Reference: Hilyatul-Awliyaa wa-Tabaqaat al-Asfiyaa v7 p30
said:
It used to be said: ‘For him whose secret hoard [of deeds] is superior to his open hoard [of deeds] – therein is much excellence; and for him whose secret hoard [of deeds] are worse than his open hoard [of deeds] – therein is iniquity.
