Narrated to us Sa'id ibn Mansur, Qutaybah ibn Sa'id, and Muhammad ibn 'Ubayd al-Ghubari — and the wording is that of Sa'id — they said: Narrated to us Abu 'Awanah, from Qatadah, from Zurarah ibn Awfa, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Indeed, Allah has pardoned for my nation what their souls whisper to them, as long as they do not speak of it or act upon it."