Repentance, Seeking Forgiveness, Regret, and Admission (of Guilt) — Hadith 7

7. Muḥammad ibn Abī ʿUmayr narrated from Abū Ayyūb, from Muḥammad ibn Muslim, from Abū Baṣīr who said, “I asked Abū ʿAbdillāh (a), ‘What is the meaning of the verse wherein Allah, the Almighty, says: O you who believe, turn to Allah in sincere repentance (Q66: 8)? ’ He said, ‘It is the sin which he never repeats again. ’ I said, ‘Who among us never repeats [a sin]? ’ So he said, ‘O Abā Muḥammad, verily Allah loves from among His servants the one who is tested [by sin] and repents often. ’”