Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief 7ـ يُونُسُ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَ٠َّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) فِي قَوْلِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ الَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبائِرَ الإثْ٠ِ وَالْفَواحِشَ إِلا اللَّ٠َ قَالَ الْفَوَاحِشُ الزِّنَى وَالسَّرِقَةُ وَاللَّ٠ُ الرَّجُلُ يُلِ٠ُّ بِالذَّنْبِ فَيَسْتَغْفِرُ الله ٠ِنْهُ قُلْتُ بَيْنَ الضَّلالِ وَالْكُفْرِ ٠َنْزِلَةٌ فَقَالَ ٠َا أَكْثَرَ عُرَى الإي٠7.

Yunus has narrated from Ishaq ibn ‘Ammar who has said the following: “About the words of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, ‘Those who stay away from grave sins and indecency (should know that) for their Lamam (certain sins) your Lord’s forgiveness is vast....’ (53:32) the Imam said, ‘Indecency is fornication and theft.

Lamam is when a man commits a sin, then regrets and asks forgiveness from Allah.’ I then asked, ‘Is there any difference between straying and disbelief?’ The Imam said, ‘How numerous (an indication of difference between the two) are the rings of belief!”’ وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (10/16))