أَخْبَرَنِي مُوسَی بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ الْجُعْفِيُّ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ عَنْ شَيْبَانَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَی عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَی تَجَاوَزَ لِأُمَّتِي عَمَّا حَدَّثَتْ بِهِ أَنْفُسَهَا مَا لَمْ تَکَلَّمْ أَوْ تَعْمَلْ بِهِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 3468
It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that — (one of the narrators) ‘Abdur-Rahman said: “The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم — said: ‘Allah, the Most High, has forgiven my Ummah for everything that enters the mind, so long as it is not spoken of or put into action.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020