[14] Respite for a Momin: عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حُمْرَانَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا أَذْنَبَ ذَنْباً أُجِّلَ مِنْ غُدْوَةٍ إِلَى اللَّيْلِ فَإِنِ اسْتَغْفَرَ اللَّهَ لَمْ يُكْتَبْ عَلَيْهِ Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Muhammad Bin Humran, from Zurara who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah -asws saying: ‘The servant, when he sins, is given respite from the morning till the night.
So if he seeks Forgiveness of Allah -azwj , it would not be Written against him’. [15] In another Hadith, عَنْهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ وَ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ مَنْ عَمِلَ سَيِّئَةً أُجِّلَ فِيهَا سَبْعَ سَاعَاتٍ مِنَ النَّهَارِ فَإِنْ قَالَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ لَمْ تُكْتَبْ عَلَيْهِ From him, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, and Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Safwan, from Abu Ayoub, from Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘The one who does an evil deed would be respited regarding it for seven hours from the day.
So, if he were to say, ‘أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ’ ‘I seek Forgiveness of Allah -azwj , Who, there is no god except for Him -azwj , the Living, the Eternal’, three times, it would not be Written against him’.
[16] محمد بن يحيى، عن ابن عيسى، عن علي بن الحكم، عن فضيل بن عثمان المرادي قال: سمعت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام يقول: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: أربع من كن فيه لم يهلك على الله بعدهن إلا هالك: يهم العبد الحسنة فيعملها فإن هو لم يعملها كتب الله له حسنة بحسن نيته، وإن هو عملها كتب الله له عشرا ; Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ibn Isa, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Fazeyl Bin Usman Al Murady who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah -asws saying: ‘Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘Four (things) on who has these in him would not lose to Allah -azwj after these except he would stray – The servant things of the good deed to do it, so if he does not do it, Allah -azwj would Write a good deed to be for him due to his good intention, and if he does do it, Allah -azwj would Write ten for him.