{"id":11289,"date":"2018-06-02T12:31:10","date_gmt":"2018-06-02T12:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/?p=11289"},"modified":"2021-07-16T11:41:29","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T11:41:29","slug":"dont-be-self-righteous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/au\/spirituality\/dont-be-self-righteous\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t be Self-Righteous"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/amp-jwplayer>

Are you proud of your good deeds and feel better than those around you?<\/span><\/h1>\nNever get ahead of yourself. Just because you are praying 20 Rakaat a night and the next brother is praying eight, it doesn\u2019t give you any right nor reason to belittle others or look down on them. <\/span>\n\nAvoid feelings of self-righteousness and rather always look at your deeds with shortcomings and beseech Allah to accept them, not because of who you are – but rather because He is the Most Generous.<\/span>\n
\u201cAnd do not claim yourselves to be pure, He is most knowing of who has righteous\u201d.<\/span><\/i>\n\n\u00a0<\/span>Quran 53:32<\/span><\/i><\/blockquote>\nIt is important to remember this:<\/span>\n\nIt is narrated on the authority of ‘Abdullah that the Messenger of Allah (\ufdfa) observed: \u00a0<\/span>\n
\u201cHe who has in his heart the weight of a mustard seed of pride shall not enter Paradise.\u201d <\/span>\n\n(<\/span>Muslim<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/blockquote>\nDon\u2019t be proud of your good deeds. \u00a0It is only Allah Who has gifted them to you. \u00a0Be humble and grateful for the opportunities Allah has granted you.<\/span>\n\nImam Ibn al-Qayyim explains to us the importance of being humble:<\/span>\n
\u201cHumility comes from knowing about Allah and His names and attributes, and His greatness, venerating Him, loving Him and being in awe of Him; and also from knowing about oneself and one\u2019s faults, and weaknesses. From that may develop the attitude of humility, which means feeling helpless before Allaah, and being humble and compassionate towards His slaves, so that the person does not feel superior towards anyone, or think that he has any rights over anyone else; rather he thinks that others are better than him, and that their rights come before his. This is a characteristic that Allah gives to those whom He loves, honours and draws close to Him.\u201d \u00a0<\/span>\n\n(Al-Rooh, p. 233)<\/span><\/blockquote>\nIn fact, humbleness raises one’s status with Allah.<\/span>\n\nAbu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (\ufdfa) said: <\/span>\n
“Charity does not diminish wealth, Allah does not increase a man in anything for his pardoning (others) but in honor, and none humbles himself for Allah but Allah raises him.”<\/span>\n\n (<\/span>Tirmidhi<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/blockquote>\nSo, when you\u2019re fasting remember that your fasting is for Allah and for Allah alone. It shouldn\u2019t matter who knows or doesn\u2019t know of the actions that you are doing, for what is with Allah will definitely be recorded and you will be rewarded for it. \u00a0Don\u2019t destroy any of your good deeds with pride, arrogance, or self-righteousness. Instead, be humble and raise your status with Allah.<\/span>\n

Don\u2019t be self-righteous this Ramadan and #ReviveRamadan.<\/span><\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Are you proud of your good deeds and feel better than those around you? Never get ahead of yourself. Just because you are praying 20 Rakaat a night and the next brother is praying eight, it doesn\u2019t give you any right nor reason to belittle others or look down on them. Avoid feelings of self-righteousness […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11290,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow4-bBDA:productID":"","content-type":"","newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":["https:\/\/news-api.apple.com\/sections\/f1402f44-8994-4c23-83de-48d0d766f08f"],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[77,94],"series":[],"speaker":[],"coauthors":[140],"class_list":["post-11289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spirituality","tag-latest","tag-revive-ramadan","post_format-post-format-video","entry"],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Self_Righteousness.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/onepathnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mums-on-the-RunV3.jpg?fit=2160%2C2160&ssl=1","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":[],"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/au\/feed\/podcast\/mums-on-the-run","embedCode":"

Don\u2019t be Self-Righteous<\/a><\/blockquote>