Allah Raises In Degrees Whom He Wills

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum

Dear Friends

I pray that you are well.

Arrogance, however slight, is unacceptable to Allah. If you have an ego problem and if that ego problem is making you intellectually arrogant, check yourself before you try to correct someone. Do you really want the best for this person or do you feel big because you think you have knowledge or do you want to show that you have more knowledge than this person? Check the sincerity of your heart because you might get away with people but Allah knows and Allah sees what is in your heart.

We have to be humble with whatever knowledge that Allah bestows on us lest we become like the non-believers. The non-believers acquire education to put a title beside their names--Dr so-and so--and for worldly gains--speaking engagements, lucrative compensation and perks, etc. We acquire the knowledge of this deen to seek the pleasure of Allah--not for titles, not for praises, not to be famous, not for ranks, not for money. The knowledge of the deen is supposed to make you humble and bring you closer to Allah.

Remember Allah, Al-'Alim, the All-Knowing One, says,

(نَرْفَعُ دَرَجَاتٍ مَّن نَّشَاءُ ۗ وَفَوْقَ كُلِّ ذِي عِلْمٍ عَلِيمٌ ﴿٧٦ ....

... We raise in degrees whom We will, but over every possessor of knowledge is one [more] knowing. (76) Qur'an Yusuf 12:76)

The more you have knowledge, the more it should humbles you, not the more judgmental you become, and then you start broadcasting that this person is deviant and that person is deviant, this person is an innovator, that person is an innovator. This act is a disservice to this religion. Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un ( إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّآ إِلَيْهِ رَٰجِعُونَ -- To Allah we belong and to Him is our return). We must give people their due respect especially the elders, the imams and the people of knowledge in our communities. We don't talk against them.

The more you know, the more taqwa (Godfearingness) you should have, and that's how your rank will go up.

May Allah guide us and unite the Ummah. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.

And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam