Bismillah walhamdulillah
A powerful incident in which Shaykh Uthaymeen advises a young boy in regards to praising…
Working in any Muslim organization, or giving halaqaat, you are bound to be praised. The people mean well, but they don’t realize what a dangerous thing they are doing sometimes. Always remind yourself that the people who are praising you, do not have knowledge of the Unseen, so they do not know all of your flaws. They have a biased view of you. Allah swt, the Knower of the Unseen, knows about every stain on your heart, and every error made by your tongue, and every glance of your eyes. If you do not remind yourself this, you are walking down the treacherous path to self-amazement.
If you are praised, remember the dua for it:
Allahumma laa tu’aakhithnee bimaa yaqooloona, waghfir lee maa laa ya’lamoona, [waj’alnee khayram-mimmaa yadhunnoon].
O Allah, do not call me to account for what they say and forgive me for what they have no knowledge of [and make me better than they imagine].
Al Muqarraboon 
#1 by Garment of Paradise on February 2, 2012 - 10:32 pm
Wow! subhanaAllah! the sheikh is so humble and the youth sounded so cute…cute in a sense that his love for the sheikh was cute… <33 jazakaAllah for sharing
#2 by ommalmuqarraboon on February 3, 2012 - 8:52 am
Yeah I know, rahimuhullah, and I loved how even the people around the shaykh were like “Let him finish…” but the shaykh knew the severity of it, so he didn’t. And I can definitely understand the boy’s love for the shaykh, but Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen is right, you don’t attach the truth to an individual.
wa iyaki:)