Sayyiduna Abu Malik al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: "I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what is the perfection of righteousness?' The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'That you do in secret the same deed you do openly.'"
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains a narrator, Abd al-Rahman bin Ziyad bin An'um, who is da'if (weak) but did not deliberately lie, and the remaining narrators of this report have been declared trustworthy, although some of them have weakness.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الزهد / 18089
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسنادہ ضعیف
Hadith Takhrij«اخرجه الطبراني فى المعجم الكبير (3420)»