One time Sufyan al-Thawri saw Jafar bin Muhammad wearing what seemed to be a very fine cloak. He couldn't hide his surprise so Jafar asked Sufyan what was wrong, to which he replied: “O son of the Prophet! It isn't like you to wear such a thing, nor was it like your forefathers to wear such a thing!”
Jafar pulled up the lip of his cloak to reveal that underneath was wool, which was the poorest and roughest of materials.
Then he said: “We wear this (the wool) for Allah, and this (the outside) for the people. For what is for Allah we conceal and what is for the people we display.”
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