Mufti Menk – Don’t Walk With Haughtiness

			When you walk on earth, don't walk with
		

			haughtiness.
		

			No haughtiness.
		

			Haughty means I'm feeling high and big. I'm
		

			the big man. Everyone else is small. Wallahi,
		

			no matter who you are, what you are,
		

			you are just known. It's temporary that Allah
		

			allowed you to have a certain position. You
		

			may have to rise to the occasion sometimes.
		

			You happen to be a prime minister, no
		

			problem. You rise to the occasion, you'll have
		

			to drive in your motorcade. You'll have to
		

			do certain things. You might have few guards
		

			and so on. Deep down, you're still just
		

			a human being. Remember that. Masha'Allah Tabarakallah.
		

			Remember that. That's one example. But the same
		

			applies to all of us. Today you have
		

			something. Don't allow that to make you walk
		

			on the earth in a haughty way.
		

			In another place in the Quran, Allah says,
		

			what do you think you're gonna do by
		

			walking haughty? You think you're going to get
		

			up to the mountains?
		

			Or you think you're gonna make
		

			a crater on the earth by stamping? So
		

			on.
		

			Walk in
		

			a moderate fashion.
		

			When you walk, when you're in the public,
		

			remember to fulfill the rights of the people.
		

			What are they? Firstly, you lower your gaze.
		

			All Muslims, male and female, lower your gaze.
		

			You don't have to keep looking at every
		

			single thing. One wonders, why is that the
		

			teaching of faith
		

			to protect your contentment?