His statement: (hanan); meaning: Our command is hanan: affection and mercy. "And purity [wa-zakah]" Qatada said: Al-zakah is righteous work. "And he was pious [taqiyyan]."

Yahya [narrated] from al-Rabi' ibn Subayh, from al-Hasan, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "There is no one from the children of Adam except that he has committed a sin or intended to do so, except for Yahya ibn Zakariyya (John the son of Zechariah); he did not commit a sin, nor did he intend to do so."