Describing oneself as an open sinner when people praise one
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The questioner:
This questioner says: My friend told me, "You are one of the righteous." So I got angry at him and said, "I am not like that; rather, I am among the sinners and open sinners." He objected to that phrase on my part. He asks: Is my response prohibited?
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
He says: My friend told me, "You are one of the righteous." So I got angry at him and said, "I am not like that; rather, I am among the sinners and open sinners."
The Shaykh:
This is what is permissible for you to say about yourself. But seek forgiveness from your Lord; if someone says to you, "You are among the righteous," say, "I seek Allah's forgiveness, I seek Allah's forgiveness." Allah the Exalted said:[An-Najm 53:32] This is self-praise.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
This questioner says: My friend told me, "You are one of the righteous." So I got angry at him and said, "I am not like that; rather, I am among the sinners and open sinners." He objected to that phrase on my part. He asks: Is my response prohibited?
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
He says: My friend told me, "You are one of the righteous." So I got angry at him and said, "I am not like that; rather, I am among the sinners and open sinners."
The Shaykh:
This is what is permissible for you to say about yourself. But seek forgiveness from your Lord; if someone says to you, "You are among the righteous," say, "I seek Allah's forgiveness, I seek Allah's forgiveness." Allah the Exalted said:
claim yourselves to be pure; He is most knowing of who fears Him.
تُزَكُّوا أَنفُسَكُمْ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اتَّقَىٰThe presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
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