And be cautious of doing things for which you may have to offer an excuse...

And be cautious of doing things for which you may have to offer an excuse; and when you stand for daily prayers, do so as if you were offering the last and farewell prayers; and if you can manage to be better today than yesterday, or tomorrow better than today, then do so." Enjoy good and forbid evil And wilt the preceding chains of narration from ‘Ali ibn Mahzyar, from ‘Ali ibn Hadeed, from ‘Ali ibn al-Nu’man, from Ibn Maskan, from Dawood ibn Farqad, from Abu Saeed al-Zohari, from one the two (Imams), peace be upon them, who said: "Woe to the people who do not make it their habit to enjoy good and forbid evil." And then he said: "Whoever professes 'there is no God but…