حياة السلف بين القول والعمل

Sincerity and condemnation of hypocrisy and showing off: Mutarrif bin Abdullah, may God have mercy on him, said: The heart is sound through righteous deeds, and righteous deeds are sound through sincere intention. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 1/359].

Sincerity and the condemnation of hypocrisy and showing off: Abu Imran al-Jawni, may God have mercy on him, said: The angels ascend with the deeds, and the King calls out: Throw that scroll, throw that scroll. He said: So the angels say: Our Lord, they said good things and we recorded them for them. Then the Blessed and Exalted says: He did not intend My pleasure by it. He said: And he calls out to the angel: Write for so-and-so such-and-such twice. So he says: O Lord, he did not do it. Then the Majestic and Exalted says: He intended it, he intended it. [Sifat al-Safwa 3/190].

Sincerity and condemnation of hypocrisy and pretense: Ali bin Salim said: I heard Sahl bin Abdullah, may God have mercy on him, being asked: What is the hardest thing for the soul? He said: Sincerity, because it has a share in it. [Sifat al-Safwa 4/319].

Sincerity and condemnation of hypocrisy and showing off: On the authority of Mujahid, may God have mercy on him, he said: We sought this knowledge without any intention for it, then God granted us the intention afterward. [Al-Siyar (its abridgment)].

Sincerity and condemnation of hypocrisy and showing off: Sufyan bin Uyaynah, may God have mercy on him, said: Whoever adorns himself for people with something that God knows is other than that, God will disgrace him. [Sifat al-Safwah 2/552].