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Mishkat al-MasabihHadith Number 5335
وَعَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا عَمِلَ عَمَلًا فِي صَخْرَةٍ لَا بَابَ لَهَا وَلَا كَوَّةَ خَرَجَ عَمَلُهُ إِلَى النَّاسِ كَائِنا مَا كَانَ»
Sayyiduna Abu Sa'eed Khudri رضي الله عنه narrated that Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "Were a man to do a deed within a rock that had not door or opening, his deed whatever it be would emerge to mankind (and become known to them)." [3]
[3] Bayhaqi in Shu'ab ul eeman # 6940Reference : Mishkat al-Masabih 5335In-book reference : Book 26, Hadith 181
