Sunday, October 04, 2015

 

Arrogance, Pride, Vanity :reflection from Imam Ghazali

"""It's always better to be a humble sinner than an arrogant
worshipper.""""""""""
- Imam Ghazali


Book of Imam Ghazali
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Imam Ghazali writes about Pride and Vanity
http://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/1845
The full book in English could be found in the Liberty Fund online library link given above.

                                        

 One time the people saw Abu
Bakr radi allahu `anhu (may Allah be pleased with him) sewing the
soles of his own shoes.

They exclaimed, “You are Amir al Mumineen (leader of the Believers)!”
He said, “Me? I’m nothing. Who am I?”
http://www.virtualmosque.com/personaldvlpt/character/overcoming-arrogance/

      Hasan Al Basry was the greatest scholar in his area. He used to
say, “I will not leave a room until I feel that I am worse than
everybody in the room.”

              Imam al-Shaarawi, one of the great scholars of Qur’anic
interpretation in the last 100 years in Egypt, used to give a dars
(lesson) every Friday on TV. About seven million people would be
watching.

One day, Imam Shaarawi came to the masjid in Cairo. Suddenly he got up
and left. Now, those of you who have been to Muslim countries know
that at Maghrib time the public restrooms in masjids are really bad.

 A man came into the restroom and found Sheikh Shaarawi, who was about
seventy-five, scrubbing the toilets in his Azhari dress. The man said,
“Subhan Allah! Sheikh Shaarawi, how come you’re doing this?”

 He replied, “I was sitting in the masjid and I started to think I’m
this great Qur’anic scholar. So I wanted to kill this arrogance.” He
was scrubbing the toilets in the robes of ‘ulema to break himself and
make himself humble.


6 Wills of Imam Ghazali r.a.
(1) When you meet an ignorant, take them as more noble because when they do commit sins, it is due to their ignorance, WHILE we commit sins realizing its consequences.

(2) When you meet a child, take them as more noble too as compared to yourself, as they are not yet burdened with sins.

(3) When you meet the elders, take them as more noble, for they've spent more time on ibadah and taubat as compared to yourself.

(4) When you meet the pious people, take them too as noble than you, for they have vast knowledge and also spend most of their time performing ibadah.

(5) When you meet the sinners, do not quickly take yourself as a great and noble person, but instead, say this to yourself, "Just maybe, they will repent later in their lives, but what about our own ending?"

(6) When you meet the disbelievers, know that its not certain that they will end up being one forever.

Imam Ghazali r.a. has taught us to educate our hearts by constantly reflecting on our deeds, be more humble by observing your own actions rather than condemning others.
http://simplydeen786.blogspot.com/2013/06/6-wills-of-imam-ghazali-ra.html
The second form of looking down on people is position. When someone gets a position and they feel proud of themselves, for example they boast, “Yeah, I’m MSA President now” or “I’m a big Sheikh.” Position can be in a lot of things: family, money, position in an organization, or academic position. For example, “I made the Dean’s list every year”. But have you made Allah’s list? This is the danger of position.

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