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AlGhazalisIhya-Book_of_Prayer, page : 43
It should be known that humility is the product of faith and the result of
conviction, brought about by the majestic power of Allah, the Almighty. Those
blessed with it are humble not only in their prayers, but at other times also, even
when they are on their own or when they need to use the toilet. For humanity is
caused by the awareness that we are always in the sight of Allah, by awareness
of His majesty and by awareness of our human failings. It is by consciousness of
these things that humanity is engendered, so it is not confined to ritual prayers.
There was once a man, we are told, who never held his head up to the sky in all
of forty years; so great was his modesty and humility before Allah, the Almighty.
Some people assumed that al-Rabi ibn Khaytham must have kept his eyes half
closed. For twenty years he was a regular visitor to the home fo Ibn Mas‟ud.
When the latter‟s maidservant saw him, she would say to her master: “Your blind
friend is here.” Ibn Mas‟ud used to laugh when she said this. Whenever she went
to answer the guest‟s knock at the door, she would see him with his head down
and his eyes averted, Ibn Mas‟ud would look at him and say, quoting from the
conviction, brought about by the majestic power of Allah, the Almighty. Those
blessed with it are humble not only in their prayers, but at other times also, even
when they are on their own or when they need to use the toilet. For humanity is
caused by the awareness that we are always in the sight of Allah, by awareness
of His majesty and by awareness of our human failings. It is by consciousness of
these things that humanity is engendered, so it is not confined to ritual prayers.
There was once a man, we are told, who never held his head up to the sky in all
of forty years; so great was his modesty and humility before Allah, the Almighty.
Some people assumed that al-Rabi ibn Khaytham must have kept his eyes half
closed. For twenty years he was a regular visitor to the home fo Ibn Mas‟ud.
When the latter‟s maidservant saw him, she would say to her master: “Your blind
friend is here.” Ibn Mas‟ud used to laugh when she said this. Whenever she went
to answer the guest‟s knock at the door, she would see him with his head down
and his eyes averted, Ibn Mas‟ud would look at him and say, quoting from the