FORGIVENESS H 424 "If you had not sinned, Allah would have created a creation that sinned and then asked for forgiveness, and He would have forgiven them." R 424 Muslim with a chain up to Abu Ayub Khalid, the son of Zaid who related that he heard the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, say this.
423- وعن أَبي أيوب خالد بن زيد رضي الله عنه ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ رَسُول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم ، يقول : "لَوْلاَ أنَّكُمْ تُذْنِبُونَ ، لَخَلَقَ الله خَلْقاً يُذْنِبُونَ ، فَيَسْتَغْفِرونَ ، فَيَغْفِرُ لَهُمْ" رواه مسلم .