قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِنَّ قَوْماً مِنْ مَوَالِيكَ يُلِمُّونَ بِالْمَعَاصِي وَ يَقُولُونَ نَرْجُو فَقَالَ كَذَبُوا لَيْسُوا لَنَا بِمَوَالٍ أُولَئِكَ قَوْمٌ تَرَجَّحَتْ بِهِمُ الْأَمَانِيُّ مَنْ رَجَا شَيْئاً عَمِلَ لَهُ وَ مَنْ خَافَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ هَرَبَ مِنْهُ .
Translation
And it is reported by Ali Bin Muhammad, raising it, said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, ‘A group of people from the ones in your<sup>asws</sup> Wilayah are commiting minor sins of disobedience and are saying, ‘We (live in hope)’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘They are lying! There are no friends for us<sup>asws</sup> (like) those people. The belief is swaying with them. The one who hopes for something would work for 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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