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On the authority of Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Let not any one of you belittle himself. They said: O Messenger of Allah, how can any one of us belittle himself? He said: He finds a matter concerning Allah about which he should say something, and he does not say [it], so Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says to him on the Day of Resurrection: What prevented you from saying something about such-and-such and such-and-such? He say: [It was] out of fear of people. Then He says: Rather it is I whom you should more properly fear. It was related by Ibn Majah with a sound chain of authorities

عن ابي سعيد رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: لا يحقر احدكم نفسه، قالوا: يا رسول الله كيف يحقر احدنا نفسه؟ قال: يرى امر الله عليه فيه مقال، ثم لا يقول فيه، فيقول الله عز وجل له يوم القيامة: ما منعك ان تقول في كذا وكذا؟ فيقول: خشية الناس، فيقول: فاياي كنت احق ان تخشى رواه ابن ماجه بسند صحيح