229 — Abū Nasr also narrated to us, saying: Abū Bakr al-Marwazī narrated to us, saying ⦗597⦘: Abū Abd Allah Ahmad ibn Hanbal narrated to us, saying: Yazīd—that is, Ibn Hārūn—narrated to us, saying: Al-Awwām informed us, saying: Alī ibn Mudrik narrated to me, from Abū Zurʿa, from Abū Hurayra, who said, “Faith is far removed from sin. Whoever commits unlawful sexual intercourse, faith departs from him; but if he reproaches himself and turns back, faith returns to him.”