Similar narrations

• Nahj al-Balāgha #1674 46. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: The sin that displeases you is better in the view of Allāh than the virtue which makes you...
• Ghurar al-Ḥikam #6042 Imam Ali (AS) said, The evil that befalls you is better than the good that makes you conceited.
• Mishkāt al-Anwār #1821 Ameer al-Momineen (a.s) said in Nahjul Balagheh: “A sin which makes you upset is better for God than a good deed which makes you conceited.”