Hadith: Arabic Text followed by English Translation.
عَنِ ابْنِ مَعْقِلٍ، قَالَ : دَخَلْتُ مَعَ أَبِي عَلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ :
النَّدَمُ تَوْبَةٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبِي : أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ : ” النَّدَمُ تَوْبَةٌ ” . قَالَ : نَعَمْ .”
رواه إبن ماجه (4252) . وصححه الألباني في صحيح إبن ماجه
It was narrated that Ibn Ma’qil said:
“I entered with my father upon ‘Abdullah, and I heard him say: ‘The messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
“Regret is repentance”.My father said: ‘Did you hear the Prophet (ﷺ) say: “Regret is repentance?” He said: ‘Yes.’”
Sunan Ibn Majah, 4252; classed as sahih by al-Albani in Saheeh Ibn Majah.