and any additional wording supplied by a trustworthy narrator is therefore acceptable—Allah knows best.
Abu al-Ma‘ali Ahmad ibn Ishaq informed me as I read to him; Ahmad ibn Yusuf al-Daqqaq and al-Fath ibn ‘Abd Allah also informed us, saying:
Abu al-Fadl Muhammad ibn ‘Umar the judge informed us, and I read to Ahmad ibn Hibat Allah, from ‘Abd al-Mu‘izz ibn Muhammad; Yusuf ibn Ayyub the ascetic informed us; they said:
Abu al-Husayn Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Bazzaz informed us; ‘Ali ibn ‘Umar al-Harbi told us; Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Sufi narrated to us; Yahya ibn Ma‘in narrated to us; Hafs ibn Ghiyath narrated to us, from al-A‘mash, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayrah, who said:
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Whoever overlooks a Muslim’s slip, Allah will overlook his slip on the Day of Resurrection.”
Abu Dawud recorded it (1) through Yahya, giving it a highly elevated chain; it was also transmitted by ‘Abd Allah ibn Ahmad in the additional material to the Musnad through Yahya, and it is counted among the single-narrator reports of Yahya ibn Ma‘in.
Al-Khidr ibn ‘Abd al-Salam al-Juwayni, Ahmad ibn ‘Abd al-Salam, and Ahmad ibn Abi’l-Khair—by authorization—reported to us from ‘Abd al-Mun‘im ibn Kulayb; and I read to Mahmud ibn Abi Bakr al-Lughawi: al-Najib ‘Abd al-Latif ibn al-Sayqal informed us; Ibn Kulayb informed us; ‘Ali ibn Ahmad al-Razzaz informed us; Muhammad ibn Muhammad informed us; Isma‘il al-Saffar narrated to us; al-Hasan ibn ‘Arafah narrated to me—