Reference: ash-Shu’ab v2 p1016
said:
Men are [of] three [types]:
A man who does a good deed, and then hopes for, and anticipates its reward.
And a man who does an evil deed, then repents and hopes for, and anticipates forgiveness.
And the third [type of] man – a persistent liar who persists upon sin and says I hope for, and anticipate forgiveness.
So he who knows himself to be upon evil, then it is befitting for his fear and apprehension to take precedence over his hope and anticipation.
