Is the hadith true which states that the worshipper from the Children of Israel whose adornment effaced his sixty years of worship was forgiven because of a loaf of bread he gave in charity?
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The referred to was narrated by Ibn Hibban in his . Al-Albani said about it in Silsilah ad-Da'ifah (6875) and Da'if at-Targhib wa at-Tarhib (1435): "Extremely denounced (munkar jiddan)." Indeed, there are texts indicating that good deeds can be nullified by evil deeds.
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