Put Pleasing Others in Perspective
The shaikh, Dr. Muḥammad ibn Ghālib Al-ʿUmarī, may Allāh protect him, said:
Just thinking [about the fact] that the person you love the most of all people, not to mention anyone else, will forget about you [just] a few days, or [even] hours, after your death and will become so preoccupied with other things that he [or she] won’t even pray for you or give charity on your behalf–just thinking about this is enough for you to never [allow] pleasing any person to come before pleasing Allāh, even if that person were the closest of all close people to you.
Source: @m_g_alomari. 13 Oct 21. 10:47 GMT+3.
مجرد التفكير بأن أحبّ الناس إلى قلبك؛ – فضلا عن غيره-، بعد موتك بأيام أو ساعات سينساك، وسيتشاغل حتى عن الدعاء لك، والصدقة عنك.
مجرد هذا التفكير يكفي في أن لا تجعل رضا أحد مقدما على رضا الله، ولو كان أقرب قريب.— د.محمد بن غالب العُمري (@m_g_alomari) October 13, 2021