Kitāb al-Zuhd

Hadith 193
repentance
عبد الله بن المغيرة عن جميل بن دراج عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: إذا هم العبد بسيئة لم تكتب عليه وإذا هم بحسنة كتبت له
8.ʿAbdullāh ibn al-Mughīrah narrated from Jamīl ibn Darrāj, from Abū ʿAbdillāh (a) who said, “When a servant intends to do an evil deed, it is not recorded against him, but if he intends to do a good deed, it is recorded for him.”
Source: Ḥusayn b. Saʿīd al-Ahwāzī

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