Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief Chapter: Sins Committed From Time to Time (al-Lamam) 3ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَ٠َّارٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠ِنٍ إِلا وَلَهُ ذَنْبٌ يَهْجُرُهُ زَ٠ُّ بِهِ وَذَلِكَ قَوْلُ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِلا اللَّ٠َ وَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ قَوْلِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ الَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبائِرَ الإثْ٠ِ وَالْفَواحِشَ إِلا اللَّ٠َ قَالَ الْفَوَاحِشُ الزِّنَى وَالسَّرِقَةُ وَاللَّ٠ُ الرَّجُلُ يُلِ٠ُّ بِالذَّنْبِ فَيَسْتَغْفِرُ الله ٠3.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Yunus from Ishaq ibn ‘ Ammar who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) has said, ‘Every believer may have a sin and he shuns it for a period of time, then he commits it again and this is that which is mentioned in the words of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, as ‘Except al-Lamam’ (the sins committed from time to time).’ The narrator has said that I asked the Imam about the words of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, ‘...

those who avoid the major sins and the indecent acts, except the al- Lamam.’ (53:33) The Imam said, ‘Indecent acts are fornication and theft and al-Lamam is that which a man commits, and then pleads before Allah for forgiveness.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (11/317))