The one who was sinful felt shame and sorrow for his evil and bad deeds...

The one who was sinful felt shame and sorrow for his evil and bad deeds, remembering his sins and asking forgiveness from Allah; for this reason he was purified.” He (a.s.) also said: “Three things destroy man: magnifying his actions, ignoring his sins and being conceited for some correct ideas,” Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq (a.s.) said: “He who yields to conceit will perish.” Imam Musa Al-Kazim (a.s.) said: “Conceit has degrees. One of them is to decorate evil actions to seem good.

In this case, conceit causes man to think he is doing good. Another variety of it comes to a believer when he tries to remind Allah of his belief; while Allah has the right of reminding him of His favours to him.” Previous…