~:C.C.4.U:~ *Do Not Become PROUD Merely Because U WORSHIP Often....Consider...{?}~[Hasan Al-Basree

Alhamduli'Allahi Rabbil-'Aalameen wa-Salaatu wa-Salaamu 'alaa Ashrafil-Anbiyaa-e-wal-Mursaleen~ Amma ba'd.    'Assalaamu `Alaykum wa Rahmatullaahi wa Barakaatuhu'   Imaam Al-Hassan Al-Basri ( Rahimahullah )...      ...advised some of his students admonishing them about avoiding the state of being proud. He said:-     #1) Do not deceive yourself into becoming too proud because you are in a good or righteous environment, for there is no place that is better than Paradise, and our father, Adam {Alayhi Salaam} experienced there what is known to all~ {!}     # 2) Do not become proud merely because you worship often, for consider what happened to Iblees after he spent a great deal of time worshipping~{!}     # 3) Do not think yourself great because you have met with righteous people, for there is no man more righteous than the Prophet {salAllaahu 'alahi wasallam}{!}  yet the disbelievers and hypocrites did not benefit by simply knowing him~{!}   *************   'In Shaa Allah' May ALLAH (subhanahu wa ta'alaa) free our hearts from Pride~'Aameen'     ...My 'Salaams' to You All...                                       Y a s m i n.                                         "All that is on earth will Perish. But will abide {Forever}   the Face of thy Lord, full of Majesty, Bounty and Honour"  {'Quran'- Surah Al-Rahman-55.26-27 } 'Wasting time is Worse than Death! Because Death Separates you from this World  Whereas wasting Time Separates you from Allah'. Ibn Qayimm Al-Jawziyyah.   I Want to Die With my Forehead on the Ground! The Sunnah in my Heart, Allah on my Mind, Qur'an on my Tongue, and Tears in my Eyes! 'In Shaa Allah'!