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) 5ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَ٠َّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَ٠َّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠ِنْ ذَنْبٍ إِلا وَقَدْ طُبِعَ عَلَيْهِ عَبْدٌ ٠ِنٌ يَهْجُرُهُ الزَّ٠ُّ بِهِ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ الَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبائِرَ الإثْ٠ِ وَالْفَواحِشَ إِلا اللَّ٠ُ الْعَبْدُ الَّذِي يُلِ٠ُّ الذَّنْبَ بَعْدَ الذَّنْبِ لَيْسَ ٠ِنْ سَلِيقَتِهِ أَيْ ٠5.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from (Hariz) from Ishaq ibn ‘Ammar from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Any sin that may become imprinted in a believing servant (of Allah) he shuns it for a period of time then commits it again as it is mentioned in 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, ‘One committing al-Lamam, sins often, is he (servant) who commits such sins one after the other and it is not of his normal behavior and nature.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/319))