Quotes hasan basri

1. "May Allah have mercy on a servant who contemplates for a moment before doing a deed. If his intention is for Allah, then he does it. But, if his intention is not for Allah then he refrains from doing it." 2. "A man asked Hasan al-Basri, "Does not one of us feel ashamed of his Lord? he sinned and he asked forgiveness, then he sinned again and then he asked forgiveness again, and so on?" Al-Hasan said to the man, "Satan wants one of you to do like that. Therefore, never leave istighfar forever."