Verily Allah forgave my people the evil promptings which arise within their hearts as long as they did not speak about them or did not act upon them.  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَجَاوَزَ لأُمَّتِي مَا حَدَّثَتْ بِهِ أَنْفُسَهَا مَا لَمْ يَتَكَلَّمُوا أَوْ يَعْمَلُوا بِهِ  

Verily the Great and Mighty Allah forgave my people the evil promptings arising in their minds, but they neither talked about them nor acted upon them.  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللَّهَ ﷻ تَجَاوَزَ لأُمَّتِي عَمَّا حَدَّثَتْ بِهِ أَنْفُسَهَا مَا لَمْ تَعْمَلْ أَوْ تَكَلَّمْ بِهِ  

The same hadith has been narrated by Zuhair b. Harb, Waki, Ishaq b. Mansur, Husain b. 'Ali.  

عَنْ قَتَادَةَ بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ مِثْلَهُ