حياة السلف بين القول والعمل

Concealing and keeping good deeds secret: When Amr ibn Qais, may God have mercy on him, felt tenderness, he would turn his face to the wall and say to his companions: What is this cold? [Sifat al-Safwa 3/87].

Concealing and keeping good deeds secret: Salam bin Abi Muti’ said: Ayyub al-Sakhtiyani, may God have mercy on him, used to stand in prayer at night in secret, and when it was just before dawn he would raise his voice, as if he had only stood up at that hour. [Sifat al-Safwa 3/210].

Concealing and keeping good deeds secret: When Ibn al-Mubarak, may God have mercy on him, became emotional and feared that this would become apparent, he would get up and perhaps start talking about another subject. [Ibn Abi al-Dunya Encyclopedia 3/201].

Concealing and keeping good deeds secret: Hassan bin Abi Sinan, may God have mercy on him, used to attend the mosque of Malik bin Dinar, may God have mercy on him. When Malik spoke, Hassan would cry until the place in front of him was wet, and no sound could be heard from him. [Ibn Abi Al-Dunya Encyclopedia 3/202].

Concealing and keeping good deeds secret: Abu Sulayman al-Mukattib said: I accompanied Kurz, may God have mercy on him, to Mecca. Whenever he dismounted, he would take out his clothes and throw them into the saddlebag, then he would go aside to pray. When he heard the bellowing of camels, he would come. One day he did not return at the usual time, so his companions went out to look for him, and I was among those who looked for him. He said: I found him in a hollow praying in the heat of the day, and a cloud was shading him. When he saw me, he came towards me and said: O Abu Sulayman, I have a request of you. I said: What is your request, O Abu Abdullah? He said: I would like you to keep what you saw a secret. I said: You have my promise, O Abu Abdullah. He said: Give me a firm pledge. So I swore not to tell anyone about it until he died. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 2/147].