Al-Khiṣāl - Part 22: On Forty And above-Numbered Characteristics

Al-Khiṣāl - Part 22: On Forty And above-Numbered Characteristics Chapter: A Form of Repentance By which Forty Major Sins Are Forgiven اجيلويه رضي الله عنه قال: حدثني ع٠د بن أبي عبد الله البرقي، عن الحسن بن ٠، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلا٠وليلة أربعين كبيرة فيقول وهو نادÙ: "أستغفر الله الذي لا إله إلا هو الحي القيو٠اوات والارض، ذاالجلال والاكرا٠، وأسأله أن يتوب علي" إلا غفرها الله له، ث٠وليلة أربعين كبيرة 22-12 Muhammad ibn Ali Majiluyih - may God be pleased with him - narrated that his uncle Muhammad ibn Abil-Qasim quoted Ahmad ibn Aba Abdullah al-Barqy, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Mahboob, on the authority of Hisham ibn Salim that Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) said, “God would forgive the sins of any believer who has committed forty major sins in a day and night, but is sorry and repents by saying, ‘I ask for forgiveness from God for which there are no partners; who is Living and Eternal; who has created the heavens and the Earth; Possessor of Grandeur and Honor.

I beseech Him to accept my repentance.’”As-Sadiq (MGB) then added, “There are no hopes for one who commits more than forty major sins in a day and night.”