Tariq Ramadan – Ramadan Chronicles #06 Ostentation
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The speaker discusses the importance of liberating oneself from ego and showing one's presence in order to be seen and praised. They stress that praying for God is not just for the sake of god, but for the people around. The speaker also emphasizes the importance of letting people know their beliefs and actions to avoid becoming attached to their judgment.
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Peace be with you.
We have been talking about
resistance, of course, when it comes to the
ego, that we have to liberate ourselves.
The ego, when it comes as the center
of our life,
has consequences
on our life, and one of the consequences
that we have when it comes to the
ego
is
showing off,
ostentation,
area
is the way we are dealing with the
people and we are not
trying or we are the the essential dimension
of
us
serving,
praying, being involved
is not
to do it for the sake of god,
to please him, but to be seen by
the people, to be seen and praised by
the people instead of praising God. And this
is something which is so important. We have
it in the Quran,
when it comes, to the verse.
So all the people who are praying and
they are neglecting their prayer,
And what they are doing is just to
be they they are doing it to be
visible, to be seen, to show off. It's
the very essence of praying is not for
god. It's for the people around.
And this is where there is something wrong
because at the end,
the
the sincerity excellence is to do it for
God.
They
have been ordered just to pray and to
to implement the, religion in order to get
this sincerity.
And if you don't, there is something
wrong. To the point that the prophet
was saying to the companions once, something which
is so essential.
Is saying, am I not going to inform
you?
What is so scary? It's even more scary
for me than
the antichrist
at the end. And they were saying, yes,
Tell us what is a shirkul hafi,
the very hidden shirk, the very hidden association
to god. And he took an example.
The one who is standing up to pray,
and he's beautifying
his prayer because he's seeing people looking at
him. He saw the people looking at him,
so he's beautifying it. So it's
first the prayer was for God and then
it's for the people.
And then you have to liberate yourself to
resist the this
ostentation that you have in our life. If
not, you are jailed.
But jailed in what? In something which is
so, so, so dangerous
that at the end, the judgment of the
people
becomes more important
that got satisfaction.
So in order when it comes to liberate
yourself
ostentation, in fact, you are liberating yourself
from human's judgment,
and that's so essential.
Yeah. This is the very meaning of,
of truth and especially these days when in
Muslim majority countries
west, we have people criticizing Islam, and you
are so scared or you could be scared
of their judgment. You have to liberate yourself.
Ria
is this fear of being judged, and it
start with this.
The god satisfaction
should be the essence
and the goal
of every single,
religious
practice and every single
actions that we are,
achieving
on earth. That's a resistance to come to
the essential. It's not easy, but it's an
ongoing struggle.
Remember
remember, don't forget to tell the people you
love that you love them. Life is fragile.