Reference: https://x.com/HssanAlSheikh/status/2039435830960234955 📜 🌿 ✒️ من أقوال الشيخ حسن بن عبد الله آل الشيخ رحمه الله تعالى – وزير التعليم العالي السابق في الأعمال الكاملة. @HssanAlSheikh pic.twitter.com/4FsTBGwssO — الشيخ حسن بن عبدالله آل الشيخ (@HssanAlSheikh) April 1, 2026 Shaykh Hasan ibn ‘Abdil-‘Azeez Aal ash-Shaykh رحمه الله said: My brother, all the systems of surveillance in […]
[What is] the ruling regarding spreading marital secrets, and talking to his friends about that which occurs between the husband and wife; very often he talks about things which a person would be shy to mention?
Is it permissible for me to lie to the one I give charity to, by saying this charity is not from me, but from someone else?
If [one’s] deeds done in secret are equal to [one’s] deeds done in public, then that is fair.
I have not seen a man [whom Allaah has] raised [in rank] like Maalik ibn Anas; he would not be seen to be praying voluntary prayers, nor voluntary fasting – yet he must have had a secret [hoard of righteous deeds].
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.
Ayyoob as-Sikhtiyaanee would secretly stand the night in prayer, and when dawn came he would raise his voice as if [to suggest to his family] he had just awoken.
And I never saw him openly glorifying Allaah, nor [openly doing] any acts of charity.
It was reported regarding ar-Rabee’ ib Kuthaym that when a family member would enter his room, he would [hasten to] cover his Qur.aan.
Indeed [it is considered] from deceit to talk about the secret[s] of your brother.
