# The Forty Hadith Qudsi

*Exported from [ParallelQuran.com](https://parallelquran.com) on August 23, 2026*

**1 hadith**

---

## Hadith #22

**Narrator(s):** Abu Sa'id | **Grade:** Sahih

On the authority of Abu Sa’id (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Let not any one of you belittle himself. They said: O Messenger of Allah, how can any one of us belittle himself? He said: He finds a matter concerning Allah about which he should say something, and he does not say [it], so Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says to him on the Day of Resurrection: What prevented you from saying something about such-and-such and such-and-such? He say: [It was] out of fear of people. Then He says: Rather it is I whom you should more properly fear.

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/forty-qudsi-22/)*

---