By Asma bint Shameem
Ibn al-Qayyim said:
How *close* this *sinner* is to the *MERCY* of Allaah, and how *close* this *conceited* one is to the *WRATH* of Allaah!
A *sin* that leads to *humility* is *MORE BELOVED* to Him than an act of *obedience* which fills a person with *conceit*.
If you *sleep all night* then wake up feeling *regret* (for not having prayed qiyaam al-layl), that may be *BETTER* for you than if you were to pray all night and wake up in the morning filled with
*self-admiration*;
for the deeds of the one who admires himself are *NOT ACCEPTED.*
Perhaps your *laughing* whilst admitting to your *shortcomings* is *BETTER* than your *weeping* with *piety* but being filled with *conceit*.
The *GROANING* of the *SINNER* is *MORE BELOVED* to Allaah than the *tasbeeh* of the *conceited*.”
(Madaarij al-Saalikeen, 1/177, 178)
Subhaan Allaah!
No matter how many times we read this reminder from Ibn al-Qayyim, it’ll never be enough!
_*“The groaning of the sinners is more beloved to Allaah than the tasbeeh of the conceited!!”*_
What a reminder for ALL of us!
Ask yourself this:
- Am I being ‘amazed’ by my own good deeds?
- Am I looking down on someone, even if he’s a sinner?
- Am I backbiting someone?
- Or mocking another?
- Do I feel I’m better, smarter, closer to Allaah, more pious than others?
- Do I think I don’t sin?
- Is *‘self-admiration’* a word somewhere in my vocabulary?
If *yes* to any of the above, then better be careful.
And make Taubah. NOW.
Don’t be counted amongst the conceited.
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