حَدَّثَنِي بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا قَالَ كَانَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الْأَوَّلُ ( عليه السلام ) إِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنْ آخِرِ رَكْعَةِ الْوَتْرِ قَالَ هَذَا مَقَامُ مَنْ حَسَنَاتُهُ نِعْمَةٌ مِنْكَ وَ شُكْرُهُ ضَعِيفٌ وَ ذَنْبُهُ عَظِيمٌ وَ لَيْسَ لَهُ إِلَّا دَفْعُكَ وَ رَحْمَتُكَ فَإِنَّكَ قُلْتَ فِي كِتَابِكَ الْمُنْزَلِ عَلَى نَبِيِّكَ الْمُرْسَلِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) كانُوا قَلِيلًا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ما يَهْجَعُونَ وَ بِالْأَسْحارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ طَالَ هُجُوعِي وَ قَلَّ قِيَامِي وَ هَذَا السَّحَرُ وَ أَنَا أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِذَنْبِي اسْتِغْفَارَ مَنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ لِنَفْسِهِ ضَرّاً وَ لَا نَفْعاً وَ لَا مَوْتاً وَ لَا حَيَاةً وَ لَا نُشُوراً ثُمَّ يَخِرُّ سَاجِداً ( صلوات الله عليه ) .
Translation
Ali Bin Muhammad, from Sahl, from Ahmad Bin Abdul Aziz who said, ‘One of our companions narrate to be saying, ‘It was so that whenever Abu Al-Hassan<sup>asws</sup> the 1<sup>st</sup> raised his<sup>asws</sup> head from the last <span class="iTxt">Rak’at</span> of Al-Witr (<span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>), said: ‘This is a place of the one whose good deeds are a Bounty from You<sup>azwj</sup> and his gratitude is weak, and his sins are great, and it is not for him except for Your<sup>azwj</sup> Defence and Your<sup>azwj</sup> Mercy, for You<sup>azwj</sup> Said in Your<sup>azwj</sup> Book Revealed upon Your<sup>azwj</sup> Dispatched Prophet<sup>saww</sup> <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:51#h17"><a href="/books/quran:51#h17">[51:17]</a></a> They used to sleep but little in the night. <a href="/#/books/quran:51#h18"><a href="/books/quran:51#h18">[51:18]</a></a> And in the morning they sought Forgiveness</span>. And little is my<sup>asws</sup> standing, and this is the morning and I<sup>asws</sup> am seeking Forgiveness from You<sup>azwj</sup> for sins of my<sup>asws</sup> (Shias) and seeking of the Forgiveness of the one who can neither find for himself a harm, nor a benefit, nor death, nor life, nor Resurrection’. Then fall down in the <span class="iTxt">Sajdah</span>’.
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