ALLAH LOVES THOSE WHO ASK FOR FORGIVENESS H 423 "By Him in whose Hands is my life, if you had not sinned, Allah would have removed you and put in your place a people who would have sinned and then asked for forgiveness, so that He would forgive them." R 423 Muslim with a chain up to Abu Hurairah who related the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said this.
422- وعنه ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم : "والَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ ، لَوْ لَمْ تُذْنِبُوا ، لَذَهَبَ الله بِكُمْ ، وَجَاءَ بِقَومٍ يُذْنِبُونَ ، فَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَ الله تَعَالَى ، فَيَغْفِرُ لَهُمْ" رواه مسلم .