[Machine] Al-Hasan, may Allah have mercy on him, said, "I have met people who were not able to hide their actions and would announce them. They knew that the best deeds are the ones performed in secret, and that one of them would have falsehood present in him while he would be praying behind a person who is completely unaware of it."
قَالَ الْحَسَنُ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ «أَدْرَكْتُ أَقْوَامًا مَا كَانَ أَحَدُهُمْ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يُسِرَّ عَمَلًا فَيُعْلِنَهُ قَدْ عَلِمُوا أَنَّ أَحْرَزَ الْعَمَلَيْنِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ عَمَلُ السِّرِّ وَأَنَّ أَحَدَهُمْ لَيَكُونُ عِنْدَهُ الزُّورُ وَأَنَّهُ لَيُصَلِّي خَلْفَ الْوَجْهِ مَا يَعْلَمُ بِهِ زُورَهُ»