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Sahih Muslim 2990 (Book 55, Hadith 68) #14492
Concealing Good Deeds

SUMMARY: People should not publicize their good deeds as Allah has concealed them.

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger as saying: All the people of my Ummah would get pardon for their sins except those who publicize them. And (it means) that a servant should do a deed during the night and tell the people in the morning that he has done so and so, whereas Allah has concealed it. And he does a deed during the day and when it is night he tells the people, whereas Allah has concealed it. Zuhair has used the word hijar for publicizing.
حَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ، وَعَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، قَالَ عَبْدٌ حَدَّثَنِي وَقَالَ، الآخَرَانِ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَخِي ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ، قَالَ قَالَ سَالِمٌ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ ‏"‏ كُلُّ أُمَّتِي مُعَافَاةٌ إِلاَّ الْمُجَاهِرِينَ وَإِنَّ مِنَ الإِجْهَارِ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ الْعَبْدُ بِاللَّيْلِ عَمَلاً ثُمَّ يُصْبِحُ قَدْ سَتَرَهُ رَبُّهُ فَيَقُولُ يَا فُلاَنُ قَدْ عَمِلْتُ الْبَارِحَةَ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَقَدْ بَاتَ يَسْتُرُهُ رَبُّهُ فَيَبِيتُ يَسْتُرُهُ رَبُّهُ وَيُصْبِحُ يَكْشِفُ سِتْرَ اللَّهِ عَنْهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ زُهَيْرٌ ‏"‏ وَإِنَّ مِنَ الْهِجَارِ

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concealment  *  deeds  *  publicizing  *  hijar  *  ihtimam  *  saleh

QUICK LESSONS:
Do your good deeds sincerely without expecting any worldly reward or recognition from people

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the importance of concealing one’s good deeds and not publicizing them. It is narrated by Abu Huraira, who was a companion of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ said that all people will be forgiven for their sins except those who publicize their good deeds, meaning that they should not tell others what they have done in order to gain recognition or praise from others. Instead, they should do the deed and leave it to Allah to reward them for it in His own way and time. The word hijar used here means ‘publicizing’ or ‘making known’ which is something that should be avoided when doing good deeds as it defeats the purpose of doing something out of sincerity for Allah alone without expecting any worldly reward or recognition from people.

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