What is the cure for envy, showing off, and arrogance, with mention of the evidence?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. This questioner is asking: What is the cure for envy, showing off, and arrogance?
The Shaykh : What is it?
The questioner : The cure for envy, showing off, and arrogance, with mention of the evidence?
The Shaykh : By Allah, this requires a full night, and its morning as well. In any case, envy, even if its only aspect is that it is one of the characteristics of the Jews, who envy people for what Allah has granted them of His bounty. As for self-admiration, self-admiration is also a despicable trait, and it is feared that it will nullify the deed. And the third?
The questioner : Showing off.
The Shaykh : Showing off. Showing off is also a great affliction, but showing off occurs before the deed or concurrently with it, whereas self-admiration does not occur except after the deed. An example of this is: a man gives a thousand riyals in charity so that people will say, "What Allah willed, so-and-so gives charity." What is this?
The questioner : Showing off.
The Shaykh : Showing off. And a person gives a thousand riyals in charity and says, "I gave charity, I did this, I did that," and then he puffed up and became bigger than this chair. What do we call this?
This is self-admiration, and its danger is that it nullifies the deed. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Last question.
The Shaykh : What is it?
The questioner : The cure for envy, showing off, and arrogance, with mention of the evidence?
The Shaykh : By Allah, this requires a full night, and its morning as well. In any case, envy, even if its only aspect is that it is one of the characteristics of the Jews, who envy people for what Allah has granted them of His bounty. As for self-admiration, self-admiration is also a despicable trait, and it is feared that it will nullify the deed. And the third?
The questioner : Showing off.
The Shaykh : Showing off. Showing off is also a great affliction, but showing off occurs before the deed or concurrently with it, whereas self-admiration does not occur except after the deed. An example of this is: a man gives a thousand riyals in charity so that people will say, "What Allah willed, so-and-so gives charity." What is this?
The questioner : Showing off.
The Shaykh : Showing off. And a person gives a thousand riyals in charity and says, "I gave charity, I did this, I did that," and then he puffed up and became bigger than this chair. What do we call this?
This is self-admiration, and its danger is that it nullifies the deed. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Last question.