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Tilmeez
He is talking about the deeds you do to order/ request/promote/support good and forbid evil. He or this thread is not about your deeds which are part of daily Ibadah (Rituals) like salat, sadaqat, dikr etc.
Are you saying that deeds that enjoin the good and forbid the evil can be done for other reasons than for the sake of Allah? A deed is not considered sincere, pure or acceptable unless it is done solely for Allah's pleasure. If there is a dual purpose behind the deed, it will most certainly be rejected. Do correct me if I am wrong.
This is the best example of Amar ma'rof Wa nahi munkar.
I don't agree. I'm against the implication made by these words:
I explained further that "ngurat" is something practiced by kafirs.
It implied that those who practiced "ngurat" weren't Muslims. I wouldn't like to be spoken to in that manner myself. Not surprising that the brother got up abruptly and left with his friend A.
I appreciate the deed of thisoldman, as he preferred discharging his duty and pleased Allah SWT instead his friend A and B. He could have easily avoided this situation but Allah SWT gave him strength to do what was supposed to be done by a Muslim.
I'm also against praising people before others. Sister Amat Allah posted a very beneficial thread recently. "How to achieve Humbleness."
I'm quoting part of that article here due to its relevance to this thread:
Prohibiting Praising People in Their Presence
Abu Musa said:
"The Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him) heard a man praising another man
and saying good words about him while he was present with them.
He said, 'You have destroyed or broke the back of the man!'"
[Al- Bukhari & Muslim]
Also, Abdur Rahman bin Abi Bakrah said:
that a man was once mentioned in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (Peace and blessings be upon him).
Another man said good words of praise about him. The Messenger of Allah (Peace and blessings be upon him) then said, what translated means:
"Woe unto you! You have beheaded your friend. If one of you has to praise, let him say, 'I think this and that' (about the praised man),
if he thinks that he deserves it, 'And his reckoning is with Allah,' and let him not ascribe purity (to anyone)."
[Al-Bukhari & Muslim]
Also, Ibrahim At-Taymi said that his father said:
"We were sitting in the presence of Umar when a man praised another man to his face.
Umar said, 'You 'Aqartahu (crippled him), may Allah do the same to you.
'" Furthermore, Abu Ma'mar said that a man stood up and praised one of the leaders,
then Al-Miqdad started throwing sand in his face, and saying,
"The Messenger of Allah (Peace and blessings be upon him) ordered us to throw sand in the faces of the praisers."
[Muslim, At-Tirmidthi, Abu Dawud & ibn Majah]
From these Hadiths and stories, we conclude that the Messenger of Allah (Peace and blessings be upon him)
prohibited praising others, especially while they can hear their praise.
This is because such praise may encourage the praised persons to overestimate themselves,
especially if they were people of position or wealth.
Also, such praise may lead the praised person to be arrogant, which may lead to laziness and a lower number of good deeds,
for one will depend on what he heard of praise and ignore acquiring more good deeds.
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Allah knows best.