I was a man who, whenever I heard a hadith from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, Allah would benefit me by it as He willed. And whenever one of his companions narrated something to me, I would ask him to swear an oath, and if he swore, I would believe him.Abu Bakr narrated to me, and Abu Bakr spoke the truth, that he said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'There is no servant who commits a sin, then performs ablution well, then stands and prays two rakahs, then asks Allah for forgiveness, except that Allah forgives him.'"Then he recited this verse, "And those who, when they commit an immorality or wrong themselves, remember Allah..." [Aal Imran 3:135] to the end of the verse.
حدثنا مسدد حدثنا أبو عوانة عن عثمان بن المغيرة الثقفي عن علي بن ربيعة الأسدي عن أسماء بن الحكم الفزاري قال سمعت
كنت رجلا إذا سمعت من رسول الله ﷺ حديثا نفعني الله منه بما شاء أن ينفعني وإذا حدثني أحد من أصحابه استحلفته فإذا حلف لي صدقته قال وحدثني أبو بكر وصدق أبو بكر رضي الله عنه أنه قال سمعت رسول الله ﷺ يقول ما من عبد يذنب ذنبا فيحسن الطهور ثم يقوم فيصلي ركعتين ثم يستغفر الله إلا غفر الله له ثم قرأ هذه الآية {والذين إذا فعلوا فاحشة أو ظلموا أنفسهم ذكروا الله} إلى آخر الآية
[Its chain of transmission is hasan] Tirmidhi narrated it in the tafsir of the Quran, chapter on Surah Al Imran, no. 3006, from the hadith of Abu Awana al-Waddah, with this wording, and he said, hasan. Ibn Majah also narrated it, no. 1395, and Ibn Hibban graded it sahih, no. 2454. Diya included it in al-Mukhtarah, 10/82-87, no. 7-11, and it was criticized on a ground that does not affect its soundness.