Hadith 946
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1. Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates that a community had committed a number of sins. However they stopped committing them after a period and began to fear those sins a lot. Some people came forward and said, “Your sins are around our necks.” The Almighty Allah sent chastisement on them and said: “Those people used to fear Me and you tried to be haughty.”
أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَیْنِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِی عُمَیْرٍ عَنْ حَفْصٍ الْبَخْتَرِیِّ قَالَ
قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنَّ قَوْماً أَذْنَبُوا ذُنُوباً کَثِیرَهً فَأَشْفَقُوا مِنْهَا وَ خَافُوا خَوْفاً شَدِیداً وَ جَاءَ آخَرُونَ فَقَالُوا ذُنُوبُکُمْ عَلَیْنَا فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَیْهِمُ الْعَذَابَ ثُمَّ قَالَ تَبَارَکَ وَ تَعَالَی خَافُونِی وَ اجْتَرَأْتُمْ.