Remember! It is not permissible as per Shar’iah to feel pleased with the false praise showered upon us. A’la Hadrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has said: If a person likes false praise to be showered on him, that is, people praise him with the virtues which he does not possess, so it is absolutely Haram. (Fatawa Razawiyyah, vol. 21, pp. 597)

Therefore, we should not let anyone praise us falsely, but rather if someone praises us with the attributes we possess, we should immediately reform her and advise her to refrain from praising us. From the sacred education of the Holy Quran and blessed Hadees it has become obvious that the person who feels very pleased with her praise is very much disliked by Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and His Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم and such kinds of men and women are usually surrounded by flatterers. These selfish people fool a person by praising her lavishly and achieve their targets [from those people]. They then make other people laugh by telling them the story how they fooled her. So everyone should be careful of the flatterers and of those who praise them in front of them and should not be pleased at all by listening to their own praise.

What should be done by listening to your own praise?

It is stated in a blessed Hadees: Throw dust upon the faces of those who praise (Muslim, pp. 1600, Hadees 3002)

From this blessed Hadees we have obtained the Madani pearl that we should not be overjoyed to hear our own praise, but rather we should try to avoid it. When someone praises us truthfully, we should forbid her gently. If she does not refrain, so instead of being overjoyed we should make good intentions for the pleasure we are having, such as Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has concealed my sins and disclosed my acts of worship to people by His mercy. What will be more favourable than this that Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ discloses the acts of worship of His bondwoman after concealing her sins.

Excellence of imparting Islamic knowledge

Dear Islamic sisters! A’la Hadrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه not only had love for Salah and recitation [of the Holy Quran], but he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه would also remain busy with the propagation of Islamic knowledge day and night that is a better deed