Musnad Ahmad 30:963

'Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us, Ma'mar informed us, from Ja'far al-Jazari, from Yazid ibn al-Asamm, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By the One in Whose hand is my soul, if you did not commit sins, Allah would take you away and bring a people who would commit sins, then they would seek forgiveness from Allah, and He would forgive them."