Praise of the People
Translated
By
Abbas Abu Yahya
Fudayl bin Ayyad said:
‘The sign of Zuhd in the Dunyaa and Zuhd of the people is that you do not love the praise of the people of you, nor do you care about their dispraise and criticism.
If you are capable of not becoming well known then do so, and you are not accountable that you are not known, and you are not accountable that people do not praise you, and you are not accountable that you are dispraised by the people, if you are praiseworthy to Allaah.’
[Al-Hileeyatul Awleeyah 8/90]