When You’re Doing Something Good That Someone Else Is Not
The shaikh, Dr. Muḥammad ibn Ghālib Al-ʿUmarī, may Allāh protect him, said:
When [some] voluntary [good] deed, among [various] voluntary deeds, has become easy for you [to do], it’s a blessing that Allāh has blessed you with. [But] then beware of self-amazement getting into you, were you to see someone else not performing that voluntary deed—perhaps Allāh has given him the means to [doing] other deeds that have surpassed your deeds [or] exceeded your acts of obedience.
So make your intentions purely [for Allāh], and attend to yourself.
And if you were to direct someone else [to good], then let that be the directing of one who loves [him], one who’s a friend—not [the directing] of one who holds [him] accountable, one who’s exacting and particular [with him to no end].
Source: twitter.com/m_g_alomari. 7 Aug 22.
حين تتيسر لك نافلة من النوافل، فهي نعمة أنعم الله بها عليك.
فإياك أن يدخلك العجب إن رأيت غيرك لم يقم بتلك النافلة، فلعل الله وفقه لأعمال أخرى فاقت أعمالك، وزادت على طاعاتك.
فأخلص نيتك، وأقبل على نفسك.
وإن أرشدت غيرك فإرشاد محب رفيق، لا محاسب دقيق.— د.محمد بن غالب العُمري (@m_g_alomari) August 7, 2022