What to do immediately after a slip
Three instructions, given in order.
اتَّقِ اللَّهَ حَيْثُمَا كُنْتَ وَأَتْبِعِ السَّيِّئَةَ الْحَسَنَةَ تَمْحُهَا وَخَالِقِ النَّاسَ بِخُلُقٍ حَسَنٍ
Ittaqi-llāha ḥaythumā kunt, wa atbiʿi-s-sayyi'ata-l-ḥasanata tamḥuhā, wa khāliqi-n-nāsa bi-khuluqin ḥasan.
“Fear Allah wherever you are, follow a bad deed with a good one and it will wipe it out, and treat people with good character.”
The full narration
Abu Dharr said:"The Messenger of Allah said to me: 'Have Taqwa of Allah wherever you are, and follow an evil deed with a good one to wipe it out, and treat the people with good behavior
Source
Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī · 1987
Ḥasan
- Ahmad Muhammad Shakir: Hasan
- Al-Albani: Hasan
- Bashar Awad Maarouf: Hasan Sahih
- Zubair Ali Zai: Hasan