English book · The Spirit of Islam

Superiority Complex Leads to Evil CONTENTS

English book, p. 345

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

BE SENSITIVE TO OTHERS’ NEEDS God’s Paradise is a sublime place. Only those will be lodged there who are universal in their thinking, who are concerned for all human beings, and not just for themselves. T he Prophet of Islam once observed: “One who has his fill while his neighbour remains hungry is not a believer.” (Sunan al-Kubra, al-Baihaqi 19668) One who has this high level of sensibility will never like it that he has had his fill and eats and drinks, knowing that there are people who are suffering from hunger and thirst because they have nothing to eat or drink. Such a person will never feel happy about being satiated while others are hungry. This relates to human sensitivity, and not just to eating and drinking. It applies to every human being. The sign of a true human being is that when he finds people in a state of need, he is concerned, and does not rest until he has been able to fulfil their needs.

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