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?