"Indeed, Allah accepts the repentance of the servant as long as the death rattle has not reached his throat." Hasan (Good). Narrated by al-Tirmidhi (h/3537), who said: This is a Hasan Gharib (good but singular) hadith. It was also narrated by Ahmad (2/132, 3/425), Shihab (1085), al-Hakim (4/257), al-Targhib (4/93), al-Shajari (1/198), al-Mughni 'an Haml al-Asfar (4/446), al-Qurtubi (5/92, 7/147, 8/384), al-Hilya (5/190), Ithaf (8/525, 10/259), al-Masir (2/37), Sharh al-Sunnah (5/90), al-Mishkat (2343), and Ibn Hibban (2449).
: 3804: That (dhalika): 2: Tafsir 'Abd al-Razzaq: (1/131).
: 3807: That (dhalika): 3: Authentic (Sahih). Agreed upon. Narrated by al-Bukhari (8/139), Muslim in (al-Munafiqin, h/2805), Ahmad (3/218), al-Tabari (3/245), al-Qurtubi (4/231), and al-Manthur (2/50).