Ibn Abbas (r.a.) said:
"O you who are given to sin! Don't deem yourselves safe from the evil consequences of your deeds! The sin is usually accompanied by things which are even worse than the sin itself. While you commit a sin, you're not feeling ashamed of the angels on your right and on your left, and that is even worse than the sin itself. You don't know how Allah is going to deal with you, and yet you are laughing. This laughter of yours is even worse than the sin itself. And if you succeed in committing a sin, you are happy about it. Your happiness is even worse than the sin itself. And if you could not commit a sin, you feel sad. This sadness is even worse than the sin itself. If a gust of wind moves the curtain that screens you while you commit a sin, you feel scared, but the fact that Allah is watching you does not frighten you. This condition is even worse than the sin itself."
(Hayatus Sahabah 3/588)
