“Repentance of the person of knowledge from his error and an innovator from his innovation” – Ahmad Ibn Hanbal (d.241H), Ibn Muflih (d.763H), Ibrāhīm At-Taymī (d.72H)
It was mentioned to Abu Abdillāh Ahmad Ibn Hanbal that a man from the people of knowledge made a mistake and erred, and that he had repented from his mistake. [read on…]