23 – ʿUbayd Allah ibn ʿUmar narrated to us; Zāʾida ibn Abī al-Ruqād narrated to us; Ziyād al-Numayrī narrated, from Anas ibn Mālik (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “By Him in Whose hand is my soul, if you were not to commit sins, Allah would surely bring forth a people who would commit sins, and then He would forgive them.”