59 – Muhammad ibn ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; Yunus ibn Muhammad related to us; ʿUmar ibn Abi Khalifah reported; Abu Badr told me, from Thabit, from Anas:

A man said, “O Messenger of Allah, I commit sin.” He replied, “Seek forgiveness.”

The man said, “I do seek forgiveness, yet I go back to the sin.” He said, “Whenever you go back, seek forgiveness again.”

The man said, “I seek forgiveness and then relapse once more.” He said, “Then keep returning—on the third occasion, the fourth, and beyond—until it is Satan who is left frustrated and defeated.”