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The Best of Those Who Sin Are Those Who Repent

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Sunan al-Tirmidhi · 2499·Narrated by Anas ibn Malik (RA)

كُلُّ ابْنِ آدَمَ خَطَّاءٌ وَخَيْرُ الْخَطَّائِينَ التَّوَّابُونَ

Transliteration

Kullu banī Ādama khattā'un wa khayrul-khattā'īna at-tawwābūn

Translation

Anas reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Every son of Adam sins, and the best of the sinners are the repentant."

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The Best of Those Who Sin Are Those Who Repent – hadith in Arabic with English translation, Sunan al-Tirmidhi 2499

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