Never once saw him praying a voluntary prayer

Reference: Siyar A’laam an-Nubalaa – Volume 12, Page 201

Muhammad ibn al-Qaasim said:

I accompanied Muhammad ibn Aslam for more than 20 years, and never once saw him praying a voluntary prayer except on the day of Jumu’ah; [I understood why, when] I once heard him saying: ‘If I was able to pray a voluntary prayer such that my two angels could not see me, I would have done so – out of fear of showing off’.

Upon entering his house, he would close the door [behind him], and I would not know what he would be doing, until I heard his young son speaking about his [father’s] weeping. And [later] when he wanted to go out, he would wash his face, and apply kohl [to his eyes] – so no sign of him having wept could be seen [around his eyes].

He is a graduate of the Islaamic University of Madeenah, having graduated from the Institute of Arabic Language, and later the Faculty of Sharee'ah in 2004. He currently resides in Birmingham, UK.

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