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Satan Mankind’s Enemy
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
The Ameer of Ahl al-Sunnah, Mawlana Ilyas Attar al-Qadiri دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ writes in his book Call to Righteousness:
Worshipping Allah Almighty for a reason other than to please Him, is considered showing off. A person who does this seeks for people to know of his worship, to receive praise or money from them, or for them to think he is honourable.[1]
The same book also contains some examples of showing off we can learn from. Do bear in mind; showing off is an action dependant on intention. The examples we will discuss are definitely forms of showing off, but depending on intention, the rulings of these can change.
Let us all listen closely and try to better ourselves.
1. Learning Quranic recitation so people call you a qari.
2. Using negative terms to describe yourself, like referring to yourself a sinner, so people praise your humility.
3. Meeting people in a good way so they complement your manners.
4. Wiping your tears when making dua in front of people, so they think you are wiping them to protect yourself from showing off.
5. Impressing people by making statements like: “I am scared of committing sins”, “I am worried about dying without faith”, “What
BOOK TOPIC
- Satan – mankind’s enemy
- The excellences of sending ṣalāt upon the Greatest Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- Speech-related intentions
- Staying away from Satan’s evil
- Showing off – a Satanic trap
- The definition of showing off
- 10 examples of showing off
- A Destroyed City
- When Imam Razi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه met Satan
- How to avoid a bad death
- Madani Qafilahs
- Why did Satan become rejected?
- Arrogance and the ruin it brings
- Defining arrogance
- How to avoid arrogance
- Doctor Contact Department
- Sunnahs and manners of clothing
- 1. The ṣalāt for the night preceding Friday
- Announcement
- The 6 ṣalāt upon the Prophet and 2 duas recited in the sunnah-inspired weekly gatherings of Dawat-e-Islami
- 2. All sins forgiven
- 3. 70 doors of mercy
- 4. The reward of 600,000
- 5. Being close to the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- 6. The ṣalāt of intercession
- 1. Good deeds for 1000 days
- More sunnahs and manners of clothing
- 25th April 2024 – study circle schedules
- 2. An easy way to spend every night in worship
- Dua to remove Satanic whispers
- Collective accountability (72 Pious Deeds)
- How to do collective accountability – 72 Pious Deeds
- The 56 daily Pious Deeds
- Record of Qufl-i-Madinah
- Weekly 10 Pious Deeds
- Monthly 3 Pious Deeds
- Yearly 1 Pious Deed
- Lifelong 2 Pious Deeds
- The Ameer of Ahl al-Sunnah’s prayer
