Reference: Siyar A’laam an-Nubalaa – Volume 2, Page 335
Abu Laylaa said:
Abu ad-Dardaa wrote to Maslamah ibn Makhlad [as follows]:
Peace be upon you; [and] to proceed: Certainly, when the servant [of Allaah] commits a sin, he causes Allaah to detest him, and when he causes Allaah to detest him, He causes him to be detested by His servants.
