Softening The Heart: Kitāb az-Zuhd wa’r-Raqāʾiq

by Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak

‘Seek refuge in Allah from hypocritical humility.’Abū Yaḥyā was asked, ‘What is that?’ and he answered, ‘When the body seems humble, but the heart is not.’ (Ibn Abī Shaybah 35711).