Better a thief than a Raafidhee

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Bashshaar bin Bard said to Hilaal bin `Attiyyah and they were friends:

“O Hilaal! Will you listen to my advice?” He (Hilaal) said: “Yes.” He said: “(O Hilaal!) There was a time when you used to steal donkeys. Then you repented (from it) and (now) you became a Raafidhee. (O Hilaal!) Return back to stealing donkeys, for it is, By Allaah, better for you than to be engaged in Rifdh (i.e. better for you than being a Raafidhee).”

[Wafayaat al-A`yaan (1/425)]