10. My father said: `Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim said, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Abu `Umayr, on the authority of Mu`adh al-Jawhari, on the authority of al-Sadiq Ja`far ibn Muhammad , on the authority of is forefather, blessings of Allah be upon them that

The Messenger of Allah said: Jibra`il said: Allah, great be His Glory said: Whoever commits a sin, major or minor, and he does not believe that I have a right to punish him over it or to forgive for it, then I will never forgive him for that sin ever. Whoever commits a sin, whether be it minor or major, believing that I have a right to punish him over it or forgive for it, I forgive him.