Sin
Two men came to Imam Jafar As-Sadiq (p.b.u.h) and said that they would like to do Tawbah (to ask for forgiveness of Allah) for their sins. The first man said that he had done a lot of small /minor sins while the second /one said that he had committed two big /major sins.
Imam Jafar As-Sadiq (p.b.u.h) told the first man to pick one small stone for each small sin that he had committed. Imam Jafar As-Sadiq (p.b.u.h) told the second man to bring a large boulder for each of his big sins. After a while both men came back to Imam Jafar As-Sadiq (p.b.u.h) having brought what they were asked to bring. Imam (p.b.u.h) now asked both of them to put back every stone in its place. The man with the two large boulders found it difficult to carry them back in their original place but eventually he managed. The man with the many small stones could not remember where he had picked all of them so he could not put them all back in their original place.
Therefore, it is very difficult to do Tawbah for the sins which seem small because we forget and take them for granted. That's why Imam Ali (p.b.u.h) has said: "The biggest sin is that which the doer considers the smallest."
posted by Mohsen Feizian @ 12:47 PM
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