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[Machine] A secret invitation is better than seventy public ones. And when a servant performs a good deed publicly and does the same in secret, Allah says, "This is truly My servant."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٨٠٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَيهِ حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْغَافِرِ قَالَ

دَعْوَةٌ سِرًّا أَفْضَلُ مِنْ سَبْعِينَ عَلَانِيَةً وَإِذَا عَمِلَ الْعَبْدُ عَمَلًا حَسَنًا فِي الْعَلَانِيَةِ وَعَمِلَ فِي السِّرِّ مِثْلَهُ قَالَ اللَّهُ ﷻ «هَذَا عَبْدِي حَقًّا»