يكصد و پنجاه درس زندگى - مكارم شيرازى، ناصر - الصفحة ٨٦ - Lesson eighty six Do not sin and do not apologize
Lesson eighty six :Do not sin and do not apologize
Imam Hossein( A. S. )said:
إيّاكَ وَ ما تَعْتَذِرُ مِنْهُ فَانَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ لا يُسِيىءُ وَ لايَعْتَذِرُ وَ الْمُنافِقُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ يُسِيىءُ وَ يَعْتَذِرُ
Translation
Do not sin so that you have to apologize for it, because a believer does not sin and does not apologize, but a hypocrite everyday sins and apologizes..
Brief description
Everybody is apt to mistake, but believers have one difference with the hypocrites herein. The believers try to sin less so that they would not have to apologize, because they know that apology does not acquit anyone. But the hypocrites do not care for sin and offence and repeatedly apologize, and this is one of the signs of hypocrites outwardly showing repentance due to apology and inwardly indicating non repentance due to repetition of sin.