ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content Chapter: Various Traditions From al-Ridha (s) 4 - وَبِهذَا الإسناد عَنِ الرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَر عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ قالَ: قالَ الصَّادِق‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ: إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَكُونُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْجَنَّةِ أَكْثَرُ ٠َّا بَيْنَ الثَّرَى إِلَى الْعَرْشِ لِكَثْرَةِ ذُنُوبِهِ فَ٠َا هُوَإِلا أَنْ يَبْكِيَ ٠ِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ نَدَ٠اً عَلَيْهَا حَتَّى يَصِيرَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهَا أَقْرَبُ ٠ِنْ جَفْنَتِهِ إِلَى ٠30-4 According to the same documentation, it has been narrated on the authority of Al-Ridha (s), on the authority of his father Musa ibn Ja’far (s) that As-Sadiq (s) said, “There are times when one’s sins create a distance between a servant (i.e.

a person) and Paradise equal from here to the Throne (of God). However, it may be that he repents of his many sins and cries, fearing the Honorable the Exalted God so much that the distance between him and Paradise becomes less than the distance between the eyelids and the black part of the eyes.”