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hadith 172
Hadith #
172
Book
Kitāb al-Zuhd
Volume
1
Section
11
Part
Content
Chapter
Showing off, Hypocrisy, Self-Admiration, and Conceit
Source
Ḥusayn b. Saʿīd al-Ahwāzī
۞
6.Al-Naḍr narrated from Durust, from one of our companions, from Abū ʿAbdillāh (a) who said
“Verily Allah sent two angels to the people of a city in order to overturn it upon its inhabitants. When they arrived at the city, they found a man supplicating to Allah and beseeching Him. So one of them told the other, ‘Do you not see this supplicant?’ He replied, ‘I see him, but I will proceed to do as my Lord has commanded me.’ ‘I, on the other hand, will not do anything before returning to my Lord [and asking about the man],’ said the first angel. So he returned to Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, and said, ‘My Lord, I went to the city and found Your servant so-and-so supplicating to You and beseeching You.’ He said, ‘Do as I have commanded you, for indeed that man’s face has never changed out of anger for My sake, ever.’”
النضر عن درست عن بعض أصحابه عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال
إن الله بعث ملكين إلى أهل مدينة ليقلباها على أهلها فلما انتهيا إلى المدينة وجدا رجلا يدعو الله ويتضرع إليه فقال أحدهما للاخر: إما ترى هذا الداعي فقال قد رأيته ولكن أمضى لما أمرني به ربى فقال: ولكني لا أحدث شيئا حتى ارجع إلى ربى فعاد * إلى الله تبارك وتعالى فقال: يا رب انى انتهيت إلى المدينة فوجدت عبدك فلانا يدعوك ويتضرع إليك فقال: امض لما أمرتك فان ذلك الرجل لم يتغير وجهه غضبا لي قط.
Tags Boasting/Showing Off (Riya)Hypocrisy

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