1919 – Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Musa told us; he said: Muhammad ibn Jaʿfar told us; he said: ʿAli ibn Harb told us; he said: al-Qasim ibn Yazid told us; he said: Shibl ibn ʿAbbad al-Makki told us, from Qays ibn Saʿd, from Saʿid ibn Jubayr, from Ibn ʿAbbas:
A man asked him about the major sins—“Are they seven?”—and he replied, “They are nearer to seven hundred. Nevertheless, no sin remains major when forgiveness is sought, and no sin stays minor when one persists in it.”