٧ـ عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ إِذَا هَمَمْتَ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ فَلا تُؤَخِّرْهُ فَإِنَّ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ رُبَّمَا اطَّلَعَ عَلَى الْعَبْدِ وَهُوَ عَلَى شَيْ‏ءٍ مِنَ الطَّاعَةِ فَيَقُولُ وَعِزَّتِي وَجَلالِي لا أُعَذِّبُكَ بَعْدَهَا أَبَداً وَإِذَا هَمَمْتَ بِسَيِّئَةٍ فَلا تَعْمَلْهَا فَإِنَّهُ رُبَّمَا اطَّلَعَ الله عَلَى الْعَبْدِ وَهُوَ عَلَى شَيْ‏ءٍ مِنَ الْمَعْصِيَةِ فَيَقُولُ وَعِزَّتِي وَجَلالِي لا أَغْفِرُ لَكَ بَعْدَهَا أَبَداً.
7. Ali has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hisham ibn Salim from Abu ‘Abdillah  who has said the following: “When you intend to perform a good deed, do not delay doing it; Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, perhaps finds a servant (of Allah) during a good deed of obedience and He, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, may say, ‘I will never subject you to punishment hereafter.’ If you intend to do an evil deed, you must not do it; perhaps Allah finds a servant during an act of disobedience and may say, “I swear by My Majesty and Glory to never forgive you hereafter.’” 