Pardoning and Turning Away from the Ignorant

336. Ibn Mas’ud, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “It is as if I could see the Messenger of Allah peace and blessings be upon him, recounting that the people of one of the Prophets, may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon them, struck and wounded him, and he said as he wiped the blood from his face, ‘O Allah, forgive my people. They do not know.’” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Anbiya, 54; Sahih Muslim, Jihad, 104).

 

Nawawi, Imam. Riyad As-Salihin; The Gardens of the Righteous: A collection of authentic hadiths. Tughra Books Press, Inc. 2014