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لاَ شَفِيعَ أَنْجَحُ مِنَ التّوْبَةِ

Imam Ali (as):

There is no intercessor more effective than repentance.

Source: Nahj al-Balāgha No540

ID: 63131

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مَا كَانَ اللهُ لِيَفْتَحَ عَلَى عَبْدٍ بَابَ الشُّكْرِ وَيُغْلِقَ عَنْهُ بَابَ الزِّيَادَةِ، وَلاَ لِيَفْتَحَ عَلَى عَبْدٍ بَابَ الدُّعَاءِ وَيُغْلِقَ عَنْهُ بَابَ الاْجَابَةِ، وَلاَ لِيَفْتَحَ عَلَى عَبْدٍ بَابَ التَّوْبَةِ وَيُغْلِقَ عَنْهُ بَابَ الْمَغْفِرَةِ

Imam Ali (as):

When God has opened the door of gratitude for you, he will not close the door of increase. When he has opened the door of prayer for you, he will not close the door of fulfillment. When he has opened the door of repentance for you, he will not close the door of forgiveness.

Source: Nahj al-Balāgha No553

ID: 63075

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الإمام علي (عليه السَّلام):

الْعُمُرُ الَّذِى أَعْذَرَ اللَّهُ فِيهِ إِلَى ابْنِ آدَمَ سِتُّونَ سَنَةً

Imam Ali (as):

The age up to which Allah accepts any excuse from a human being is sixty years.

Source: Nahj al-Balāgha No532

ID: 62985

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الإمام علي (عليه السَّلام):

مَا أَهَمَّنِى ذَنْبٌ أُمْهِلْتُ بَعْدَهُ حَتَّى أُصَلِّيَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ أَسْأَلَ اللَّهَ الْعَافِيَةَ

Imam Ali (as):

I am not stressed out by a sin after which I am given enough time to perform two units of prayer and ask God for safety [from Hs punishment].

Source: Nahj al-Balāgha No528

ID: 62964

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الإمام علي (عليه السَّلام):

[لِرَجُلٍ سَأَلَهُ أَنْ يَعِظَهُ لَا تَكُنْ مِمَّنْ] يُقَصِّرُ إِذَا عَمِلَ وَ يُبَالِغُ إِذَا سَأَلَ إِنْ عَرَضَتْ لَهُ شَهْوَةٌ أَسْلَفَ الْمَعْصِيَةَ وَ سَوَّفَ التَّوْبَةَ وَ إِنْ عَرَتْهُ مِحْنَةٌ انْفَرَجَ عَنْ شَرَائِطِ الْمِلَّةِ

Imam Ali (as):

Imam Ali (AS) said to a man soliciting advice from him, 'Do not be like the one who... falls short when acting but goes too far when begging; when passion overtakes him he is quick in committing sin and delays repentance; if hardship befalls him, he goes beyond the cannons of the (Islamic) community.

Source: Nahj al-Balāgha No497

ID: 62866

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الإمام علي (عليه السَّلام):

أَرْجَى النَّاسِ صَلَاحاً مَنْ إِذَا وَقَفَ عَلَى مَسَاوِيهِ سَارَعَ إِلَى التَّحَوُّلِ عَنْهَا .

Imam Ali (as):

The person who is most likely to be reformed is the one who hastens to remedy his vices as soon as he becomes aware of them.

Source: Ghurar al-Ḥikam Vol1 P215

ID: 30066

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رسول الله (صلی الله علیه و آله):

يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ أَنْ يَبْكِيَ فَلْيَبْكِ وَ مَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ فَلْيُشْعِرْ قَلْبَهُ الْحُزْنَ وَ لْيَتَبَاكَ إِنَّ الْقَلْبَ الْقَاسِيَ بَعِيدٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَ لكِنْ لا يَشْعُرُون‏.

The Prophet Muhammad (S):

O Abazar, one who is able to weep [over his sins] must do so, and one who is unable to weep must accustom his heart to sorrow and endeavor to weep. Verily [one with] a hard heart is far from Allah but they perceive it not.

Source: Makārim al-Akhlāq Vol1 P462

ID: 29877

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الإمام جعفر الصادق (عليه السَّلام ):

الكافي عن الإمام الصّادق عليه السلام : إذا بَلَغتِ النَّفْس هاهُنا ـ و أشارَ بِيَدِهِ إلى حَلْقِهِ ـ لَم يَكُن للعالِمِ تَوبَةٌ ، ثُمّ قَرَأ: «إنّما التّوبةُ على اللّه للّذين يَعملونَ السُّوءَ بجهالةٍ»

Imam Ja‘far al-Ṣadiq (as):

When the soul reaches here -and he pointed to his throat- there will be no repentance for a knowledgeable man, then he recited the verse: “[Acceptance of] repentance by Allah is only for those who commit evil out of ignorance..."

Source: al-Kāfī Vol1 P47

ID: 27412

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الإمام محمد الباقر (عليه السَّلام):

إنَّ اللّهَ تعالى أشَدُّ فَرَحا بتوبةِ عبدِهِ مِن رجُلٍ أضَلَّ راحِلَتَهُ و زادَهُ في ليلةٍ ظَلْماءَ فوجَدَها ، فاللّهُ أشَدُّ فَرَحا بتَوبَةِ عبدِهِ مِن ذلكَ الرّجُلِ براحِلَتِهِ حِينَ وجَدَها .

Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (as):

Allah’s happiness upon the repentance of His servant is greater than the happiness of a man who finds his provision and his mount after losing them in the middle of a dark night.

Source: al-Kāfī Vol2 P435

ID: 27411

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الإمام محمد الباقر (عليه السَّلام):

ما مِن عَبدٍ إلاّ و في قَلبِهِ نُكتَةٌ بَيضاءُ ، فإذا أذنَبَ ذنباً خَرَجَ في النُّكتةِ نُكتةٌ سَوْداءُ ، فإن تابَ ذَهَبَ ذلكَ السَّوادُ ، و إن تَمادى في الذُّنوبِ زادَ ذلكَ السَّوادُ حتّى يُغَطِّيَ البَياضَ ، فإذا [تَـ]غَطَّى البياضُ لَم يَرجِعْ صاحِبُهُ إلى خيرٍ أبداً، و هو قولُ اللّهِ عزّ و جلّ «كَلاّ بَلْ رانَ على قُلُوبِهِم ما كانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ» .

Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (as):

Every single person has a white spot on his heart, and when he commits a sin, a black dot appears in the white spot, so if he repents, the black dot disappears, but if he continues to indulge in sins, the black dot expands until it engulfs the white spot and when that happens, he will never return to good and that is the purport of God's verse in the Quran: "...No, that is not the case! Rather, their hearts have been sullied by what they have been earning."

Source: al-Kāfī Vol2 P273

ID: 27348

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