💌 Three tips on how to keep some good deeds confidential,
Truly between you and Allah the Most Merciful,
Closer to Ikhlaas and far from people's appraisal:
Don't announce good deeds. Don't do things to be credible.
Be pious for Allah, not to impress the people.
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When you're fasting and some give you a dish, be grateful
Without stating you're fasting in a way that's boastful.
Clarify only if you don't want to be hurtful
When someone offers you a drink or some edibles.
Inform you're fasting and for their kindness you're thankful.
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When you gave somebody a tip for being helpful,
Donated some amount to projects charitable,
Granted some beggars money or bought them essentials,
Keep them between you and Allah the Most Merciful.
No need to broadcast them to be an influential.
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If you aim to enjoin right, share what's beneficial,
And yearning for people's praise is not your goal at all,
Then continue to be kind, narrate what is useful,
Implement what you preach, don't be hypocritical,
And pray Sunnah prayers often like Qiyaam Al-Layl.
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Always ask Allah that He keeps you sincere, truthful,
And calm with a heart that serves Allah, not the people,
So your energy spent on good deeds isn't wasteful.
Ensure your secret good deeds outweigh the visible
Ones to join those who strive to stay true and dutiful.
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📖 Abu Huraira RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated that the Messenger of Allah SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "The Mufarridun (the isolated or those who like to isolate themselves) have gone ahead (in gaining rewards)." He was asked, "Who are the Mufarridun?" He SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam replied, "Those men and women who remember Allah much."
[Sahih Muslim]
Arabic/English book reference: Book 16, Hadith 1436
📖 Abu Huraira RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Those in seclusion have raced ahead." They said, "O Messenger of Allah, who are those in seclusion?" The Prophet Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "They are men and women who remember Allah often."
In another narration, the Prophet SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "They are those who are absorbed in the remembrance of Allah (saying Dhikr and Du'a)."
Source: Sahih Muslim 2676
Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Muslim
📖 Abu Huraira RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "There are seven whom Allah will shade on a day when there is no shade but His. They are: a just ruler/leader, a youth who grew up with love for worshiping Allah, one whose heart is attached to the mosques, two who love each other, meet each other, and depart from each other for the sake of Allah, a man who is tempted by a beautiful woman of high status but he rejects her (invitation to commit zina, a major sin), saying, ‘I fear Allah,’ one who spends in charity and conceals it so much so that his right hand does not know what his left hand has given, and one who remembered Allah in private (while saying Du'a, Dhikr or reading the Noble Qur'an) and his eyes fill up with tears."
Source: Sahih Al-Bukhari 629
Sahih Muslim 1031
Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (Authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Muslim
📖 Abu Huraira RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Allah the Almighty said: 'Every good deed of Adam's son is for him except fasting; it is for Me. and I shall reward (the fasting person) for it.' Verily, the smell of the mouth of a fasting person is better to Allah than the smell of musk."
Reference: Sahih Al-Bukhari 5927
In-book reference: Book 77, Hadith 142
USC-MSA web (English) reference: Vol. 7, Book 72, Hadith 811