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Heart-Softening Narrations

Hadith 5116

Chapter on Showing Off and Seeking Reputation

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Heart-Softening Narrations

Chapter on Showing Off and Seeking Reputation

Zujajat al-Masabih 5116Volume 4

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Abu Sa‘id Al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “If a man does a deed in a rock with no door or window, his deed will reach people, whatever 1 it may be.”

[Narrated by Al-Bayhaqi in Shu‘ab al-Iman]

Commentary and footnotes (2)

Note 1

whatever

(1) His statement: “whatever” – meaning that deed, whether good or evil, in words or actions, whether he intends its exposure or not, as Allah said: And Allah will expose what you were concealing (Al-Baqarah: 72). (As stated in Al-Mirqat)

Note 1

قوله

(۱) قوله : كائنا: أي ذلك العمل ما كان أي من الأعمال، ونصب كائنا» على الحال أي حال ذلك العمل أي شيء كان خيرا أو شرا من الأقوال والأفعال، أي سواء أراد ظهوره أو لم يرده؛ لقوله تعالى: ﴿وَاللهُ مُخْرِجٌ مَّا كُنتُمْ تكْتُمُونَ ﴾ (البقرة: (۷۲). كذا في «المرقاة».