صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                                            صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic brothers, the topic of today’s speech is ‘conceal your good deeds’. In this speech, we will hear Quranic verses and Ahadees related to concealing good deeds, the mindset of the pious predecessors, excellences of concealing good deeds, sayings and accounts of pious predecessors رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـه, how is it to lie in order to conceal good deeds, permissible cases of revealing good deeds and many other important points. May we be fortunate to listen to the entire speech with good intentions.

اٰمِیْن بِجَاہِ النَّبِیِّ الْاَمِیْن صلَّی اللہ علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                                            صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Concealed action of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddeeq رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ

Sayyiduna Umar Farooq-e-A’zam رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ would, at night, carry out housework for a blind elderly woman who lived in an area of Madinah-tul-Munawwarah. For example, he would fill water for her and perform all her chores.

As per his routine, he once went to the elderly woman’s house but was astonished to see that someone had already carried out all the work before him. The following day, he arrived a bit earlier only to find the same situation. When this carried on for three days, he رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ became very anxious as to which individual had preceded him in good deeds?

One day, he came during the daytime and hid somewhere. At night, he saw that the caliph of the time, the leader of believers, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddeeq رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ arrived and performed all the chores for the elderly woman. He رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ was astonished that despite being the caliph of the time, heرَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ   was so humble.

He himself then exclaimed: It is indeed Ameer-ul-Mu’mineen Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddeeq رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ who always precedes me in good deeds. (Kanz-ul-‘Ummal, Juzz 12 vol. 6, p. 221, Hadees 35602)