The hermit heard it and said...

The hermit heard it and said, “Your fear of Allah made you give up that particular sin and repent sincerely upon all past ones, nence Allah forgave all your sins. Now in future avoid sinning, and always remain stead fast on the right path and never go astray”. Incident – 2 Shaikh Sadooq relates, that one day Ma’az bin Jabal came weeping to the presence of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.S.). The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.S.) asked him the reason for weeping. Ma’az replied, “o Prophet !

A youth is standing at your door and weeping as a mother weeps at the dead body of her young son. His state is pitiable, and he desires to meet you”. The Prophet (S.A.W.S.) called him in. The youth came in and saluted the Prophet. The Prophet (S.A.W.S.) answered his salutation and asked him the reason for weeping so bitterly. The youth replied, “O Prophet of Allah! Why should I not cry, for I have committed a grave sin.

I fear that if Allah takes into account that sin of mine, and no doubt He shall do so, He shall throw me head-long into the fire of hell”. The Prophet replied, “Have you comitted ‘shirk’(associated anyone with Allah)”? He said, “I seek refuge in Allah from being a polytheist (mushrik)”. The Prophet asked, “Then have you killed anyone without any reason”? He replied in the negative. The Prophet then said, “Even if your sin is bigger then the mountains, Allah shall forgive you”.

He replied, “Verily my sin is bigger than that”. The Prophet said, “Then if your sin is bigger than the seven worlds, the seas, the trees and whatevre is in them, then too Allah is merciufl, He shall forgive you. He replied that his sin was even greater than that. The heavens, the Throne (Arsh), and the Chair (Kursi), then too the Beneficent Allah will forgive you”. The man still persisted. Then the Prophet turned towards him in anger and said, “O young man! Is your sin bigger than the Almighty”.

The youth replied, “Verily my Lord is free from all shortcomings, nothing is greater or bigger than Him, and He is above all things”. The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.S.) then said, “Who else besides the Almighty has got the power to forgive big sins”. The young man replied, “Truly O Master, no one except Him has the power”. The Prophet said, “Now then young man, tell me as to what sin have you committed for whose forgiveness you have lost all hope of mercy”. The young man replied, “O Apostle of Allah!

Since the past seven years I have been digging the graves of people and robbing their shrouds.