Hamza Yusuf – Showing Off – Part 1

			And then the next one is what else sort of he says the origin of it while sort of have been our
Yeah, the one who ended I had the one who was similar in the phaedo. He argued that we actually did
at 190 or 100. Baba epi COVID simulator harpy does better than innocent LD Hamdi unhappy with epi
EBIT de. Now he says its root causes desire format. So we get back to Palmer and doing works of
worship to obtain a place in the hearts of others that's called the Rhea. Rhea is when you do an
action, that's a quarterback. It's with the condition that it's a quarterback.
		

			In other words, something that draws you near to a law, right?
		

			If you do an action
		

			they are at law. That's the definition
		

			of Ria. If you do a right corba for other than Allah, you're moron.
		

			And the province of lightsome called it a shortcut, a shortcut alcohol. It's the lesser polytheism
and in a hadith in Eben imagine the province of Litem said,
		

			I don't fear for you worshipping the sun the stars in the moon, right. But I fear for you the
worship of other than Allah through Rhea.
		

			Rhea, and there's another Hadith Aquafina aha for other Almighty
		

			Ria, the thing I fear from my own the most is doing things for other than the sake of Allah.
		

			So it is hard now obviously, somebody who like if you're a really good shot, or an archer, or
something like that, and you want to people are there and you're doing it, and somebody shows up,
and now you're really going to show them that you can do it. That's it's much more moral attend? Not
sure. And in other words, we have to differentiate between shady and moral in Islam model is
something that you should preserve your human dignity, that something is blameworthy to do that
		

			because it is showing up, but it's not showing off in something that relates to a religious matter.
So it's not a shirt with a lot like the other one is. So he says, the sources desire and also Ria,
right? You want people to think better of you to gain a place in the hearts of others. And he says
it's cure is also my cure for the latter disease. In other words, I have a cure for both of these.
		

			And he says, My cure for Bama is my cure for Ria also. So he says what Shamil? So roll up your
sleeves get to work and set out for this tear of the root of all these diseases.
		

			Right. And Maria, get to work, because Maria has read Agent foma it's your desire, desiring
something from other people, not from Allah. And he says, Get to work.
		

			Because I've got this cure. Right. And rpz Elvia T. Hill at Why is arkadelphia is the root
academically, we're the one who's carrying the banner, you know, it's like the
		

			the one who began the thing, Arab se aka Dooley was the one who begin something so it's where it
began.
		

			And so he says, I mean by that showing off in good works, Korea. And now this is really important
here, look at this. The signs of area are three, laziness and a lack of actions for Allah sake when
one is alone. So you don't have energy to do things when a laws alone, like you don't have energy to
read the Quran. But when you're in the masjid, and there's other people around, you have all this
energy to do it. That's a sign of real,
		

			enthusiastic energy and much action for the sake of a lot when people are present. So the opposite
when they're not there, you don't have any energy. When you're there, you know, that you've got
energy now that there's something that I think also to be careful about, even though it is a sign of
Ria, what as NaVi said, Isn't,
		

			there's definitely something to be said for company. And that when you see somebody who's
worshipping, it can sometimes stimulate you to worship which not might not be from reality, but it's
just as the result of like esprit de corps, a type of, you know, because other people are doing it
gives you an energy to do it. So that's not necessarily a negative thing, but the danger is that
you're not for Allah.
		

			And then he says, increasing one's actions when one is praised and decreasing them when one is not
praised. So you want to hear people tell you how wonderful you are and how much like the men praying
and that people say, Mama, we always see him pray and it seems
		

			credible he just prays all the time. And then in his prayer, he says, What about my fasting to write
the people that love to hear other people saying those type things, right?
		

			behavioral psychology is all based on that rewards and stick and carrot to get motivate people.
		

			In Sharia, it's not necessary. I mean,
		

			there's definitely something to be said for encouragement. In other words, the province lies and
when you saw people do things good, he say I sent you did well, things like that this one is not
wrong. And and there is a hadith that says if the moment hear somebody praising him, it increases
him in he men. In other words, it makes him want to do more.
		

			With a law, you see. So it has the opposite effect. And this is why
		

			this idea of here is is that you're doing it solely for the praise. That's that's what he's saying
is the dangerous thing, in terms of telling people. And also there's a difference in Shetty. Between
metta. Right. flattery. And between, sign up, right medic is when you're flattering somebody where
it's not true,
		

			right? Whereas what's permissible is to
		

			to tell somebody that they did a good job or something like that, you should acknowledge people not
prohibited in fact, it's encouraged to acknowledge people to acknowledge what they do things like
that. The danger for people is to desire the praise. And that's what the people have to work on in
their own hearts. And that and there is a cure for it. He's going to give it in a second. We're
almost there, people.
		

			Because I'd really like to get through this, you know, we should we should pray,
		

			though, do you want to come back? Or do you want to, you want to come back for about half hour after
the whole, so we'll pray the whole and then come back.
		

			shala, there's not much more through here, and then we'll be caught up to where on?
		

			Because I arranged it so we can get through this during these 12 classes. Show. So I'd like to try
to keep up with
		

			him. So he's dealing now with rianne we're looking at
		

			the thing that the signs of it.
		

			And then
		

			so he says as for its treatment and purification of the heart concerning it, it is to remove from
the heart for things, love of praise, fear of lame desire for worldly benefit from people fear of
harm from people. And
		

			he that now the way that's accomplished is one having europeen certainty that only a law can benefit
or harm you. And that has to be done first at the level of our pizza, because that is a premise in
our Akita. In other words, in the belief system, that that, that we're commanded biological
believing, there's no harm, and there's no benefit except from a law.
		

