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‘Abdullāh bin Mas’ūd on taking account of sins

11 November 2020 · 25 Rabīʿ I 1442 AH

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قَالَ عَبْدُ اللّٰهِ بْن مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ اللّٰهُ عَنْهُ: >إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ يَرَى ذُنُوبَهُ كَأَنَّهُ قَاعِدٌ تَحْتَ جَبَلٍ يَخَافُ أَنْ يَقَعَ عَلَيْهِ وَإِنَّ الْفَاجِرَ يَرَى ذُنُوبَهُ كَذُبَابٍ مَرَّ عَلَى أَنْفِهِ<

Translation

‘Abdullāh bin Mas’ūd ^{[d. 28H]} (may Allāh be pleased with him) said: “A believer sees his sins as if he were sitting under a mountain which, he is afraid, may fall on him; whereas the wicked person considers his sins as flies passing over his nose and he just drives them away like this.”

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• Ḥilyatul Awliyā' (4/129)

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