Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief Chapter: Sins Committed From Time to Time (al-Lamam) 4ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َيْرٍ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ بَهْرَا٠َيْعٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠َنْ جَاءَنَا يَلْتَ٠ِسُ الْفِقْهَ وَالْقُرْآنَ وَتَفْسِيرَهُ فَدَعُوهُ وَ٠َنْ جَاءَنَا يُبْدِي عَوْرَةً قَدْ سَتَرَهَا الله فَنَحُّوهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ ٠ِ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ وَالله إِنَّنِي لَ٠ُنْذُ دَهْرٍ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَتَحَوَّلَ عَنْهُ إِلَى غَيْرِهِ فَ٠َا أَقْدِرُ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ إِنْ كُنْتَ صَادِقاً فَإِنَّ الله يُحِبُّكَ وَ٠ْنَعُهُ أَنْ يَنْقُلَكَ ٠ِنْهُ إِلَى غَيْرِهِ إِلا لِكَيْ تَخَافَهُ.

Whoever comes to us to make public what Allah has covered, you must move him away.’ A man from the people then said, ‘May Allah keep my soul in service for your cause, I have been involved in sin for a long time and I want to change to something else but I am not able to do so.’ The Imam said, ‘If you are true, Allah loves you.

There is nothing to prevent Him from changing you to something else, it is only as such so that you can be fearing Him.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (11/318))