We are not what people think of us. We are what we are inside us. And only Allah knows what's inside us:
A Brief and Tremendous Admonition from Khaalid Ibn Safwaan That Brought Tears to Umar ibn Abdul Azeez
Purification of The Soul
In The Name of Allaah, The Most Mercful, The Bestower of Mercy.
Ibraaheem Ibn Adham [rahimahullaah] said: It has reached me that Umar Ibn Abdul Azeez [rahimahullaah] said to Khaalid Ibn Safwaan [rahimahullaah]: “Admonish me and be brief”; so Khaalid said: “O Leader of the believers! Indeed there are a people who have been deceived by Allaah’s concealment of (their sins, blameworthy affairs, shortcomings etc) and are put to trial by the good praise [received from the people], so let not the ignorance of others about your (real state of affairs) prevail over what you know about yourself. May Allaah protect us and you from becoming deceived by Allaah’s concealment of [our real state of affairs], delayed and negligent in that which Allaah has obligated and inclining towards desires”. Ibraaheem said: So he (Umar) wept and then said: “May Allaah protect us and you from following desires”.
[Hilyatul Awliyaa 8/18]
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