			Right? Those are two names of Allah and Nadia will borrow. And if you really believe that, then you
recognize nobody else can benefit you or harm you. It's an illusion.
		

			It's just an illusion. And so that, that will free you from this desire for praise and blame, or for
something other people have. Because in the end, what you really want is a lot to be pleased with
you, not other people, because it's a waste of time. So if all these other people are praising you
telling you how wonderful you are, and ally is not pleased with you, it's a disaster. And the
disaster manifests itself when you die, which is when you wake up. So the point being Don't be
diluted by praise and blame. And then another thing to remember is
		

			people all over the world.
		

			Right?
		

			There's like Muhammad Ali, there was a time when Muhammad Ali was,
		

			you know, he was the big man on the scene. Everybody was praising telling them how wonderful he is.
Right? And then he's no longer the the guy that can beat people out. So larry king's not calling him
he's calling somebody out and it's the nature of dunya praise and blame is all related to your
worldly position, your ability in the world. When you
		

			It, people stop praising you. And in fact, some of the onomah, they said that
		

			one of the best signs of the truth of this is when you have nothing, it's very difficult to have
friends.
		

			And the minute you start getting things, suddenly you have a lot of friends. And that's partly is
the natural inclination of the world. I mean, that's the way people are, right? And so
		

			if you're not diluted by that, and recognize
		

			that then then you find and that's why, in fact, the ultimate have always said that knowledge,
traditionally, in the Muslim world knowledge was, was something that people thought after because in
fact, in the traditional Muslim world, unlike today, which is wealth oriented, it used to be it was
knowledge that that was people wanted to, to be associated with, not with Well, I mean, it's really
is true. In the Muslim world.
		

			There were scholars that
		

			achieved incredible status in the world simply because of their knowledge. And it's no longer the
case now.
		

			It's interesting, I was reading
		

			Helen Keller's autobiography.
		

			yesterday.
		

			It's very short into the made very powerful work. It's just I really recommend reading. It's just
one of the most powerful things I've ever read.
		

			Because she was deaf, dumb and blind. And it's just her experience of
		

			her awakening her the awakening of her consciousness. One thing she said in that I thought was very
beautiful. She said
		

			that her, she became deaf, dumb and blind from scarlet fever that she got in childhood. She wasn't
born that way. And and it's interesting, because she said that even though she was 19 months old
when it happened, she said the fact that she could still remember what a tree looked like, was
enough for her.
		

			When she felt a tree, just that she'd seen it. One time in her life, she said, even though she was
only
		

			less than two years old, and she could still remember that blessing of just having seen a tree. That
was enough for that she'd seen it as amazing thing. Yeah, just the name of the eye, the human eyes,
it's so awesome. Anyway, she mentioned in there that she said, there's no slave in this world that
didn't have a king somewhere in his ancestry. And there's no king that didn't have a slave somewhere
in his ancestry.
		

			So I mean, it's interesting, you know, people, the ups and downs of the world, right.
		

			You know, so everybody, probably somewhere along the line, right, have, you know, their great,
great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather's that was the king of the roots. And now
they're nothing more somebody who was who's now the king of the roof. At one time down the line, you
know, they weren't there. One of their great ancestors was a servant in somebody's house, get this
and get that, and this is dunya. So when you see the nature of dunya, is that nothing is permanent.
And I'll tell you, when you read the history of the Arab,
		

			the vicissitudes of of, of Arab rulers is just amazing. And he read like,
		

			an advance for the history of almanzora was a holiday, he wasn't a halifa. Actually, he was a
minister in in en brucea. And he was he was a mediocre student in the metadata, but he was very
ambitious. And he ingratiate himself got into the palace, got this, one of the really strong women
in the palace to one of the mothers of the
		

			Haruka to be he
		

			remembered himself of her, and she put him in these position. And there was one minister, who was
the most powerful minister in there, that everybody fears, and amongst all succeeded in having him
in the end in prison, and he was one of the wealthiest people in COPPA, and he ended up of popper
dying in rags in the prison there. And you can imagine a life that man life, right and so it's just
the nature of the the dunya is like that, that.
		

			So recognizing no harm and no benefit except from Allah. And then also that Likewise, if the whole
creation of the army they couldn't last allow, wield it, and then if someone believes that with
certainty, Riyadh doesn't occur to him because you always the reason
		

			People do react is to get some worldly benefit. You want a worldly benefit. So in, in, in the
traditional Muslim world, because religious people were so honored, there was a type of showing off
in order for them to get a position amongst people, right. And still, I mean, that's still a danger
because the Muslim still do respect
		

			religious behavior, so people will do those things. Now.
		

			He says,
		

			I mean by that showing off in good words, one of calamities of the heart whose definition is to do
an action of devotion for other than the creator's sake. Indeed, it was really done seeking some
worldly benefit or praise from the creation, or to protect oneself from the opposite, meaning harm.
In other words, some people will do it simply to get praise, because they enjoy hearing how
wonderful they are. And these types of things, so that's why they do it.
		

			Then he goes on to give its various types, Alamo mechanical forests, and EDA then then
		

			can move the water and the Jana de naranja. Team in some manner, they don't need a region on top of
cendana. So he says the words is that which is done as a way of displaying virtue in order to be
entrusted with the wealth of an orphan, that's really bad. In other words, you use the deen for a
		

			sum sum to be put into
		

			an entrustment in which out of that, like an