46 – Ahmad ibn al-Harith ibn al-Mubarak related to me, from a Qurashi shaykh, who said:

One of the wise men wrote to a brother of his:

“To proceed: freedom from sin is the fruit of repentance, and Allah is the Protector who grants you that freedom; therefore praise Him for it, and He will restore you to His obedience. Beware of self-conceit, for it is what I fear for you most; the self-conceited person is like someone who imagines he has conferred a favor upon Allah, when in truth Allah is the One who bestows every favor.”