Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Salim, from Ahmad Bin Al Nazar, from Amro Bin Shimr, form Jabir, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far -asws regarding the Words of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic [3:135] and (who) do not knowingly persist in what they have done . He -asws said: ‘The persistence, it is when he commits the sins, but he does not seek the Forgiveness of Allah ‑azwj nor does he discuss the repentance with himself. So that is the persistence (upon sinning)’.
[3] عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ يُونُسَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ لَا وَ اللَّهِ لَا يَقْبَلُ اللَّهُ شَيْئاً مِنْ طَاعَتِهِ عَلَى الْإِصْرَارِ عَلَى شَيْءٍ مِنْ مَعَاصِيهِ . Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Mansour Bin Yunus, from Abu Baseer who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah -asws saying: ‘No, by Allah -azwj !
Allah -azwj will not Accept anything from his obedience, upon his persistence upon something from his disobedience’. [4] عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنِ السَّكُونِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) مِنْ عَلَامَاتِ الشَّقَاءِ جُمُودُ الْعَيْنِ وَ قَسْوَةُ الْقَلْبِ وَ شِدَّةُ الْحِرْصِ فِي طَلَبِ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْإِصْرَارُ عَلَى الذَّنْبِ .
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Nowfaly, from Al Sakuny, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘From the signs of the wretchedness is the lustfulness of the eyes, and the harshness of the heart, and the intenseness of the greed in seeking the world, and the persistence upon the sin’.