Treating Showing Off and Boasting in Teaching Islamic Education
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The questioner:
We say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, we are studying Islamic education by the grace of Allah the Exalted, and sometimes a person finds something of showing off and boasting in himself.
The Shaykh:
We are what?
The questioner:
We are studying Islamic education by the grace of Allah, and sometimes a person finds something of showing off and boasting in himself due to human weakness, and we try to the best of our ability to repel that, so what is your guidance, may Allah preserve you?
The Shaykh:
The guidance is what you mentioned: that you repel this, you seek refuge in Allah from Satan, and it will not harm you, if Allah wills. No one is safe from psychological thoughts and things, and Satan whispers to him, but praise be to Allah, if a person seeks forgiveness, repents, and returns to Allah, Allah accepts his repentance and it does not harm him. So make your intentions sincere, seek refuge in Allah from Satan, and this will not harm you, if Allah wills.
We say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, we are studying Islamic education by the grace of Allah the Exalted, and sometimes a person finds something of showing off and boasting in himself.
The Shaykh:
We are what?
The questioner:
We are studying Islamic education by the grace of Allah, and sometimes a person finds something of showing off and boasting in himself due to human weakness, and we try to the best of our ability to repel that, so what is your guidance, may Allah preserve you?
The Shaykh:
The guidance is what you mentioned: that you repel this, you seek refuge in Allah from Satan, and it will not harm you, if Allah wills. No one is safe from psychological thoughts and things, and Satan whispers to him, but praise be to Allah, if a person seeks forgiveness, repents, and returns to Allah, Allah accepts his repentance and it does not harm him. So make your intentions sincere, seek refuge in Allah from Satan, and this will not harm you, if Allah wills.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب من الشرك إرادة الإنسان بعمله الدنيا — islamhouse.com (1:09:24)
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