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285. Humrân the freed slave of 'Uthmân bin 'Affân said: "I saw 'Uthmân bin 'Affân sitting in Maqâ'id."[1] He called for water and he performed ablution, then he said: 'I saw the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ sitting in this place where I am sitting, performing ablution as I have done. Then he said: "Whoever performs ablution as I have done, his previous sins will be forgiven." And the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: "And do not be conceited (due to this great virtue)." (Sahih)
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'Do not be conceited or deceived' means that the promise of such a great reward for an act of virtue might make you contented, or neglectful of other virtuous deeds or, maybe, you start taking the acts of sin lightly under the illusion that the ablution would wash off all of your sins. This kind of contentment is in itself an act of sin. Nor should anyone allow the illusion to go into his head that he is the most virtuous or blameless of all his fellow human beings.
