How Does One Attain Sincerity?
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Subject: tazkiyah
Title: How Does One Attain Sincerity?
Created on: Wed Dec 26 14:02:51 -0500 2007
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Abstract: ... ur yearning then this is made easy by you having certain knowledge that there is nothing that one would desire except that its treasures are in the Hand of Allaah alone and none has power over it save Him. There is no one who may bestow these things to a servant except for Allaah. As for renouncing the love of praise and commendation then this is made easy by your knowing that there is no one who can praise you such that it would benefit you, or censure and vilify you such that it would harm you save Allaah alone. This is what occurs in the hadeeth in which the Arab said to the Prophet (SAW), "my being praised is adornment and my being vilified is disgrace," to which the Prophet (SAW) said, "that is (for) Allaah." [Reported by at-Tirmidhee [no. 3266] with a saheeh isnaad from Baraa`a bin Aazib (RA).] So renounc... [Full Article...]
