hadith
459
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Zayd al-Shuh'ham narrated that Imam Sadiq (a.s) said
“A believer will even remember a sin committed forty or so years ago, and ask God for forgiveness. God will forgive him.”
عن زيد الشحام عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) قال
إن العبد المؤمن ليذكر الذنب الذي قد عمله منذ أربعين سنة أقل أو أكثر، فما يذكره إلا لتذكيره فيستغفر الله منه فيغفر له.
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