Friday, 24 June 2011

"Out of fear of showing off"

Muhammed Ibn Al-Qaasim said:

صحبت محمد بن أسلم أكثر من عشرين سنة لم أره يصلي ركعتين من التطوع إلا يوم الجمعة، وسمعته كذا وكذا مرة يحلف: لو قدرت أن أتطوع حيث لا يراني ملكاي لفعلت؛ خوفا من الرياء



"I accompanied Muhammed Ibn Aslam for more than twenty years, and I never saw him pray two supererogatory rak'kahs, excpt on the day of Jum'ah. On one occassion, I heard him take an oath: "By Allaah if I was able to pray a supererogatory prayer where my two angels could not see me;I would do so out of fear of showing off."

["As-Siyaar", 12/201].

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