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righteous person because this is self-satisfaction.’ (Iḥyā-ul-‘Ulūm, vol. 3, pp. 452]
3. Sayyidunā Muṭarrif رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has said, ‘For me to sleep the whole night and then to regret, in the morning, to have missed the worship of the night is better than to perform worship the whole night and then indulge in self-satisfaction in the morning, i.e. to consider myself to be a pious person.’ (Iḥyā-ul-‘Ulūm, vol. 3, pp. 452)
4. Sayyidunā Bishr Bin Manṣūr عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـغَـفُـوۡر was a great worshipper. He was so pious that if a person saw him, the person would be inspired to remember Allah عَـزَّوَجَـلَّ and the afterlife. One day, Sayyidunā Bishr Bin Manṣūr عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـغَـفُـوۡر offered Ṣalāĥ. A person was standing behind him and observing him. After Sayyidunā Bishr Bin Manṣūr عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـغَـفُـوۡر performed Salām, finishing the Ṣalāĥ, he noticed the person. (Overcome with divine fear, he humbly said trying to refrain from self-satisfaction) ‘You should not be amazed to see me offer Ṣalāĥ because Satan had also worshipped Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ with the angels for a long period of time. But how he was doomed is evident and obvious to everyone.’ (Iḥyā-ul-‘Ulūm, vol. 3, pp. 453)
5. Ḥujjat-ul-Islam, Sayyidunā Imām Abū Ḥāmid Muhammad Bin Muhammad Bin Muhammad Ghazālī عَـلَـیۡـهِ رَحْـمَـةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـوَالِی has stated, ‘The ability to perform good deeds is one of the
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