Indeed, despite the vastness of His great mercy, God wonders at a servant's despair of His mercy and hopelessness of His forgiveness.
Repentance means feeling remorse in the heart, asking for forgiveness with the tongue, giving up sin with the limbs, and firmly resolving never to return to that sin.
Let not your brother be stronger in breaking ties with you than you are in maintaining them!
Beware of backbiting, for backbiting is graver than adultery; a person may commit adultery and repent, and God accepts his repentance, whereas the backbiter is not forgiven until the person he backbit forgives him.
Humility despite high status is like forgiveness despite power.
Enduring the offenses of brethren is the highest form of nobility.
The one who restrains anger is the one who suppresses his malice.
If a person insults you from your right side and then turns to your left side and apologizes to you, accept their apology.
Indeed, God loves the servant who asks for forgiveness for a great sin, and despises the servant who takes a small sin lightly.
The wisest among people is the one who pardons others the most.
Seeking forgiveness with an admission of fault is far better than offering excuses.
When a man asked, "What will erase my mistakes?" the reply came: Tears, humility, and illnesses.
A believer is caught between blessings and faults, and neither can be set right except through gratitude and seeking forgiveness.
The strongest among you is the one who controls himself in moments of anger, and the bearer of the heaviest load is the one who forgives despite having the power to punish.
How great is God's forbearance toward His enemies, and how abundant is His forgiveness toward His transgressing servants!
A blessing for which gratitude is not shown is like a sin for which forgiveness is not sought.
O servants of God! Beware, beware! For by God, He has concealed your faults to such an extent that it seems as if He has forgiven you; and He has granted you respite to such an extent that it seems as if He has overlooked them!
A believer's resentment is only momentary; once he departs from his brother, he harbors no ill feeling, whereas an unbeliever's malice lasts a lifetime.
A person's nobility lies in forgiving the shortcomings of their fellow beings.
I wonder at the person who despairs of mercy while possessing deliverance in the form of seeking forgiveness.
The intercessor for a wrongdoer is their confession, and their repentance is their apology.
Be graceful in pardoning when you have power, and act with justice when you have authority.
Whoever stays away from what God has forbidden, God's forgiveness draws near to him.
Overlook the slips of good-doers and forgive them, for the protection of God shades over them.