قُلْتُ لَهُ قَوْمٌ يَعْمَلُونَ بِالْمَعَاصِي وَ يَقُولُونَ نَرْجُو فَلَا يَزَالُونَ كَذَلِكَ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَهُمُ الْمَوْتُ فَقَالَ هَؤُلَاءِ قَوْمٌ يَتَرَجَّحُونَ فِي الْأَمَانِيِّ كَذَبُوا لَيْسُوا بِرَاجِينَ إِنَّ مَنْ رَجَا شَيْئاً طَلَبَهُ وَ مَنْ خَافَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ هَرَبَ مِنْهُ .
Translation
From him, from Ibn Abu Najran, from the one who mentioned it, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, said, ‘I said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘A group are acting in disobedience and they are saying, ‘We are (living in hope)’. So they are not ceasing to be like that until the death comes to them’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘They are a people swaying in the beliefs. They are lying! They are not with the hope. The one who hopes for something would seek it, and the one who fears from something, would flee from it’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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