With reference to God’s words, “Except for slight faults ”* Ibn ‘Abbas reported God's messenger as saying, “If You forgivest, O God, You wilt forgive much sin, for which of Your servants has not committed slight faults?” *Qur'an, liii, 32. Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a <i>hasan sahih gharib</i> 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