773 - الإِصرارُ عَلَى الذَّنبِ‏

773. PERSISTENT SINNING

(وَالَّذِينَ إذَا فَعَلُوا فَاحِشَةً أوْ ظَلَمُوا أنفُسَهُم ذَكَرُوا اللَّهَ فَاستَغْفَرُوا لِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَمَن يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إلَّا اللَّهُ وَلَمْ يُصِرُّوا عَلَى‏ مَا فَعَلُوا وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ) .¹

"And those who, when they commit an indecent act or wrong themselves, remember Allah, and plead [Allah's] forgiveness for their sins - and who forgives sins except Allah? - and who do not knowingly persist in what they have committed." ²

2415.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : لا كبيرَ مَع الاستِغفارِ ، ولا صغيرَ مع الإصرارِ .³

2415.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'No petty sin remains when persisted upon, and no grave sin remains when repented for' [i.e. the petty sin can be cancelled with persistence and furtherance in it, hence becoming a grave sin, and the grave sin can be annulled with repentance].' ⁴

2416.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام - في قولِهِ تعالى‏: (...ولَم يُصِرُّوا ...) : الإصرارُ أن يُذنِبَ العَبدُ ولايَستَغفِرَ ، ولا يُحَدِّثَ نفسَهُ بالتوبةِ فذلكَ الإصرارُ .⁵

2416. Imam al-Baqir (AS) with reference to Allah's verse in the Qur'an: "those who do not knowingly persist in what they have committed", said, 'Persistence in sinning is when a person commits a sin, and does not seek forgiveness for it, and moreover, it does not even occur to him to repent for it - that is persistent sinning.' ⁶

اُنظر : الإستغفار : باب 1433 .

(See also: SEEKING FORGIVENESS: section 1433)