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Inferiority Complex
hair have become white. Everywhere I go, people make fun of me because of this.”
Dear Islamic brothers! Look at the lengths people go to in order to make fun of others. It is possible this young Islamic brother was suffering from an inferiority complex because of the insults he was forced to hear. Mawlana Ilyas Attar Qadiri دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ replied with these golden words of advice:
It is the will of Allah; be content with what He has decreed. Do not take their words to heart. If you do, you will develop an inferiority complex, and it will become difficult for you to be successful later in life.
We now realise the importance of Islam’s beautiful and enlightened teachings, which forbid the very things that lead to inferiority complexes in the first place.
Allah declared in the Quran:
یٰۤاَیُّہَا الَّذِیۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا لَا یَسۡخَرۡ قَوۡمٌ مِّنۡ قَوۡمٍ عَسٰۤی اَنۡ یَّکُوۡنُوۡا خَیۡرًا مِّنۡہُمۡ
Translation from Kanz al-Īmān: “O believers! Men must not ridicule other men; it is likely that the ridiculed are better than the mockers.”[1]
Our beloved master, the final Prophet of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم explained, لَيْسَ الْمُؤمِنُ بِالطَّعَّانِ وَلَا اللَّعَّانِ وَلَا الْفَاحِشِ وَلَا الْبَذِیّ - “A believer does not insult, curse, speak indecently or make fun.”[2]
BOOK TOPIC
- Inferiority Complex
- Excellence of sending ṣalāt upon the beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- What is an inferiority complex?
- A central cause of inferiority complexes
- White Hair at the Age of 15
- Never make fun of anyone
- How to acquire recognition of Allah
- Mannerisms of the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- Become brothers
- Two types of inferiority complex
- Prophet ꜤĪsā عَلَیْہِ السَّلَام and his disinterest towards the world
- 3 ways to save yourself from feeling inferior
- 1. Become grateful
- The greatest wish of a wealthy man
- The wisdom-filled speech of RābiꜤah Baṣriyyah
- Focus on what you have been given
- The benefits of being thankful
- The Benefits of Thankfulness and the Condemnation of Ungratefulness
- Make a habit of saying اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـهِ
- Benefit of saying اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـهِ
- Virtues of saying ان شآء اللہ
- 2. Identify your skills, strengths and talents!
- The meaning of رَبّ
- Everyone is granted Opportunities based on their Capabilities
- Great personalities who identified their strengths
- The Masājid became full
- 3. Work hard
- Behind every success is hard work
- The difference between humans and animals
- Summary
- The Education Department
- Sunnah and etiquettes of being thankful
