Imam Junayd: A sincere person changes forty times a day. - Imam Nawawi explains

June 20th, 2006

Fajr Symphony: Living and Learning in the Way of Surrender: A True Human Being Changes Forty Times a Day

Imam Nawawi (Allah have mercy on him) said in his Majmu` Sharh al-Muhadhdhab:

“Abul Qasim al-Junayd (Allah have mercy on him) said, “A sincere person changes forty times a day, while the hypocritical show-off stays as he is forty years.”

Imam Nawawi explains what this means