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“And was this showing off, O Sufyan?”
One year, while Sufyan Ath-Thawri was performing pilgrimage in the company of Shaiban Ar-Ra’i, a lion appeared before their traveling party on the road they were traveling upon. Sufyan said to Shaiban:...
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“Charity in the darkness of the night extinguishes the Lords anger.”
`Ali bin ‘l-Husayn and his charity during the night: Ali bin ‘al-Husayn used to carry bread on his back in the darkness of the night and follow the poor people (to give it to them). He used to say,...
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Hiding ones tears
Hammâd bin Zayd said, “Ayyûb was such that a hadîth would be narrated to him, which would soften his heart and cause his eyes to shed tears. So when a tear would come to him, he would wipe his nose...
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Hiding deeds
Al-Hasan ‘al-Basrî said, speaking about the striving of the Salaf in hiding their deeds, “A man would have gathered the Qur’ân (i.e. memorised it) whilst his neighbour would be unaware. Another man...
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From the chapter of ‘Sincerity': Tanbih Al-Ghafileen
It was said: “The likeness of the one who performs good deeds in order to show off and have a good reputation is like the one who goes out to the marketplace and fills his bags with stones, and as a...
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From the chapter on ‘Hoping for Allah’s Mercy': Tanbih Al-Ghafileen
It was said: “When the following verse was revealed: {“...My Mercy embraces all things…”} [al-A’raf; 156], Satan – may Allah curse him – became hopeful and said: “I am a thing of those things, so I...
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The definition of sincerity— Sh. Salih al-Munajjid
Linguistically: It is extracted from the verb (Akhlas) whose source is (Ikhlaas), which means to make pure and not mixed with anything else. This is why Chapter Al-Ikhlaas was given this name,...
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