The Fear of Hypocrisy by the Sahabah (رضي الله عنهم أجمعين)

Imam Ibn Abi Mulaykah (رضي الله عنه) narrated:

I met 30 companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) all of whom feared that they might be guilty of hypocrisy, and not one of them said that his faith was like that of Jibreel and Mika’eel.

(Narrated by Imam al-Bukhari)

The Companions! They were the ones who fought at Badr and Uhud, many of them were given the good news of Paradise, they are the ones about whom Allah says "They are pleased with Him, and He is pleased with them!"

The Prophet (ﷺ) taught us the following dua to protect us from shirk;

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أُشْرِكَ بِكَ وَأَنَا أَعْلَمُ ، وَأَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِمَا لَا أَعْلَمُ

Allaahumma inni a’oodhu bika an ushrika bika wa ana a’lam wastaghfiruka lima laa a’lam 

(O Allah, I seek refuge with You from associating anything with You knowingly, and I seek Your forgiveness for that of which I am unaware).”

[Narrated by Imam Ahmad 4/403].

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