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160 – ʿUmar ibn Yaḥyā ibn Nāfiʿ al-Thaqafī narrated to us; Muʿāwiyah ibn ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Thaqafī likewise narrated to us ⦗126⦘. He said: I heard Bakr ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Muzanī relate: “It has reached us that David—peace be upon him—used to invoke against the sinners before he himself had ever committed a sin. But when he did fall into sin, he said: ‘My Lord, forgive the sinners, so that You might forgive me together with them.’”
١٦٠ - حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ نَافِعٍ الثَّقَفِيُّ، ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ ⦗١٢٦⦘ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ الثَّقَفِيُّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ بَكْرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمُزَنِيَّ، يُحَدِّثُ قَالَ: بَلَغَنَا أَنَّ دَاوُدَ ﵇ كَانَ يَدْعُو عَلَى الْخَطَّائِينَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُصِيبَ الذَّنْبَ فَلَمَّا أَصَابَ الذَّنْبَ، قَالَ: يَا رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِلْخَطَّائِينَ لَعَلَّكَ أَنْ تَغْفِرَ لِي مَعَهُمْ "