One tradition of the prophet states...

One tradition of the prophet states: "Allah does not take into account what the members of my community think, as long as they do not pronounce it or carry it out."[^14] Dhanb , mistakes or faults, are overcome by removing the fault which caused them through knowledge and good works.

One tradition (often quoted on the television in Malaysia at the time of evening prayers) stresses that "each footstep on the way to evening worship at the mosque overcomes 10,000 sins." For the believer there was no need to seek special forgiveness for such mistakes. Heavy sins, normally those which involved consciously breaking God's commands, could be remedied through…