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How the Devil Killed Himself

The importance and significance in Islamic tradition of these sanctified and holy places is discussed here. The speaker relates the hadiths on Masjid al-Aqsa, Jerusalem, Damascus and Sham highlighting the basis for their importance from a textual and historical perspectives.

"Make mankind's looking at you disappear by being content with God's looking at you! Slip away from heir approach to you by contemplating His approach to you! How to develop the skill to detach the focus of ones heart from seeking the attention of people to get in tuned with the reality of Allah Most Highs ever present divine attention.

The following speech is in the Urdu language. Talaba Khidmat ke Liye Kese Qabul Hosakte He (How Can Students be Successful in Serving the Ummah)

"Your desire that people know your particular distinction is a proof of insincerity in your servant-hood" A discussion unraveling another subtle dimension of Riya; how to combat the need to let people know of your good?

Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari, commonly referred to as Imām al-Bukhāri or Imām Bukhāri, was a 9th-century Muslim muhaddith who is widely regarded as the most important hadith scholar in the history of Sunni Islam. Al-Bukhari's extant works include the hadith collection Sahih al-Bukhari, Al-Tarikh al-Kabir, and Al-Adab al-Mufrad. Born in Bukhara in present-day Uzbekistan, Al-Bukhari began learning hadith at a young age. He traveled across the Abbasid Caliphate and learned under several influential contemporary scholars. Bukhari memorized thousands of hadith narrations, compiling the Sahih al-Bukhari in 846. He spent the rest of his life teaching the hadith he had collected.

[URDU] Aap Bayan Kese Kare (How to Prepare a Speech) by ZamZamAcademy

"Sometimes ostentation penetrates you in such a way that no one notices it". One of the deadliest of blameworthy traits is Riya (ostentation; the desire to attract attention and impress). How does this trait operate and how can one safeguard themselves from all its subtle ploys, particularly in relation to good deeds? Page 107, Hikam 160 of the Book of Wisdoms https://www.whitethreadpress.com/publication/the-book-of-wisdoms-kitab-al-hikam/

"You are more in need in His forbearance when you obey Him than you are when you disobey Him". [Hikam 132] The Shaykh explains how the seeker can protect their good deeds and in what situation does a sinner rank superior to the good deed doer.

"When you seek a recompense for a deed, the existence of sincerity in it is demanded of you in return. As for the insincere, the feeling of security from chastisement suffices him". "Do not seek recompense for a deed whose doer was not you. It suffices you as a recompense for the deed that He accepts it." Is it proper to ask Allah for reward after having done a good deed? The Shaykh discusses this in light of the above aphorisms.