Hadith record

3. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ali ibn Asbat from Ahmad ibn ‘Umar al-Hallal from Ali ibn Suwayd who has said the following: “Once I asked abu al-Hassan (a.s.) about the feeling of self-importance that destroys good deeds. The Imam said, ‘The feeling of self-importance is of several degrees. Of such feeling is that one’s bad deeds seem attractive to him. He considers it good and it gives him a feeling of self-importance. He thinks that he is doing well. Of such a feeling is that a servant (of Allah) believes in his Lord and begins to like doing a favor to Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, in fact, Allah has done him the favor.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.