Be Smart..!

Sufyaan Ath-Thawree

said in a letter to

Uthmaan ibn Zaaidah

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The most intelligent of the intelligent ones is he who enters Paradise because of a sin he committed: He places his sin before his eyes , continuing to be constantly afraid for himself on account of that sin until he departs from this world and enters paradise.



And the most foolish of the foolish ones is he who enters the Hellfire on account of a single good deed he performed: He places it before his eyes, constantly remembering it and hoping to be rewarded for it, and in the meanwhile, he takes his sins lightly; and he continues to remain upon that condition until he parts from this world and enters the Hellfire.



Be smart: be constantly afraid for yourself on account of your past mistakes, since you do not know whether your Lord will punish you for them. And you do not know what impact your sins will have on the remainder of your life.