Ways to Get Rid of Self-Admiration
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This question was posed to the Honorable Shaykh: How can a person who admires himself when he performs good deeds and acts of worship remove this self-admiration from himself?
Answer:
He should seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan and consider himself to be falling short, no matter what good deeds he performs, for he is always falling short in the right of Allah the Exalted. Also, he should not declare himself righteous, for perhaps this deed is not valid because one of its conditions is lacking. So he hopes in Allah and does not assert that his deed is valid, nor does he consider it much, nor does he take pride in it, for this invalidates the deed. Yes.
May Allah reward you. This question was posed to the Honorable Shaykh: How can a person who admires himself when he performs good deeds and acts of worship remove this self-admiration from himself?
Answer:
He should seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan and consider himself to be falling short, no matter what good deeds he performs, for he is always falling short in the right of Allah the Exalted. Also, he should not declare himself righteous, for perhaps this deed is not valid because one of its conditions is lacking. So he hopes in Allah and does not assert that his deed is valid, nor does he consider it much, nor does he take pride in it, for this invalidates the deed. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 2475 - طرق التخلص من العجب - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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