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123 – Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah narrated to us; Ismaʿil ibn Zakariyya narrated to us, from ʿAsim, from Abu ʿUthman al-Nahdi, who said: “Mercy was instituted only because of sins.”
١٢٣ - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ، قَالَ: «إِنَّمَا جُعِلَتِ الرَّحْمَةُ لِلذُّنُوبِ»