19ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ خَرَجْتُ مَعَ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) إِلَى بَعْضِ أَمْوَالِهِ فَقَامَ إِلَى صَلاَةِ الظُّهْرِ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ خَرَّ لله سَاجِداً فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ بِصَوْتٍ حَزِينٍ وَتَغَرْغَرُ دُمُوعُهُ رَبِّ عَصَيْتُكَ بِلِسَانِي وَلَوْ شِئْتَ وَعِزَّتِكَ لأَخْرَسْتَنِي وَعَصَيْتُكَ بِبَصَرِي وَلَوْ شِئْتَ وَعِزَّتِكَ لأَكْمَهْتَنِي وَعَصَيْتُكَ بِسَمْعِي وَلَوْ شِئْتَ وَعِزَّتِكَ لأَصْمَمْتَنِي وَعَصَيْتُكَ بِيَدِي وَلَوْ شِئْتَ وَعِزَّتِكَ لَكَنَّعْتَنِي وَعَصَيْتُكَ بِرِجْلِي وَلَوْ شِئْتَ وَعِزَّتِكَ لَجَذَمْتَنِي وَعَصَيْتُكَ بِفَرْجِي وَلَوْ شِئْتَ وَعِزَّتِكَ لَعَقَمْتَنِي وَعَصَيْتُكَ بِجَمِيعِ جَوَارِحِي الَّتِي أَنْعَمْتَ بِهَا عَلَيَّ وَلَيْسَ هَذَا جَزَاءَكَ مِنِّي قَالَ ثُمَّ أَحْصَيْتُ لَهُ أَلْفَ مَرَّةٍ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ الْعَفْوَ الْعَفْوَ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَلْصَقَ خَدَّهُ الأيْمَنَ بِالأرْضِ فَسَمِعْتُهُ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ بِصَوْتٍ حَزِينٍ بُؤْتُ إِلَيْكَ بِذَنْبِي عَمِلْتُ سُوءاً وَظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ غَيْرُكَ يَا مَوْلاَيَ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ أَلْصَقَ خَدَّهُ الأيْسَرَ بِالأرْضِ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ ارْحَمْ مَنْ أَسَاءَ وَاقْتَرَفَ وَاسْتَكَانَ وَاعْتَرَفَ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ.
19. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Muhammad ibn Sulayman from his father who has said the following: “Once I accompanied abu al-Hassan, Musa ibn Ja‘far, ‘Alayhim al-Salam, to see some of his properties. He readied himself for noontime Salah (prayer). When he finished he bowed down to prostrate before Allah. I heard him saying with a sad voice and tears causing an unevenness of sound in his throat, ‘O Lord, I have disobeyed You with my tongue. Had You wanted, I swear by Your majesty, You could have made it dumb. I have disobeyed You with my eyes. Had You wanted, I swear by Your majesty, You could have made them blind. I have disobeyed You with my ears. Had You wanted, I swear by Your majesty, You could have made them deaf. I have disobeyed You with my hands. Had You wanted, I swear by Your majesty, You could have crippled them. I have disobeyed You with my legs. Had You wanted, I swear by Your majesty, You could have paralyzed them. I have disobeyed You with my genital organ. Had You wanted, I swear by Your majesty, You could have made it barren. I have disobeyed You with all parts of my body which You have gifted me with and this is not the way I should have returned Your favors.’ The narrator has said that I counted his saying ‘al-‘Afw’ one thousand times. He then made the right side of his face touch the ground and I heard him saying in a sad voice, T have come to You with sin and bad deeds, I have done injustice to myself so forgive me; no one is able to forgive sins except You, O my Lord’- three times. Then he made the left side of his face touch the ground and I heard him say, ‘(O Lord,) forgive the one who has bad deeds and has accumulated sins but is humble and has confessed his sins’- three times. Then he raised his head.”
