محمد بن سنان عن داود الرقي عن أبي حمزة الثمالي قال: سمعت أبا جعفر عليه السلام يقول: إن الله عز وجل جعل للمعروف أهلا من خلقه حبب إليهم المعروف وحبب إليهم فعاله وأوجب على طلاب المعروف الطلب إليهم وعليهم قضاه كما يسر الغيث إلى الأرض المجدبة ليحييها ويحيى أهلها وان الله جعل للمعروف أعداءا من خلقه بغض إليهم المعروف وبغض إليهم فعاله وحظر على طلاب المعروف الطلب إليهم وحظر عليهم قضاه كما يحظر الغيث على الأرض المجدبة ليهلك به أهلها وما يعفو الله عنه أكثر.
8,Muḥammad ibn Sinān narrated from Dāwūd al-Riqqī, from Abū Ḥamzah al-Thumālī who said, “I heard Abā Jaʿfar  say, ‘Verily Allah, the Almighty, made among His creatures some who are worthy of virtue. He made them love goodness and love doing good [to others]. He enjoined upon those who seek goodness that they should refer to them. And He made it is as easy for them to carry it out as He made it is easy for rain to flow on arid land in order to bring it to life and cause its inhabitants to thrive. Verily Allah made among His creatures some who are enemies of virtue. He made them detest goodness and made them hate acting upon it. He forbade those who seek goodness from referring to them, and prevented them from carrying it out just as He prevents rain from pouring on an arid land [in order] to destroy its inhabitants. And what Allah forgives is greater [than what He punishes].’”