BRANCHES OF FAITH: HUMILITY (Part 2)
Humility before Allah implies having faith in Him and submitting to all His commandments and prohibitions. Prostrating and placing the forehead (essence of our ego) on the ground during prayer, is an acknowledgment of our lowliness and humility before the Lord of the Worlds.
One of the scholars said that humility before people is that you consider those older than you as superior to you and say ”they have preceeded me to Islam and righteous actions”. Likewise you belittle yourself before the young and say ”I have indeed preceded them to many sins and evil actions”.
Our Prophet ﷺ said:
{ مَا نَقَصَتْ صَدَقَةٌ مِنْ مَالٍ، وَمَا زَادَ اَللَّهُ عَبْدًا بِعَفْوٍ إِلَّا عِزًّا، وَمَا تَوَاضَعَ أَحَدٌ لِلَّهِ إِلَّا رَفَعَهُ }
“Charity does not decrease wealth, and Allah increases the honor of him who forgives, and no one humbles himself for Allah’s sake except that Allah raises him in status/dignity” [Muslim].