Sunday, October 4, 2020

Whose Footsteps Are You Following?

One of the most difficult matters for most of us is to praise our peers and colleagues, and find good in them. Shaytan whispers to us to inflate our egos, and to make us feel that *we* are better than others. And so, rather than looking at other people's praiseworthy characteristics, we look at their worst characteristics, and assume that we are better than them. Of course Shaytan would do this, for was he not the one who said, when Allah created Adam, "I am better than him!"?

Yet, look at the prophets of Allah. When Allah appointed Musa to go to the Israelites, and told him that He has preferred him over everyone else, Musa in his modesty and humility felt that his brother Harun (Aaron) was more eloquent than him, and asked Allah to make him a prophet as well, and to send him alongside Musa to the Pharaoh: "And my brother Harun - he is more eloquent than me, so send him as my helper and to confirm my truthfulness" [Qasas: 34]

So examine your own character: do you always see good in others, and assume they have qualities you do not have? If so, you are following in the footsteps of the prophets. Or do you always think you are better than others, and have qualities no one else has. If so, you are following in the footsteps of the enemy of the prophets.

Our Prophet (salla Allah alayhi wa sallam) said, "Whoever humbles himself for the sake of Allah, Allah will exalt him." May Allah make us of the humble.

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

Salam Apiz.
Ingatkan blog ko ni dah tak aktif.
Tak promote ke keje buat animasi tu kat blog?

Muhammad Al-Hafidz said...

Wa'alaikumussalam. A'ah memang tak aktif pun. Entry-entry baru ni semua recycle yang 4-5 tahun lepas je, haha. Sekarang dok fokus kerja lain so tak usik animasi. Mungkin tahun depan mula semula, insya-Allah.

Anonymous said...

Tq menjawab pertanyaan.
Ko punya keje memang online kan? Seingat aku ko memang "work from home" dari dulu.

Anonymous said...

Sekarang almost satu negara "work from home".
Ko jadi pioneer hehe

Muhammad Al-Hafidz said...

Haha, a'ah tu lah, pioneer. Ko dok Singapore ke sekarang?

Anonymous said...

Fuhhh terus masuk entry baru hari ni.
Pasal Middle East politic pulak.
Dah cuba kat Sg, takde rezeki.

Muhammad Al-Hafidz said...

Haha, lebih kepada sejarah berbanding politik. Dan yang tu pun recycle yang 5 tahun lepas je.

Oh, I see.

Anonymous said...

Apiz, boleh aku tahu ko recycle artikel lama yang banyak dapat views atau random aje?
Ko ada pakai apa2 tools untuk buat analisis ke?

Muhammad Al-Hafidz said...

A'ah random je, tak ada kaitan dengan view.
Dan tak ada buat analisis apa pun, haha.

Anonymous said...

Kalau ko masih fokus kat topik Middle East, boleh aku cadangkan 1 blog post baru yang mungkin ko boleh research.

Muhammad Al-Hafidz said...

Owho, silakan request. Tapi aku tak tahu bila dapat buat research.

Anonymous said...

Ko reply cepat rupanya sori tak perasan.
Ni pasal Masjidil Aqsa, ada isu di mana setiap kali kluar brita pasal Gaza dan Palestin berita akan letak gamba "Dome of the Rock" sampai ada yang keliru tu masjidil Aqsa.
"Dome of the Rock" tu bentuk dia macam masjid tapi bukan Masjidil Aqsa.
Kira berita ni especially berita bahasa Inggeris ni nak bagi keliru dia punya readers.

Muhammad Al-Hafidz said...

Oh, kebetulan beberapa jam lepas Shaykh Yasir Qadhi ada karang satu pos tentang kekeliruan ni di Facebook, jadi aku copy-paste dari beliau je lah ye. Check out the new entry.

Anonymous said...

Memang kebetulan.
Shaykh Yasir Qadhi ni orang US kan?
Aku ingat ko macam pernah cakap dengan aku pasal dia.

Muhammad Al-Hafidz said...

A'ah ada pernah cakap dulu. Dan a'ah beliau orang US.

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