When he wanted to perform wudū for prayer...

When he wanted to perform wudū for prayer, I approached him to pour water on his hands, but he refused that and said: No, O Hasan! he said. So I asked him: Why are you preventing me from pouring water on your hands? Do you hate that I am rewarded? You will be rewarded, he answered, but I will commit a sin. And how is that? I asked.

He replied: Have you not heard these words of Allah, the Great and Almighty: Therefore, whoever hopes to meet his Lord, he should do good deeds, and not join any one in the service of his Lord ? [2] Here I am! I am going to perform wudū for the prayer, which is an act of worship, and I hate that someone helps me in it. [3] In the light of this narration and others…