Sayyidunā Abū ‘Abdullāĥ رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated, ‘Sayyidunā Shaykh Abul Ḥasan Muhammad Bin AslamṬūsī عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـقَـوِی used to take utmost care in concealing his good deeds, to the extent that he once said, ‘If it were up to me, I would hide away from even Kirāman Kātibīn (the two respected angels who writedown a person’s deeds) to perform the worship of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ!’ The narrator has stated, ‘I was in the company of the Shaykh for a period of over 20 years but I never saw him, other than on Fridays, performing even two Rak’āt of Nafl Ṣalāĥ. The Shaykh رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه would take a pot of water into his special room and then close the door from the inside. I was never able to find out what he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه did in his room, until one day, when his son began to cry loudly. As the child’s mother began to try to calm the child down, I asked, ‘Why is the child crying so much?’ Then the respected lady said, ‘This child’s father (Sayyidunā Shaykh AbulḤasan Ṭūsī رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه) recites the Holy Quran in this room and cries [with fear of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ], so this child also begins to cry upon hearing his father crying!’
Shaykh Abū ‘Abdullāĥ رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه stated, ‘Shaykh Sayyidunā Abul Ḥasan Ṭūsī رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه, in order to protect himself from the perils of ostentation, would take so much care to conceal his good deeds that after performing worship in his special room and before coming out, he would wash his face and apply kohl to his eyes, so that nobody would be able to guess that he had been crying by looking at his face or eyes!’(Ḥilya-tul-Awliyā, vol. 9, pp. 254)
May Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ have mercy on him and forgive us for his sake!
Mayrā ĥar ‘amal bas Tayray wāsiṭay ĥo
Ker ikhlāṣ aysā ‘aṭā Yā Ilāĥī
May my every action be solely for You
Grant me such sincerity – I implore You!
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه عَزَّوَجَلَّ! On one hand, these are the most sincere and devout people who conceal their good deeds; and unfortunately, on the other hand, there are the naive, sincerity-lacking people like us, who loudly proclaim and declare any good deeds we perform. First of all, we do not even manage to perform good deeds, and if we rarely succeed in doing a good deed, we end up showing off!
Nafs-e-badkār nay dil per yeĥ qiyāmat tawřī
‘Amal-e-nayk kiyā bĥī to cĥupānay na diyā
My insolent ego has affected my heart deep inside it
When I did a good deed, I wasn’t able to hide it
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
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