Tradition n. 124

قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم:

اِنَّ اَكثَرَ صِياحِ اَهلِ النّارِ مِنَ التَّسويفِ.

The Holy Prophet (S) said: “The sigh of the people of Hell is mostly because of the postponement of repenting.”

Al-Mahajjat al-Bayda

Tradition n. 125

قالَ الإمامُ الباقِرُ عليه السلام :

اَلتائِبُ مِنَ الذنبِ كَمَن لا ذَنبَ لَهُ.

Imam al-Baqir (‘a) said: “He who repents of his sins is as the one who has not any (burden of) sin.

Wasa’il ash-Shi’a vol. 16, p. 74

Tradition n. 126

قالَ الإمامُ أَميرُ المُؤمنينَ عَلِيّ عليه السلام :

كَم مِن مُسَوِّفٍ بِالعَمَلِ حَتّى هَجَمَ عليه الأجَلُ.

Imam Amir al-Mu’minin ‘Ali (‘a) said: “How numerous procrastinators there are who postpone (repenting and doing good deeds) until when death overtakes them!

Ghurar al-Hikam, p. 240

Tradition n. 127

قالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ عليه السلام :

يا عَلِيُّ طُوبى لِصُـورَةٍ نَظَرَ اللّه اِلَيها تَبكي عَلى ذَنبٍ لَم يَطَّلِع عَلى ذلك الذنبِ اَحَدٌ غَيرُ الله.

The Holy Prophet (S) told ‘Ali Ibn Abi Talib (‘a): “O' ‘Ali! Blessed is he who Allah looks upon while he is weeping for the sin that none is aware of except Allah.

(Various traditions emphasize that one must not let others know of his sins. One must make confessions about his sins only to Allah and, then, repent.)

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 77, p. 63

Tradition n. 128

قالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم:

اِنَّ اللّه تَبارَكَ وَ تَعالى يُنزِلُ مَلَكـًا إِلى السَّماءِ الدّنيا كُلَّ لَيلَة فِي الثّل ثِ الأخيرِ وَ لَيلَةَ الجُمُعَة في اَوَّلِ اللَّيـلِ فَيأمُـرُهُ فَيُنادِى: هَـل مِـن سائِلٍ فَاُعطِيَهُ؟ هَل مِن تائِبٍ فَاَتُوبَ عليه؟ هَـل مِـن مُستَغفِرٍ فَاَغ فِرَ لَهُ؟

The Holy Prophet (S) said: “During the third part of every night and on the night before Friday from the beginning (until the break of dawn) Allah sends an angel unto the sky of the earth in order to call: 'Is there any needy who asks that I may bestow upon him his need? Is there any repentant one that I may return to him? Is there any seeker of forgiveness that I may forgive him?'“

Note

Islamic traditions teach that sleeping on the night before Friday is called 'the regret sleep'; for, on the Reckoning Day, people will regret very much that they had been asleep on the nights before Fridays.

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 3, p. 314

Tradition n. 129

قالَ الإمامُ الصَّادِقُ عليه السلام :

اَغلِقُوا اَبوابَ المَعصِيَة بِالاِستِعاذَة وَافتَحُـوا اَبوابَ الطّاعَة بِالتَّسمِيَة.

Imam as-Sadiq, the sixth Imam, (‘a) said: “Shut the doors of sins through seeking refuge to God, and open the doors of obedience by (reciting) 'Bismillah'.”1

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 92, p. 216

• 1. Bismillah, here is a short form of /bismillah ar-rahman ar-rahim/