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Monday, 14 November 2011

Am I Righteous?





It was narrated that a man asked:
 “The people say that I am a righteous person, so how can I tell whether or not I am righteous?” So, it was said to him:

First: expose your secrets in front of the righteous. If they are pleased with you, then know that you are righteous. If they are not, then you are not righteous.

Second: offer the dunya to your heart. If it rejects it, then know that you are righteous. If it accepts it, then you are not.

Third: offer the possibility of death to your soul. If it longs for death, then know that you are righteous. If not, then you are not. If these three characteristics are combined in you, then ask Allah to prevent any show-off from entering upon your actions so that they would not become ruined.

['Tanbih ul-Ghafilin' (Informing the Heedless) - Imam Abul-Layth Nasr as-Samarqandi]

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