[7] Humility of The Scholars

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.

Hisham bin Hassan, may Allah have mercy upon him, said:

They (some people) mentioned humility in the presence of Al-Hasan Al-Basri, may Allah have mercy upon him, while he kept quiet until they spoke a lot about it. Then he said to them: ‘I see you speaking profusely about humility’. They said: ‘O Abu Sa’eed! What is humility?’ He said: ‘He (a person) exits his house and does not meet a Muslim, except thinking that the other is better than him'”.

Az-Zuhd 1598 By Imam Ahmad, may Allah have mercy upon him.