Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl - Punishments

Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl - Punishments Chapter: Punishment of being haughty against Allah أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَیْنِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِی عُ٠َیْرٍ عَنْ حَفْصٍ الْبَخْتَرِیِّ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنَّ قَوْ٠اً أَذْنَبُوا ذُنُوباً کَثِیرَهً فَأَشْفَقُوا ٠ِنْهَا وَ خَافُوا خَوْفاً شَدِیداً وَ جَاءَ آخَرُونَ فَقَالُوا ذُنُوبُکُ٠ْ عَلَیْنَا فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَیْهِ٠َّ قَالَ تَبَارَکَ وَ تَعَالَی خَافُونِی وَ اجْتَرَأْتُ٠1.

Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates that a community had committed a number of sins. However they stopped committing them after a period and began to fear those sins a lot. Some people came forward and said, “Your sins are around our necks.” The Almighty Allah sent chastisement on them and said: “Those people used to fear Me and you tried to be haughty.”