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The repentance of a youngster

Question

Is this narration reliable:

توبة شاب واحد أحب إلى الله تعالى من توبة ألف شيخ

 

Answer

I have not come across this narration in any primary Hadith source nor any secondary source. The narration should not be quoted until it can be sourced and then verified.

 

The following narrations should be quoted instead which explain the virtue of a youngster who devotes himself to ‘ibadah:

1) Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (radiyallahu ‘anhu) reports that Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “… Allah Ta’ala will grant shade to seven types of people on the Day of Qiyamah, a day when there will be no shade but His… The second category being, ‘That youngster who grew up worshipping Allah Ta’ala…”

(Sahih Bukhari, Hadith: 660, 1423, 6806 and Sahih Muslim, Hadith: 1031)

 

2) Yazid ibn Maysarah (rahimahullah) says:

“Allah Ta’ala boasts to the angels regarding a youngster who is engaged in the ‘ibadah of Allah. Allah says, ‘Look at my servant, he has given up his desires for my sake.’”

(Az Zuhd of Imam Ahmad ibn Hambal, Hadith: 547. See here)

 

And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.

 

Answered by: Moulana Suhail Motala

 

Approved by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar

This answer was collected from HadithAnswers.com. The answers were either answered or checked by Moulana Haroon Abasoomar (rahimahullah) who was a Shaykhul Hadith in South Africa, or by his son, Moulana Muhammad Abasoomer (hafizahullah), who is a Hadith specialist. 

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