English book · An Islamic Treasury of Virtues
What is Faith?
English book, p. 174
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Keeping out of the limelight In his later days, Saad ibn abi Waqqas took to grazing goats. One day he was far from Madinah with his goats, when his son Amr ibn Saad came riding up. “Does it make you happy that you have turned yourself into a Bedouin with your goats while affairs of State and government are being discussed in Madinah?” his son asked him. Saad smote his son on the chest: “Be quiet! I have heard the words of the Prophet: God loves such of His servants as are God-fearing, detached and retiring.” (MUSLIM SAHIH)

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