grace and generosity but keep me unknown amongst the people so that they do not recognise me’.

One night, he was crying in his Salah when some people saw a radiant lantern above his head, the brightness of which dazzled the eyes. The next morning, the saintly miracle of the night was mentioned to him which made him restless about why his worship had been made apparent to the people.

Suddenly, he lifted his hands in the court of Allah Almighty and prayed: ‘O my Lord, the Bearer of secrets! My secret has become apparent; hence I do not desire to live after attaining fame’.

Saying this, he placed his head in Sajdah. People began to move his body but realised that his soul had departed. (Raud-ur-Riyaheen, p. 288)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                                            صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

A unique way of hiding good deeds

Sayyiduna Abul Hassan Muhammad Bin Aslam Tusi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه would be very cautious about concealing his good deeds, so much so that he once said, ‘If I had it my way, I would even hide from the two angels that record my deeds when worshiping’.

Sayyiduna Abu Abdullah رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه states: ‘I remained in the company of Sayyiduna Abul Hassan رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه for over 20 years, but I was unable to see him offer even two Rak’aah of Nafl (voluntary prayer), except for the Jumu’ah (and other Fard and Wajib Salahs), because he would take a bowl of water in his allocated room and lock the door from inside. I never came to know what he was doing in the room until one day his son began to cry excessively and his mother was trying to silence him. I asked: ‘Why is the child crying so excessively?’ She replied, ‘his father (Abul Hassan Tusi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه) recites the Quran in that room and cries while reciting it, so he (the child) too begins to cry after hearing his father crying.’

Shaykh Abu Abdullah رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه states: ‘(in order to abstain from the harms of ostentation), Sayyiduna Abul Hassan رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه would strive to keep his good