Chapter on the Virtue of Good Deeds
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 11
وَ قَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «رَأَيْتُ اَلْمَعْرُوفَ لاَ يَصْلُحُ إِلاَّ بِثَلاَثِ خِصَالٍ تَصْغِيرِهِ وَ سَتْرِهِ وَ تَعْجِيلِهِ فَإِنَّكَ إِذَا صَغَّرْتَهُ عَظَّمْتَهُ عِنْدَ مَنْ تَصْنَعُهُ إِلَيْهِ وَ إِذَا سَتَرْتَهُ تَمَّمْتَهُ وَ إِذَا عَجَّلْتَهُ هَنَّأْتَهُ وَ إِنْ كَانَ غَيْرُ ذَلِكَ مَحَقْتَهُ وَ نَكَّدْتَهُ ».
Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام said: "I observed that goodness is only perfected through three qualities: minimizing it, concealing it, and hastening it. When you minimize it, you magnify it in the eyes of the one you do it for. When you conceal it, you complete it. When you hasten it, you bless it. But if it is otherwise, you spoil it and distress it."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh