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Shaitan kay baaz hathyar | Some attacks of Satan
favours and bestowments of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ but it is self-satisfaction that leads an unwise person to praising himself and boasting about his piety. When he brags about his own opinions, deeds and wisdom, he remains deprived of gaining benefits, consulting others and asking them for help. Thus he becomes a self-opinionated and a self-confident person. (That is, he considers himself to be a wise person and avoids consulting others.)’ (Iḥyā-ul-‘Ulūm, vol. 3, pp. 822)
Imām Ghazālī عَـلَـیۡـهِ رَحْـمَـةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـوَالِی has further stated, ‘The worshippers, the scholars, the beautiful ones and the wealthy have all no right to brag about their worships, knowledge, beauty and wealth respectively because all these things are the bounties of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ.’ [Iḥyā-ul-‘Ulūm, vol. 3, pp. 836)
In other words, intelligence, medical expertise, a pleasant voice, oratorical skills etc. have all been given by Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. Nothing should be credited to one’s own personal achievement. Whatever a person has and how much he has is actually a bestowment from Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ.
Cure for self-satisfaction
Ḥujjat-ul-Islam, Sayyidunā Imām Abū Ḥāmid Muhammad Bin Muhammad Bin Muhammad Ghazālī عَـلَـیۡـهِ رَحْـمَـةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـوَالِی has stated, ‘(Despite being extremely pious, ascetic, truthful and sincere)
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- 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
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