‘…and despair not of Allah’s Mercy; surely none despairs of Allah’s Mercy except the unbelieving people.” (Surah Yusuf 12:87).The Holy Imams, Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq (a), Imam Musa al-Kadhim (a), Imam Muhammad al-Taqi (a) have classified “despairing of the Mercy of Allah”, to be a Greater Sin. SOURCE: GREATER SINS V1 | AYATOLLAH DASTAGHAIB SHIRAZI (R)
Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq (A) says, “If one intends…
Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq (A) says, “If one intends to do a small act with the sole intention of pleasing Allah, Allah causes this small deed of his to be manifested on a greater scale upon the people. (On the contrary) if someone performs the greatest of deeds which causes him physical tiredness and exhaustion due…
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Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (A) wrote a letter to certain…
Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (A) wrote a letter to certain friends of his: If you wish that your life and the hereafter be accomplished with the best of the deeds and that your soul be captured (death occurs) in this condition, then acknowledge the supremacy of Allah. Do not misuse the bounties and gifts granted to…
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The (sinner) person is kept away from the Mercy…
The (sinner) person is kept away from the Mercy of Allah (S.w.T.) due to his sin. He also does not get the impetus to seek repentance, hence his sin is never forgiven. Allama Majlisi (R) writes in the explanatory note of the above tradition: ‘The purport of this tradition of Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (A) is…
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The first tradition is reported from Imam…
The first tradition is reported from Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (A): He said, ‘There is no man who does not have a white spot in his heart. When he commits a sin a black spot emerges from this spot. If he repents, the blackness goes away but if he sinks in sin and continues to sin…
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