Hiding One’s Acts of Worship – Sheikh Muhammad Ghayth

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Translation text: والبعض يظهر قيامه بالليل لإخوانه! Some people show off their prayer in the night to his brothers. بقوله: اسمحلي انا اليوم متعب ما نمت البارحة، قمت اليل كله By saying, “Forgive me I’m tired today, I didn’t sleep yesterday; I prayed the whole night.” والبعض يفهمك حرصه على صوم الإثنين و الخميس And others try to show you their eagerness for fasting on Mondays and Thursdays. ‎فيقول لك انا يوم الإثنين و الخميس أكون قبل المغرب في البيت، اتعشى بعد المغرب So they tell you, “On Mondays and Thursdays I am at home before Maghrib, I eat dinner directly after Maghrib.” ‎أو يظهر لك إعتكافه فيقول لك أنا في العشر الأواخر لا تجدني إلا في المسجد Or he shows you his I’tikaf. So he says, “In the last ten days [of Ramadan] you won’t find me except in the Masjid.” وهذا داء دوي ابتلي به الناس And this is a serious illness the people are afflicted with. ‎، قال ابن الجوزي: ومن أعجب ما رأيت فيهم أن رجلا كان يصلي بالناس صلاة الصبح يوم الجمعة ثم يلتفت فيقرأ المعوذتين و يدعوا دعاء الختمة Ibn Al-Jawzi said, “From the strangest things that I have seen was a man who used to lead the people in the morning prayer (i.e., Fajr) on Friday, then he would turn around (to see the people) and read Al-Mu’awithatayn (i.e., Surah Al-Falaq and An-Nas) and the Dua of completing the Qur’an.” ليعلم الناس أني قد ختمت الختمة To show the people that he has completed the reading of the Qur’an. قال: وما هذه طريقة السلف And he [Ibn Al-Jawzi] said, “And this is not the way of the Salaf, فإن السلف كانوا يسترون عبادتهم as the Salaf used to hide their worship.” و كان عمل الربيع بن خثيم كله سر And the deeds of Al-Rabee’ Ibn Khuthaym were all secret. ‎فربما قد دخل عليه الداخل وقد نشر المصحف فيغطيه بثوبه Perhaps someone would enter upon him and he would have the Mushaf out, so he would cover it with his garment. ‎وكان أحمد بن حنبل يقرأ القرآن كثيرا و لا يدرى متى يختم And Ahmad ibn Hanbal used to read the Qur’an a lot and it was never known when he would complete it. ‎إذا اتصل بك أحد و كنت في طاعة اعتذر له عن عدم التمكن من الرد ولكن لا تخبره بطاعتك If someone called you while you were in an act of worship, apologize to them because you couldn’t answer, but don’t tell them about your act of worship. ‎قل له المعذرة كنت مشغول لم يكن الهاتف في يدي، لا تقل له المعذرة كنت أصلي الضحى Tell them, “Sorry I was busy, the phone wasn’t in my hand.” Don’t tell them, “Sorry I was praying the Duha prayer.” ‎اخف حسناتك كما تخفي سيئاتك، السلف كانوا أحرص شيء على اخفاء أعمالهم Hide your good deeds as you hide your sins, the Salaf were most keen in hiding their deeds. ‎قال محمد بن أبي حاتم عن البخاري: وكان يتصدق بالكثير Muhammad Ibn Abi Hatim said about Al-Bukhari, “He used to give a lot in charity, ‎ يأخذ بيد صاحب الحاجة من أهل الحديث فيناوله ما بين العشرين إلى الثلاثين و أقل و أكثر من غير ان يشعر بذلك أحد he would take the one in need from the people of Hadeeth by the hand, giving him between twenty to thirty, and more and less, without anyone noticing.” ----------------------------------------------------- Rabbaniyeen ربانيين 🔴اليوتيوب🔴👇 https://youtube.com/channel/UCSZQ94R_9fXNumssaa5BAkg 🔴الانستجرام🔴👇 https://www.instagram.com/rabbaniyeen/ 🔴التيليغرام🔴👇 https://t.me/Rabbaniyeen