Question:

Are there reports that speak of sin in regard to Adam (a.)?

Answer:

Abdullah Ibn Sinan reported that Imam As-Sadiq (a.) was asked: “How long did Adam (a.) and his wife stay in the garden until they were brought out of it?” He said: “God breathed his spirit into Adam on Friday after the setting of the sun.” (15:29) Then He formed his wife from the lowest part of his ribs. (4:1) Then the angels bowed down before him (2:34) and He made him live in His garden that day. (2:35) By God, in it he stayed only six hours from his day until he disobeyed God. (20:121) Then God brought them out from there after the sun had set. They did not spend the night in it and remained in the front yard of the garden until they woke up and their private parts were apparent, whereupon their Lord cried out to them: “Have I not forbidden you that tree?” (7:22) Adam was ashamed and humbled himself before his Lord, saying: “Our Lord, we did wrong and we have confessed our sins, so forgive us.” (7:23) God said: “Go down from My heavenly kingdom to the earth, for a disobedient one is with Me neither in My garden nor in My heavenly kingdom.” (7:24) Imam As-Sadiq (a.) said: “When Adam ate from the tree, he remembered what God forbade him to do. It grieved him and he left to turn away from the tree. Thereupon the tree took hold of him by his head and pulled him towards it and said to him: “Why did you not turn away before you ate from me?” [Qisas-ul-Anbiya’ by Al-Jaza’iri, page 53]

العياشي عن عبد الله بن سنان قال سئل أبو عبد الله عليه السلام وانا حاضر كم لبث آدم عليه الصلاة والسلام وزوجته في الجنة حتى أخرجهما منها فقال إن الله تبارك وتعالى نفخ في آدم روحه بعد زوال الشمس من يوم الجمعة ثم برأ زوجته من أسفل أضلاعه ثم اسجد له ملائكته وأسكنه جنته من يوم ذلك فوالله ما استقر فيها الا ست ساعات في يومه ذلك حتى عصى الله فأخرجهما الله منها بعد غروب الشمس وما باتا فيها وصيرا بفناء الجنة حتى أصبحا فبدت لهما سوآتهما وناداهما ربهما ألم أنهكما عن تلكما الشجرة فاستحيى آدم من ربه وخضع وقال ربنا ظلمنا أنفسنا واعترفنا بذنوبنا فاغفر لنا قال الله لهما اهبطا من سماواتي إلى الأرض فإنه لا يجاورني في جنتي عاص ولا في سماواتي. وقال أبو عبد الله عليه السلام: ان آدم لما اكل من الشجرة ذكر ما نهاه الله عنها فندم فذهب ليتنحى من الشجرة فأخذت الشجرة برأسه فجرته إليها وقالت له أفلا كان فرارك قبل ان تأكل مني