He delivers them. Allah's mercy and compassion reach them, awakening them from their state. They then turn back from this error and seek forgiveness (istighfār) from their Lord. For only the angels are maʿṣūm (protected from error) regarding faults arising from will (irāda).
The prophets (anbiyāʾ), on the other hand, are maʿṣūm not from faults arising from will, but from those arising from caprice (hawā, the desires and inclinations of the nafs [the lower self]). All other morally responsible beings—whether human or jinn—are not maʿṣūm from faults arising from either will or caprice. However, some walī (friend[s] of God) are protected from faults arising from caprice, and the abdāl (a class of righteous saints) are protected from faults arising from will, though they are not maʿṣūm. That is, due to their human nature, it is possible for them to incline toward these matters at times. In such cases, Allah Most High, by His mercy, bestows wakefulness (yakaza) upon them. (Futūḥ, 15)
When one of the Sufis was asked how many abdāl there are, he replied that there are forty. When asked, 'Why do you not say forty men?' he answered: 'Because among them there can sometimes be women named ʿAbd al-Ḥayy, ʿAbd al-Ḥalīm, ʿAbd al-Qādir, and ʿAbd al-Murīd.'
...The abdāl are seven; they neither increase nor decrease. Allah Most High protects the seven climes through them. Each one is found in a different clime. Each derives his strength from a prophet who is in one of the seven heavens, the first of whom is the Friend (Khalīl, i.e., Abraham). The first clime belongs to him, and he is the greatest in rank among them up to the one who holds the seventh clime.