Hadhrat Malik bin Dinar, the herald of love among men and jins, is one of the disciples of Hadhrat Hasan Basri and ranks as one of the greatest shaikhs of the path. He is known for his karamat (miracles) and riyazat (struggle for truth).
Once he was traveling in a boat, when somebody’s jewel was stolen. As he was poorly dressed everybody suspected him, and demanded the jewel from him. He looked up to the heavens and all of a sudden many fish came out with dinars in their mouths. He took a dinar, and giving it to the owner, walked over the surface of the water and disappeared.
He is reported to have said, “Ahhabal aamali allaya-al-ikhlas fi aamal” (The thing I love most is sincerity in deeds).
This is because a deed is valued only when there is sincerity behind it. Sincerity (ikhlas) in deeds is like the soul in a body. A body without a soul is dead like a stone. Sincerity is the inner aspect and deeds the outer. It is only when the inner and outer are coalesced that perfection is assured. Both are complementary or interdependent.
If a man cherishes sincerity for a thousand years but does not exhibit it by deeds, he has gone nowhere. Again if he does deeds without sincerity for a thousand years, he has gone nowhere.
Deeds count as deeds only when they are founded on sincerity.
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