“A hopeful sinner is closer to the mercy of Allah than a hopeless worshipper.”

— Muhammad

Mizan al-hikma, Volume 10, Page 504, Tradition 7109
Shi'ite Hadith

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Arabian religious leader and the founder of Islam 570–632

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