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Shaitan kay baaz hathyar | Some attacks of Satan
Self-satisfaction
Definition
of self-satisfaction
Dear Madanī son! At times a person is able to perform a good deed but is unable to defend himself from satanic attack, considering the deed his personal achievement. He does not realize that he has performed the (deed) simply because Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has enabled him to do so. It is necessary for everyone to learn the definition of self-satisfaction, an attack of Satan, and try to refrain from its detriment.
The definition of self-satisfaction is as follows: To associate one’s possession or ability (such as knowledge or deed or wealth) with one’s personal achievement, feeling no fear of it being lost. That is, the self-satisfied person forgets to associate the favour with the real Bestower (i.e. Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ).
(In other words, he considers the favour such as health, beauty, wealth, intelligence, good voice, high status etc., to be his personal achievement and forgets that all these things are actually given by Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ.) (Iḥyā-ul-‘Ulūm, vol. 3, pp. 454)
Important
explanation of self-satisfaction
Sayyidunā Imām Abū Ḥāmid Muhammad Bin Muhammad Bin Muhammad Ghazālī عَـلَـیۡـهِ رَحْـمَـةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـوَالِی has stated, ‘There are two categories of people who consider their knowledge, good
BOOK TOPIC
BOOK TOPIC
- Dua for Reading the Book
- Transliteration Chart
- Fulfilment of 100 needs
- SOME ATTACKS OF SATAN
- Never get annoyed with me – Sag-e-Madīnaĥ’s concern
- I distanced myself from Dawat-e-Islami
- What does condolence mean?
- Displeased got pleased
- Vast majority in Dawat-e-Islami is poor
- Indeed the rich also have a share in religion
- Excellence of poverty
- Madanī pearls for Ijtimā’ Żikr-o-Na’at
- Reply from Sag-e-Madīnaĥ
- Writing at times reflects attitude of the writer
- It would be folly to consider oneself VIP
- Torment of committing Riyā [ostentation]
- Definition of self-satisfaction
- Important explanation of self-satisfaction
- Self-satisfaction with religious services
- Blowing one’s own trumpet
- 5 Sayings of saints condemning self-satisfaction
- Cure for self-satisfaction
- Sincerity
- Five definitions of sincerity
- Meaning of sincerity
- To dislike the praise of one’s deed is sincerity
- Five sayings of saints about sincerity
- Three bestowments and three deprivations
- 30 Years Ṣalāĥ repeated
- Neither reward nor punishment
- Attack of Satan on preacher
- Servant of Ka’baĥ for 60 years
- Two Rak’āt of ‘Ālim better than a year’s worship of an ignorant person
- Identification of bad suspicion-containing text
- Devastation of bad suspicion
- Bad suspicion is Ḥarām
- Definition of bad suspicion
- Reason of bad suspicion to be Ḥarām
- 7 Cures for bad suspicion
- 1. See good qualities of Muslims
- 2. Reject bad suspicion
- 3. A pious person considers others also pious
- 4. Bad company leads to bad suspicion
- 5. Fear of divine retribution
- 6. Make Du’ā to avoid bad suspicion
- 7. Make Du’ā for the person you have had a bad suspicion about
- One who makes mistakes in writing is in high risk of making mistakes in speaking
- Fatwā of A’lā Ḥaḍrat about bad suspicion
- Madanī pearls to avoid resentment towards those not attending funeral and Īṣāl-e-Šawāb ritual
- Two harms of not comforting the depressed
- Clarifications about relations with VIPs
- Are condolences from VIPs a privilege for one’s afterlife?
- Good assumption about those not keeping their promise
- Keep your promise
- Beware! Unnecessary clarifications may lead to sins
- Repent as Divine mercy is immense
- Affection for every Islamic brother of Dawat-e-Islami
- Madanī work-doing Islamic brother is dear to me
- Destruction in spreading discord (Fitnaĥ)
- Curse for the one who gives rise to discord
- Table of Contents
