Sayyiduna Thawban, may Allah be pleased with him, who was a servant of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), reports that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I do not wish for people from my Ummah who will come on the Day of Resurrection with good deeds like the mountains of Tihamah, and Allah Almighty will make those good deeds scattered dust." The Companions said: O Messenger of Allah! Tell us who they are, so that we do not become like them while we do not know? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "They are from among your brothers, they are such people that when they are alone, they commit what Allah has forbidden."
Hadith Referenceمعجم صغير للطبراني / كتاب الرقاق / 1011
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:صحيح
Hadith Takhrij«صحيح ، وأخرجه ابن ماجه فى «سننه» برقم: 4245، قال الشيخ الألباني: صحيح ، والطبراني فى «الأوسط» برقم: 4632، والطبراني فى «الصغير» برقم: 662، مسند شامين برقم: 680»
´It was narrated from Thawban that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:` “I certainly know people of my nation who will come on the Day of Resurrection with good deeds like the mountains of Tihamah, but Allah will make them like scattered dust.” Thawban said: “O Messenger of Allah, describe them to us and tell us more, so that we will not become of them unknowingly.” He said: “They are your brothers and from your race, worshipping at night as you do, but they will be people who, when they are alone, transgress the sacred limits of Allah.”
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊ Many sins nullify good deeds.
➋ Maintaining a righteous appearance before people while committing sins freely in solitude is also a form of hypocrisy, due to which deeds are rendered void.
➌ Performing tahajjud (night prayer) is a virtue, but even more essential is to remain steadfast upon taqwa (piety) in solitude.
➍ True taqwa (piety) is that a person refrains from sin even when there is no one watching him.
➎ The meaning of turning good deeds into dust is that Allah, the Exalted, will not accept their good deeds. Therefore, they will become weightless, even if outwardly they appear as great and white as mountains.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 4245