Musar for Berakhot 37:6
תנא דבי ר' ישמעאל אם ראית תלמיד חכם שעבר עבירה בלילה אל תהרהר אחריו ביום שמא עשה תשובה שמא סלקא דעתך אלא ודאי עשה תשובה והני מילי בדברים שבגופו אבל בממונא עד דמהדר למריה:
It was taught by the school of R. Ishmael : If thou seest a scholar committing an offence at night, do not criticise him for it by day ; perhaps he has repented by then. Dost thou imagine perhaps he has repented? Nay, he has certainly repented. This refers only to an offence concerned with his person ; but in a matter involving money, [he may be criticised] until he refunds it to its owner.
Shaarei Teshuvah
But delay of repentance is only found among the ignorant, who are sleeping - lounging. They do not turn to their hearts, and they have neither the knowledge nor the understanding to know that they should hurry, to escape for their lives. Some of them are led astray from God, Blessed be He, and they do not believe in punishment for sin. And our rabbis, may their memory be blessed, said (Berakhot 19a), "If you saw a scholar transgress a prohibition at night, do not think badly of him the [next] day; for in truth, he has [already] repented."
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