Ibn Mubarak on Sins: Calamity to not care about your faults

Al-Husayn reported: Ibn al-Mubarak, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “Among the greatest of calamities is that a man knows his own shortcomings, but he does not care about them, nor does he grieve over them.”

Source: Shu’ab al-Imān lil-Bayhaqī 867

عن الْحُسَيْنَ قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ مِنْ أَعْظَمِ الْمَصَائِبِ لِلرَّجُلِ أَنْ يَعْلَمَ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ تَقْصِيرًا ثُمَّ لَا يُبَالِي وَلَا يَحْزَنُ عَلَيْهِ

867 شعب الإيمان للبيهقي الخوف من الله تعالى

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Abu Amina Elias
Abu Amina Elias (Justin Parrott) is an academic librarian, researcher, and translator specializing in the Quran, Hadith, and their commentaries. He is a former instructor of Islamic Creed for Mishkah University.
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