 أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَیْنِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِی عُمَیْرٍ عَنْ حَفْصٍ الْبَخْتَرِیِّ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنَّ قَوْماً أَذْنَبُوا ذُنُوباً کَثِیرَهً فَأَشْفَقُوا مِنْهَا وَ خَافُوا خَوْفاً شَدِیداً وَ جَاءَ آخَرُونَ فَقَالُوا ذُنُوبُکُمْ عَلَیْنَا فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَیْهِمُ الْعَذَابَ ثُمَّ قَالَ تَبَارَکَ وَ تَعَالَی خَافُونِی وَ اجْتَرَأْتُمْ.

1.  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.”

Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl

Chapter #65