Hazrat Abu Al-Ashhab narrates, he says that I heard Hasan saying: O son of Adam! You have a hidden state and you have an apparent state. So your hidden state is more in your control than your apparent state. You have an action and you have a word. So your action is more in your control than your word.

Hazrat Abu Al-Ashhab narrates, he says that I heard Hasan saying: O son of Adam! You see the speck in your brother's eye, but you ignore the beam in your own eye.

Hazrat Ata bin Saib narrates that when Hazrat Abu’l-Bakhtari and his companions heard someone praising them or felt self-admiration, they would turn their shoulders and say: I humble myself before Allah.

It is narrated from Hazrat Thabit. He says that Hasan was asked, "O Abu Saeed! Does Satan sleep?" He replied, "If he were heedless, every believer would feel this in his heart."

Hazrat Abu Al-Ashhab narrates. He says that Hasan narrates. There are people of evil and there are people of good. Whoever abandons something, it suffices him.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ka'b. He says: By God! The praise of a servant does not remain established on the earth until it becomes established for him in the heavens.

It is narrated from Hazrat Dhahhak. He says that Hazrat Umar bin Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, wrote to Hazrat Abu Musa: "Amma ba'd! Surely, there is strength in action. Do not leave today's work for tomorrow. Because if you do so, many tasks will accumulate upon you. You will not know which of them to take up. Then you will waste them. So when you are given a choice between two tasks, one of which is for the world and the other for the Hereafter, then give preference to the work of the Hereafter over the work of the world. Because the world is perishable and the Hereafter is everlasting. And remain in fear of Allah. And learn the Book of Allah, for it is the source of knowledge and the springtime of hearts."

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) that he said: Whoever acts with show-off, Allah Almighty will also deal with him with show-off.

It is narrated from Abdullah bin Abi Zakariya. He says that it has reached me that when a person shows off in any of his deeds, his previous deeds become void.

Hazrat Jundub Alqi narrates that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Whoever seeks fame, Allah the Exalted will disgrace him, and whoever acts hypocritically, Allah the Exalted will expose his hypocrisy."