Humble in Doing Good, Defiant Against Sins

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Humble in Doing Good, Defiant Against Sins

Love people in proportion to the (good) deeds they perform.  Become humble and flexible when you are invited to perform a good deed, and become rigid and defiant when you are invited to commit a sin.

—Sufyān al-Thawrī [d. 161H/778CE]


(Read on pg 157, Salaahud-Deen ibn ‘Alee ibn ‘Abdul-Maujood, The Biography of Sufyaan Ath-Thauree. Darussalam Publishers. Riyadh:2005.)

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