Question

Can I quote this?

“You will be unable to taste the sweetness of the hereafter as long as you like to be known.”

 

Answer

Imam Abu Bakr ibn Abid Dunya and Imam Abu Nu’aym (rahimahumallah) have recorded this as the statement of Bishr ibnul Harith Al Hafi (rahimahullah), the famous ascetic [Demise: 227 A.H.].

The narration may be quoted as such.

Bishr Al Hafi (rahimahullah) said: “A man who loves to be known by people will not taste the sweetness of the Hereafter.”

(At Tawadu’ wal Khumul: 72, Hilyatul Awliya, vol. 8, pg. 343. Also see: Ar Risalatul Qushayriyyah. pg. 118)

 

And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.

Answered by: Mawlana Suhail Motala

Approved by: Mawlana Muhammad Abasoomar

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التخريج من المصادر العربية:

التواضع والخمول لابن أبي الدنيا:
(٧٢) – حدثني الحسن بن عبد الرحمن قال: قال بشر بن الحارث رحمه الله: لا أعلم رجلا أحب أن يعرف إلا ذهب دينه وافتضح» قال: وقال بشر بن الحارث: «لا يجد حلاوة الآخرة رجل يحب أن يعرفه الناس.

حلية الأولياء وطبقات الأصفياء: (٣٤٣/٨)
حدثنا أبي، ثنا أبو الحسن بن أبان، ثنا أبو بكر بن عبيد، حدثني الحسين بن عبد الرحمن، قال: قال بشر بن الحارث: لا أعلم رجلا أحب أن يعرف إلا ذهب دينه وافتضحزز
وقال بشر: لا يجد حلاوة الآخرة رجل يحب أن يعرفه الناس.

الرسالة القشيرية:  (ص: ١١٨)
وقال بشر: لا يجد حلاوة الآخرة رجل يحب أن يعرفه الناس.


Moulana Suhail Motala


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