped him, and we do not know of any hadith from Asma bin Al-Hakam except this.