He purchased it without telling her, choosing to ask for forgiveness rather than permission.
"It was, and still is, better sometimes to ask for forgiveness than ask for permission, " he said.
Devout Muslims regard the eclipse as a time of prayer - offering two raka'ats to ask for forgiveness - and a time to give alms to the poor.
Looking back, it was critical to have had mutual agreement beforehand, since it was far easier to ask for permission than to continually ask for forgiveness.
Ironically, many times just doing what you think is right and asking for forgiveness later (ask for forgiveness, not for permission) tends to work.
Once a year, the eel-dealers go to the market temple to pray for continued good sight, and to ask forgiveness of the eel spirits.
If they don't accept it, it's understandable, " said Pettway, adding, "I'm here today to right my wrong and ask for forgiveness.
"I repent and ask for forgiveness for bringing Vladimir Putin to power, " Mr. Berezovsky wrote.
Finally, ask for forgiveness and make the transition to having less control.
If he could make himself believed, it would also be a good tale for Mr Portillo to tell the country about himself as he led the Conservatives back to the centre, from where they could ask voters for forgiveness and re-election.
And so, it is important that we are able to forgive those we believe have wronged us even as we ask for forgiveness from people we have wronged.
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In the Jewish calendar, Rosh Hashanah is followed by Yom Kippur, the day of atonement, when observant Jews ask forgiveness for the sins of the past year and recommit to improving the next.
"We ask for forgiveness that for nearly 50 years we didn't find a way of reaching out to you from human being to human being, " he said at a ceremony in the western German city of Stolberg, where the firm is based.
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