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- Muhammad ibn al-Husayn narrated to me, saying: ʿAyyash ibn ʿIsam al-Kalbi narrated to us; Muslim al-Aʿwar narrated to us, from ʿAwn ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿUtbah, who said: “A servant’s concern over his sin drives him to abandon it, and his remorse for it is the key to repentance. He will go on worrying about the sin he has committed until it becomes more beneficial to him than some of his good deeds.”
١٨٦ - حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ، حَدَّثَنِي عَيَّاشُ بْنُ عِصَامٍ الْكَلْبِيُّ، ثنا مُسْلِمٌ الْأَعْوَرُ، عَنْ عَوْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ، قَالَ: اهْتِمَامُ الْعَبْدِ بِذَنَبِهِ دَاعٍ إِلَى تَرْكِهِ، وَنَدَمُهُ عَلَيْهِ مِفْتَاحٌ لِتَوْبتَةٍ، وَلَا يَزَالُ الْعَبْدُ يَهْتَمُّ بِالذَّنْبِ يُصِيبُهُ، حَتَّى يَكُونَ أَنْفَعَ لَهُ مِنْ بَعْضِ حَسَنَاتِهِ