Mishkat
al-Masabih

مشكاة المصابيح

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Supplications

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Chapter 4b: Prayer for Pardon, and Repentance - Section 2

باب الاستغفار والتوبة - الفصل الثاني

Mishkat al-Masabih 2349

With reference to Allah’s words, “Except for slight faults ”* Ibn ‘Abbas reported Allah's Messenger ﷺ as saying, “If Thou forgivest, O Allah, Thou wilt forgive much sin, for which of Thy servants has not committed slight faults?” *Qur'an, liii, 32. Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a hasan sahih gharib tradition.

وَعَن ابْن عَبَّاس: فِي قَوْله تَعَالَى: (إِلَّا اللمم) قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: إِنْ تَغْفِرِ اللَّهُمَّ تَغْفِرْ جَمَّا وَأَيُّ عَبْدٍ لَكَ لَا أَلَمَّا رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ. وَقَالَ: هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيب