samad abdolahi abed; jamshid bayat
Abstract
In this paper, the narrations regarding Repentance and Forgiveness, which exist in reliable Hadith references such as Al-Kafi, Amali, etc., have undergone an evidence-based textual review, and it has been identified that the greatest doubts regarding the fallibility of Imams (pbut) are the narrations ...
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In this paper, the narrations regarding Repentance and Forgiveness, which exist in reliable Hadith references such as Al-Kafi, Amali, etc., have undergone an evidence-based textual review, and it has been identified that the greatest doubts regarding the fallibility of Imams (pbut) are the narrations in which the Imams have admitted their sin and have asked for God’s forgiveness. As a result of evidential and textual reviews, it has been identified that most of these narrations are weak in terms of being constructed on documentary evidence, and, regarding their texts: 1) The subject of these hadiths is mostly about paying attention to God which draws others’ attention to this action; 2) the terms such as sin, repentance and forgiveness, used as evidence of fallibility, do not necessarily indicate fallibility and have different uses; 3) forgiveness of Imams (pbut) is a type of repulsive forgiveness which prevents the manifestation of sins; 4) repentance and forgiveness, in Quran’s view, is one of the greatest prayers, examples of which can be mentioned by referring to these points. All believers are called to forgiveness, and God loves those who repent.
