hadith
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3-86 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted on the authority of Ahmad ibn Aba Abdullah al-Barqy, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Safvan ibn Yahya, on the authority of Abdul Rahman ibn al-Haj’jaj that Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) said, “
Satan (May God Damn him) told his followers, ‘There are three things which once a man does I will overcome him and not worry about his other deeds. These things are: Overestimating his deeds; forgetting his sins and becoming conceited.’”
3-86 حدثنا أبي رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن أبي عبد الله البرقي، عن أبيه، عن صفوان بن يحيى، عن عبدالرحمن بن الحجاج، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام، قال
قال إبليس لعنه الله عليه لجنوده: إذا استمكنت من ابن آدم في ثلاث لم أبال ما عمل فانه غير مقبول منه: إذا استكثر عمله، ونسي ذنبه، ودخله العجب
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