A Pearl of Wisdom from Muḥammad b. al-Ḥanafiyyah

Muḥammad b. al-Ḥanafiyyah said:

كُلُّ مَا لَا يُبْتَغَى بِهِ وَجْهُ اللهِ تَعَالَى يَضْمَحِلُّ

“Anything one does that is not for Allāh’s pleasure was done in vain.”

(al-Mukhtār min Kalām al-Akhyār, 85)