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My ‘azîz brothers!

Last night while I was reciting my awrâd, the guards and others could hear me. It occurred to me: I wondered if reciting the awrâd audibly did not diminish its sawâb, and I became anxious. Then I remembered a famous saying of Hujjat al-Islam Imam Ghazali. He said, "Sometimes doing something openly possesses more fadhîlah than concealing it." In other words, if others will benefit or imitate by performing it openly, or if they will awaken from ghaflah, or if they are stubborn in dhalâlah and dissipation (safahat), I found solace in the fact that performing openly the Shaâ’er of Islam in front of them, displaying the dignity of religion, especially at this time and by those who have fully learnet the lesson of ikhlas, far from being riyâ, can even be far more rewarding, provided that there is no hidden pretence.

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