Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ أَخْبَرَنِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي الْحَارِثِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا مِنَّا يُقَالُ لَهُ أَيُّوبُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو يَقُولُ مَنْ تَابَ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ عَامًا تِيبَ عَلَيْهِ وَمَنْ تَابَ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ بِشَهْرٍ تِيبَ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى قَالَ يَوْمًا حَتَّى قَالَ سَاعَةً حَتَّى قَالَ فُوَاقًا قَالَ قَالَ الرَّجُلُ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ مُشْرِكًا أَسْلَمَ قَالَ إِنَّمَا أُحَدِّثُكُمْ كَمَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ.
English Translation
Affan narrated to us: Shu'bah narrated, Ibrahim ibn Maymun informed me, he said: I heard a man from Banu al-Harith who said: I heard a man among us called Ayyub who said: I heard Abdullah ibn Amr saying: "Whoever repents a year before his death, his repentance is accepted. Whoever repents a month before his death, his repentance is accepted. Whoever repents a week before his death, his repentance is accepted. Whoever repents a day before his death, his repentance is accepted." Until he said: "Whoever repents before his soul reaches his throat, his repentance is accepted." He said: "Allah said: 'Turn to Allah in repentance all together, O believers, so that you may succeed.'"