حُسنُ الاعتِرافِ Appropriate Confession [of One’s Sins]

17ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): عاصٍ يُقِرُّ بذَنبِهِ خَيرٌ مِن مُطيعٍ يَفتَخِرُ بعَملِهِ.

17- Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘A sinner who confesses to his sin is better than an obedient man who brags about his deed.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 6334]
 

18ـ الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): واللّه‏ِ، ما يَنْجو مِن الذَّنْبِ إلّا مَن أقَرَّ بهِ.

18- Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘By Allah! None will be safe from his sin except the one who admits it.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 6, p. 36, no. 56]
 

19ـ الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا واللّه‏ِ ما أرادَ اللّه‏ُ تَعالى مِن النّاسِ إلّا خَصْلَتَينِ: أنْ يُقِرّوا لَهُ بالنِّعَمِ فيَزيدَهُم، وبالذُّنوبِ فَيَغفِرَها لَهُم.

19- Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘By Allah! Allah wants but two traits to be present in people: to acknowledge His favors so that He may increase them, and to confess their sins so that He may forgive them.’[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 426, no. 2]