إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ لَيُذْنِبُ الذَّنْبَ فَيُذَكَّرُ بَعْدَ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً فَيَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ مِنْهُ فَيَغْفِرُ لَهُ وَ إِنَّمَا يُذَكِّرُهُ لِيَغْفِرَ لَهُ وَ إِنَّ الْكَافِرَ لَيُذْنِبُ الذَّنْبَ فَيَنْسَاهُ مِنْ سَاعَتِهِ .
Translation
From him, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Fazzal, from Ali Bin Uqba Baya’a Al Aksiya, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘A <span class="iTxt">Momin</span> commits the sin, then he remembers after twenty years, so he seeks Forgiveness of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> from it, and He<sup>azwj</sup> Forgives him, and rather He<sup>azwj</sup> Reminds him in order to Forgive him for it; and that the <span class="iTxt">Kafir</span> (unbeliever) commits the sin, so he forgets it from its time (of committing it)’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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