Feeling of Self-importance
Al-Kāfi|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 125
6ـ عَنْهُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحَدِهِمَا (عَلَيهِما السَّلام) قَالَ دَخَلَ رَجُلانِ الْمَسْجِدَ أَحَدُهُمَا عَابِدٌ وَالآخَرُ فَاسِقٌ فَخَرَجَا مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ وَالْفَاسِقُ صِدِّيقٌ وَالْعَابِدُ فَاسِقٌ وَذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ يَدْخُلُ الْعَابِدُ الْمَسْجِدَ مُدِلاً بِعِبَادَتِهِ يُدِلُّ بِهَا فَتَكُونُ فِكْرَتُهُ فِي ذَلِكَ وَتَكُونُ فِكْرَةُ الْفَاسِقِ فِي التَّنَدُّمِ عَلَى فِسْقِهِ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مِمَّا صَنَعَ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ.
6. It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ahmad ibn abu Dawud from certain individuals of our people from one of the two Imam عليه السلام who has said the following: “Two people went to a Mosque. One was a worshipper and the other a sinful one. They left the Mosque. The sinner was a true believer, but the worshipper had become a sinner. It so happened, because the worshipper went to the Mosque boastful of his worshipping, thus, his thoughts were all the time on boastfulness. The sinner was regretful for his sins and was asking forgiveness from Allah.”
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (10/224)
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī