Hadith 1019
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2. Abu Ali al-Ash’ari has narrated from Muhammad ibn Salim from Ahmad ibn al- Nadr from ‘Amr ibn Shamir from Jabir from abu Ja’far (a.s.) who has said the following
“About the words of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, . . and who do not knowingly persist in their mistakes,’ (3:135) the Imam said, ‘Persistence is when one commits and does not ask forgiveness from Allah nor say anything to himself about repentance. Such attitude is persistence in sin.’”
2ـ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ النَّضْرِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شِمْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) فِي قَوْلِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَلَمْ يُصِرُّوا عَلى ما فَعَلُوا وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ قَالَ
الإصْرَارُ هُوَ أَنْ يُذْنِبَ الذَّنْبَ فَلا يَسْتَغْفِرَ الله وَلا يُحَدِّثَ نَفْسَهُ بِتَوْبَةٍ فَذَلِكَ الإصْرَارُ.
Similar narrations
- Al-Kāfi #1018 “Minor sins are not minor if one persists committing such sins and major sins are not major if followed by plea for forgiveness.”