an unbeliever.⦗1⦘ Whoever therefore does not seek forgiveness for those early believers, but instead nurtures hatred toward them, has removed himself from the description Allah gave to the people entitled to the fay. His heart must be in full accord with them, and his tongue must pray for them. And even if, hypothetically, one of them was shown to have committed a definite sin, Allah would still forgive him—either because of his great good deeds, or through a repentance he makes, or by testing him with a trial that expiates his sins, or by accepting the intercession of His Prophet and the believers, or by answering a supplication he himself offers.