´It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said:` “A man said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, I do a good deed, then others find out about it and that pleases me.’ He said: ‘You will have two rewards, the reward for doing it in secret and the reward for doing it openly (so that others may follow your example).’”
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Commentary:
Note:
(In the chain of narration, Sa'id bin Sinan is weak in memorization,
therefore, the mursal narration has been rendered as marfu‘ and connected.
For details, see:
Al-Da‘ifa No. 4344)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 2384