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4. GARDENS OF THE RIGHTEOUS pleasure, do Thou relieve us of our distress. The rock then moved away, and they emerged walking freely (Bokhari and Muslim). 2. . On Repentance. Allah, the Exalted, has said: 4. Turn ye to Allah, all together, O believers, that you may prosper (24. 32). 5. Seek forgiveness of your Lord and turn to Him in repentance (11. 4). 6. O ye who believe, turn to Allah in sincere repentance (66. 9). 13. Abu Hurairah relates that he heard the Holy Prophet say: Allah is my witness, that I seek forgiveness of Allah and turn to Him more than seventy times a day (Bokhari). 14. Aghirr ibn Yasar Muzanni relates that the Holy Prophet admonished:. Turn to Allah, ye people, and seek forgiveness of Him. For myself, I turn to. Allah a hundred times a day (Muslim). 15. Anas ibn Malik, servant of the Holy Prophet, said: Allah is more pleased with the repentance of a servant of His than would be one of you who were to lose his camel in a barren desert and then find it suddenly (Bokhari and. Muslim). The version in Muslim adds: Allah is more pleased with the repentance of a servant of His than would be one of you who were to lose his riding camel, which carries his food and drink, in a barren desert, and losing all hope of finding it he were to lie down in the shade of a tree, and then should suddenly find it standing near him and should seize its nose-string and in his excess of joy should blurt out: O Allah, Thou art my servant and I am Thy lord. 16. Abu Musa Ash'ari relates that the Holy Prophet said: Allah will continue to hold out His hand at night so that he who has sinned during the day might repent, and to hold out His hand during the day so that he who has sinned at night might repent, till the sun should rise from the west (Muslim). 17. . Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: Allah will turn with mercy to whoever repents before the sun rises from the west (Muslim). 18. Abdullah ibn Umar relates that the Holy Prophet said: Allah, the. Lord of honour and glory, will accept the repentance of a servant of His till his death-rattle begins (Tirmidhi). 19. Zirr ibn Jubaish relates: I went to Safwan ibn Assal to inquire about the symbolic passing of the hands over socks in the course of ablutions. He asked me: Zirr, what brings you? I replied: Search of knowledge. He said:. Angels spread their wings for one who seeks knowledge out of pleasure at what he seeks. I told him: Some doubt has arisen in my mind concerning the symbolic passing of hands over socks in the course of ablutions after one has been to the