Muhammad
ibn Al-Qaasim said:
I accompanied Muhammad ibn Aslam for more than
20 years, and I never saw him pray two supererogatory rak’ahs, except on the
day of Jum’ah. On one occasion, 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. He used to enter his house and close his door. I was
never aware of what he would get up
until I heard his young son conversing how he used to cry. However, when he
used to go outside, he would wash his face and apply kuhl, and no sign of him crying would be
visible. He used to provide for a people and clothe them, but when he would
send his Messenger, he used to say: Make sure they don’t know who sent you.
As-Siyar: 12/201
~
Selected from: Narrations of the Salaf about
Sincerity, Showing off and the Love of Fame (Taken from the Book ‘Min
Akhbaar-is-Salaf’), page. 1 | Compiled and Translated by Abu Abdillaah Hassan
as-Somali
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