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Quotes About Praise and Flattering in Islam

“I also advise you with five matters: when you are treated unjustly, do not behave unjustly; when you are praised, do not become happy; when you are criticized, do not become upset; when you are not believed, do not become angry; and if people act deceitfully towards you, do not act deceitfully towards them.

Ibn Abi Hatim

“People praise you for what they suppose is in you; but you must blame your soul for what you know is in it.

Ibn 'Ata Allah al-Iskandari

“Whenever the love for people's praise increases in the heart, with it sincerity decreases.

Abdul Aziz bin Marzuq at-Tarifi

“The one who praises you actually praises the favors that God has given you.

Ibn 'Ata Allah al-Iskandari

“The one who oppresses himself the most is: The one who humbles himself for one who does not honor him, and strives in the friendship of one who does not benefit him, and accepts praise from one who does not know him.

Imam ash-Shafi`i

“Whoever believes he can totally avoid people’s scorn and criticism is mad. Whoever examines matters carefully and disciplines himself to rely on the facts would enjoy people’s criticizing him more than praising him. This is because if they praise him justly and he becomes aware of their praise, it might make him vainglorious, and this would devalue his virtues. If they praise him unjustly and he becomes aware of their praise, he would attain happiness from that which is false, and this would be a grave fault.

On the other hand, if people criticize him justly and he becomes aware of their criticism, it might help him to avoid that for which he is criticized; and this would be a great fortune, which only the faulty would forsake. If they criticize him unjustly and he becomes aware of their criticism and perseveres, he would become more virtuous by his perseverance and forbearance.

Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi

“Know that if people are impressed with you, in reality they are impressed with the beauty of Allah’s covering of your sins.

Ibn al-Jawzi

“Sincerity is not combined in the heart along with the love of being praised by the people, and being commended by them, and also having greed for what the people have, except like water being combined with fire.

Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah

“They condemn themselves and are apprehensive about their deeds. If one of them is called ‘pious’ he fears what will be said of him and says: ‘I know myself better than you do. My Lord knows me better than I do. O Allah! Do not take me to task for what they are saying about me and (O Lord) make me better than they think. Forgive my sins which they do not know about.’

Anonymous Author

“If a person truly recognizes his worth, then what will he gain from the praise of the people?

Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal

“Flattering someone who is doing something wrong is a sign of hypocrisy.

Suhaib Webb
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