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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Anecdotes for Reflection Part 4 Sins ======== Allah, the Wise, has said: فَكُلاًّ أَخَذْنَا بِذَنبِه “So each We punished for his sin” [^1] Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: ليس من عرق يضرب و لا نكبة و لا صداع و لا مرض الا بذنب “No vein is cut, nor is there (any affliction by means of) adversity, headache or sickness except as a result of sins” [^2] Short Explanation Committing sins is a disease, but ignorance with respect to faults that result in sins is graver than the sins themselves.
Considering sins to be trivial and insignificant is one of the greatest sins. If an offence is related to God like one, who does not offer his prayers, it is God, Who shall deal with this person as per His discretion. But if it is related to the people, things can become really difficult. This is because if forgiveness is not procured from the offended one, things shall become all the more difficult on the Day of Judgment.
The treatment of a sin commences by means of repentance and seeking of forgiveness and concludes by resolving not to commit it again. If the Shaitaan happens to tempt a person into committing a sin, he should immediately repent and resolve to refrain from such acts in the future in order that the effects of that sin do not get imprinted in his heart.
The Banishment of the Sinners There lived in the tribe of Bani Israel a licentious and sinning person, whose sinning and evil ways had left the people disturbed and exasperated as a result of which they turned to God to help them. God revealed to Prophet Musa to banish the youth from the city in order that the inhabitants of the city do not get caught in the punishment ordained for him. When Prophet Musa banished him from the city, he proceeded to another city.
It was ordered that he should be removed from that city too. This time, he sought refuge in a cave and fell sick with none to care for him in his state of sickness. Prostrating before God, he wept in repentance of his sins and loneliness and beseeched: O’ God! Forgive me! Had my wife and children been here, they would have wept at my wretchedness and desolation. O’ God! You, Who have separated me from my father, mother and wife, do not burn me in Your fire (as a punishment) for my sins.
Subsequent to this supplication, God created angels in the form of his father, mother, wife and children and sent them to him. The youth was delighted to see his near ones near him in the grave and eventually died.