It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn al-Adra' (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: One night I was guarding the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). I stood up, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) took my hand and leaned on it. Then we passed by a man who was praying in the mosque in a loud voice, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Perhaps he is one who shows off (in worship)." I said: O Messenger of Allah! He is praying (with utmost humility) and supplicating. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) let go of my hand and said: "You will never attain this matter (the religion) by striving to overpower (one another), or (he said) by harshness." The narrator said: Then we went out on another night and passed by a man who was praying in a loud voice, and I said (drawing an analogy from the earlier incident): O Messenger of Allah! Perhaps he is one who shows off. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No, rather he is awwah (that is, one who weeps much and humbly implores before Allah)." The narrator said: That man was Sayyiduna Abdullah Dhu al-Bijadayn (may Allah be pleased with him), and the other was a Bedouin (a desert Arab).
This chain is hasan (good).
And Imam Abu Ya'la (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated: Muhammad bin Ishaq al-Musayyibi narrated to us, from Sulayman bin Dawud, from Dawud bin Qays, from Zayd bin Aslam (may Allah have mercy on him), a similar hadith.
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