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65 – Al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān narrated to me; Ibrāhīm ibn Rajāʾ narrated to me; he said: I heard Ibn al-Sammāk say:
“This morning I awoke as the caliph presiding over ⦗75⦘ three categories of people:
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A person who has sinned, then repented, firmly resolving to abandon the sin and never return to any act of disobedience—this one is truly upright.
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A person who sins, then sins again and again, yet weeps over his wrongdoing—there is hope for him, yet fear remains.
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A person who sins without remorse, sins without sorrow, sins without shedding a tear—this is the traitor who has veered from the path of Paradise toward the Fire.”
٦٥ - حَدَّثَنِي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ رَجَاءٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ السَّمَّاكِ، قَالَ: " أَصْبَحْتُ الْخَلِيفَةَ عَلَى ⦗٧٥⦘ ثَلَاثَةِ أَصْنَافٍ: صِنْفٌ مِنَ الذَّنْبِ تَائِبٌ مُوَطِّنٌ نَفْسَهُ عَلَى هُجْرَانِ ذَنْبِهِ لَا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ إِلَى شَيْءٍ مِنْ سَيِّئَةٍ هَذَا الْمَبْرُورُ، وَصِنْفٌ يُذْنِبُ، ثُمَّ يُذْنِبُ، وَيُذْنِبُ وَيَبْكِي، هَذَا يُرْجَى لَهُ، وَيُخَافُ عَلَيْهِ، وَصِنْفٌ يُذْنِبُ، وَلَا يَنْدَمُ، وَيُذْنِبُ وَلَا يَحْزَنُ، وَيُذْنِبُ وَلَا يَبْكِي، فَهَذَا الْخَائِنُ الْجَائِرُ عَنْ طَرِيقِ الْجَنَّةِ إِلَى النَّارِ "