قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) مَنْ ذَكَرَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي السِّرِّ فَقَدْ ذَكَرَ اللَّهَ كَثِيراً إِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ كَانُوا يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ عَلَانِيَةً وَ لَا يَذْكُرُونَهُ فِي السِّرِّ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يُراؤُنَ النَّاسَ وَ لا يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Biin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Ismail Bin Mihran, from Sayf Bin Ameyra, from Suleyman Bin Amro, from Abu Al Magra’a Al Khassaf, raising it, said, ‘Amir Al-<span class="iTxt">Momin</span>een<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The one who mentions (does <span class="iTxt">Zikr</span> of) Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic in the privacy so he has mentioned Allah<sup>azwj</sup> a lot. The hypocrites were doing <span class="iTxt">Zikr</span> of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> publicly and they were not doing His<sup>azwj</sup> <span class="iTxt">Zikr</span> during privacy. So Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majetic Said <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:4#h142"><a href="/books/quran:4#h142">[4:142]</a></a> they do it only to be seen of men and do not remember Allah except for a little</span>’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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