2001 — Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥafṣ al-Harawī informed us; he said: ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAdī narrated to us; he said: Abū Yaʿlā and Yaḥyā al-Ḥinnāʾī both narrated to us; they said: Shaybān narrated to us; he said: Ḥarb ibn Surayj narrated to us; he said: Ayyūb al-Sakhtiyānī narrated to us, from Nāfiʿ, from Ibn ʿUmar, who said:

“We used to refrain from seeking forgiveness for those guilty of the major sins until we heard from our Prophet ﷺ: ‘Indeed, Allah does not forgive associating partners with Him, but He forgives whatever is less than that for whomever He wills’ (al-Nisāʾ 48), and his statement, ‘I have reserved my intercession for the major sinners among my community on the Day of Resurrection.’”