# Sunan Abi Dawud - General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

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**1 hadith**

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## Hadith #5164

**Book:** General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab) | **Narrator(s):** Fadayl bin 'Iyyad bin Mas'ud فضيل بن عياض بن مسعود, Hilal bin Yasaf هلال بن يساف, Husayn bin 'Abdur Rahman al-Salmi حصين بن عبد الرحمن السلمي, Masdad bin Masrhad مسدد بن مسرهد بن مسربل | **Grade:** Sahih

A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and asked: Messenger of Allah! how often shall I forgive a servant? He gave no reply, so the man repeated what he had said, but he still kept silence. When he asked a third time, he replied: Forgive him seventy times daily.

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-5164/)*

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