سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ إِذَا تَابَ الْعَبْدُ تَوْبَةً نَصُوحاً أَحَبَّهُ اللَّهُ فَسَتَرَ عَلَيْهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ فَقُلْتُ وَ كَيْفَ يَسْتُرُ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ يُنْسِي مَلَكَيْهِ مَا كَتَبَا عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ وَ يُوحِي إِلَى جَوَارِحِهِ اكْتُمِي عَلَيْهِ ذُنُوبَهُ وَ يُوحِي إِلَى بِقَاعِ الْأَرْضِ اكْتُمِي مَا كَانَ يَعْمَلُ عَلَيْكِ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ فَيَلْقَى اللَّهَ حِينَ يَلْقَاهُ وَ لَيْسَ شَيْءٌ يَشْهَدُ عَلَيْهِ بِشَيْءٍ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Muawiya Bin Wahab who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> saying: ‘When the servant repents sincerely, Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Loves him, so He<sup>azwj</sup> Veils upon him in the world and the Hereafter’. So I said, ‘And how does He<sup>azwj</sup> Veil upon him?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘He<sup>azwj</sup> Causes His<sup>azwj</sup> Angels to forget what they had written against him from the sins, and He<sup>azwj</sup> Reveals unto his body parts: “Conceal his sins upon him”, and He<sup>azwj</sup> Reveals unto the spot of the earth: “Conceal what was committed upon you from the sin”. Thus, he would meet Allah<sup>azwj</sup> when he does Meet Him<sup>azwj</sup>, and there would be nothing to testify against him with anything from the sins’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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