حياة السلف بين القول والعمل

Sincerity and condemnation of hypocrisy and showing off: Badil Al-Uqaili, may God have mercy on him, said: Whoever seeks God’s favor through his knowledge, God will turn His face towards him and turn the hearts of the servants towards him. And whoever works for other than God Almighty, God will turn His face away from him and turn the hearts of the servants away from him. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 1/451].

Sincerity and condemnation of hypocrisy and showing off: Yahya bin Abi Kathir, may God have mercy on him, said: The angel ascends with the servant’s deed, rejoicing, to God Almighty, and God Almighty says: Put it in Sijjin, for I was not the one sought by this deed. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 1/455].

Sincerity and condemnation of hypocrisy and showing off: Yahya bin Abi Kathir, may God have mercy on him, said: Learn about intention, for it is reaches further than action. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 1/456].

Sincerity and condemnation of hypocrisy and showing off: Sufyan al-Thawri, may God have mercy on him, said: The ugliest desire is to seek worldly gain through deeds done for the Hereafter. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 2/399].

Sincerity and condemnation of hypocrisy and pretense: On the authority of Abbas bin Abdullah, he said: It was said to Abdullah bin Al-Mubarak, may God have mercy on him: Who are the leaders of the people? He said: Sufyan and those like him. It was said to him: Who are the lowest of the people? He said: One who uses his religion to earn his food. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 3/39].