Imam Jafir as Sadiq a.s heard that an old man had become famous for his piety.
One day Imam Jafir as Sadiq a.s saw him surrounded by a larg crowd.
A little latter the man came out of the crowd and distancing himself from them proceeded alone.
Whereupon imam Jafir as Sadiq a.s began to follow him after a short time.
The Imam observed that he had stopped near the bakery from where he stealthily he picked up two loaves of bread.
After a short distance he stopped at a fruit store and picking up two pilgrimage in the same manner and once again continued on his way.
As he walked further, the old man approached a sick person handed over the loaves and fruit to him and was about to move when Imam Jafir as Sadiq a.s come up to him and said:
I have witnessed something greatly astonishing from you.
And then proceeded and narrate the act which He had witnessed.
The old man said: I suppose you as Imam Jafir as Sadiq a.s
The Imam Jafir as Sadiq a.s replied him in affirmative.
The man continued: it is really unfortunate that in a spite of being of the progeny of the Noble Prophet Muhammad sawa you do not seem to any thing!
Imam Jafir as Sadiq a.s replied: which act of ignoranc have you noticed from me?
The man said: but do you not know that God had said in the Holy Quran
“Whoever brings the good deed he shall have ten like it and whoever brings an evil deed he shall be recompensed only with the like of it(Al, an, aam vers 160)
On this basis since i have stolen two loaves of bread and two fruits i have four sins my account but in other hand since i have given it in the way of God i have earned fourteen good deeds reducing four from fourteen!
I still have thirty six good deeds in my account a pity that you possess no knowledge of such Computation.
The Imam Jafir as Sadiq a.s explained to him: but have you not heard this vers of Quran Al Kareem! Which Allah says
Allah only accept to those who guard against evil(Al Maeda vers 27)
You have earned four sins byStealing those four items and four more sins for given them to someone without the permission of the owners so collected eight sins but not single good deed.
Later the Imam Jafir as Sadiq a.s said to His companion: with such interpretation and justifications not only do they mislead themselves but others as well
Reference: Namuna, he ma,aarif vol 4 page 275)