Faraz Rabbani – The Rawha #206 How to Avoid SelfSatisfaction

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			Someone mentioned that how does one avoid self
		

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			praise?
		

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			That if I'm successful
		

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			in my work, in my career, you know,
		

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			things are going well, how do I avoid
		

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			being
		

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			conceited, having self praise,
		

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			and just self concerned?
		

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			And one of the great imams of Islam,
		

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			has a beautiful brief aphorism about this. And
		

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			this is aphorism number 242
		

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			of his hikam. He says,
		

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			That the believer is busied
		

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			by praising Allah
		

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			from
		

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			being too appreciative
		

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			of their own good.
		

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			Right? And Shukr
		

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			is appreciation.
		

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			Right? So the believer, meaning the true believer,
		

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			is busied
		

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			by the praise of Allah
		

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			from being too
		

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			engrossed in seeing the good that they do
		

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			and appreciate I did this and that. Why?
		

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			The prophet
		

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			said,
		

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			Whoever finds good, let them praise Allah. Ascribe
		

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			it to Allah
		

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			and keep ascribing it to Allah till you
		

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			don't see its description to yourself.
		

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			Right? And this is one of the things
		

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			that Ulema mentioned that anytime
		

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			you
		

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			feel
		

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			that I did it,
		

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			go to the corner, like go make wudu,
		

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			pray 2 rakas,
		

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			thank Allah for it, and remain thanking Allah
		

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			until
		

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			gratitude
		

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			to Allah
		

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			drowns out
		

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			self praise.
		

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			Because,
		

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			You have no blessing whatsoever except that it
		

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			is from Allah.
		

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			Allah. Allah has created you and all that
		

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			you do.
		

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			So this is a key to avoid conceit
		

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			and self praise and being deluded by your
		

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			own success.
		

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			Right? That the true believer is busied by
		

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			praise of Allah
		

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			from
		

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			being too appreciative
		

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			of their own self.
		

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			And they're busied, he continues. And he's busied,
		

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			and the true believer is busied
		

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			by the rights of Allah from
		

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			having
		

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			too much concern
		

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			for their own
		

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			selfish interests.
		

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			I need this and I need this. I
		

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			have to do this. I have to do
		

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			that.
		

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			The believer
		

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			And we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to
		

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			grant us that
		

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			that explicit faith
		

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			that enables us to put
		

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			him
		

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			before our own selves.
		

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