It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) intended to set out on a journey, so he said: O Messenger of Allah, give me counsel. He ((peace and blessings be upon him)) said: "Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him." He said: O Messenger of Allah, (tell me) more. He ((peace and blessings be upon him)) said: "When you do something bad, then do good (after it)." He said: O Messenger of Allah, tell me more. He ((peace and blessings be upon him)) said: "Be steadfast, and make your character good." This hadith is hasan sahih in its chain through the narration of the Egyptians, but the two of them (Imam Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said concerning the saying of Allah Almighty: "Those who avoid the major sins and immoralities" [Surah al-Najm: 32] : It refers to the person who commits an immoral act and then repents from it. The narrator said: the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Allah, if You forgive, then forgive (sins) altogether; and which servant of Yours is there who has not slipped (into a minor sin)?" This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it; they recorded only the narration of Abdullah bin Tawus from his father from Ibn Abbas, in which he said: I have not seen anything closer to lamam (minor sins) than the saying of Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah: "The son of Adam has had his share of zina written for him", to the end of the hadith. In my view, the two of them left out this hadith of Amr bin Dinar because of the following hadith.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said concerning this verse, "except for minor sins (al-lamam)" [Surah al-Najm: 32] : It refers to the person who falls into a sin and then abandons it. Have you not heard the saying of the poet: "O Allah, if You forgive, then forgive abundantly; and which servant of Yours is there who has not committed a lapse (lamam)?" This mawquf narration does not weaken the chain of the first (marfu') narration, because Zakariyya bin Ishaq is a trustworthy hafiz, and Rawh bin Ubadah also narrated this hadith from him. I have already mentioned, among the conditions of this book, the recording of Qur'anic interpretations reported from the Companions.