سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ لَا تَسْتَكْثِرُوا كَثِيرَ الْخَيْرِ وَ تَسْتَقِلُّوا قَلِيلَ الذُّنُوبِ فَإِنَّ قَلِيلَ الذُّنُوبِ يَجْتَمِعُ حَتَّى يَصِيرَ كَثِيراً وَ خَافُوا اللَّهَ فِي السِّرِّ حَتَّى تُعْطُوا مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمُ النَّصَفَ وَ سَارِعُوا إِلَى طَاعَةِ اللَّهِ وَ اصْدُقُوا الْحَدِيثَ وَ أَدُّوا الْأَمَانَةَ فَإِنَّمَا ذَلِكَ لَكُمْ وَ لَا تَدْخُلُوا فِيمَا لَا يَحِلُّ لَكُمْ فَإِنَّمَا ذَلِكَ عَلَيْكُمْ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Ahmad bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Usman Bin Isa, from Sama’at who said, ‘I heard Abu Al-Hassan<sup>asws</sup> saying: ‘Do not consider it a lot, a lot of goodness, and do not consider it as few, the few sins, for the few sins would be gathering until they become a lot; and be fearful of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> in the secret until you are obeying the fairness from yourselves; and hasten to the obedience of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> and ratify the Ahadeeth, and pay the entrustment, so rather that is for you; and do not indulge in what is not Permissible for you, for rather that is upon you (the burden of the sins)’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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