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Mufti Menk

Scammed on Social Media

Mufti Menk

Muslim Central

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Islam

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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My brothers and sisters today people like to show off in all honesty

0:21.0

social media and a lot of what we see on social media is people showing off what

0:28.0

and people by doing that do not realize that not only are they only showing the

0:34.0

best of what they perhaps have even photoshopped at times regarding their lives

0:39.6

but it causes a lot of harm and distress in the hearts of others.

0:45.1

Allah Almighty has taught us to look at those who have less than us if you want to appreciate

0:50.2

what is blessed you with. For example a person who's bought his first motor vehicle

0:55.1

and it happens to be a 1990 Toyota or something he appreciates it he worked so hard to get it but if

1:01.8

his eyes are not going to be focused on that which is less than what he has very soon he's going

1:10.8

to lose the appreciation of that gift and he will start telling himself you know what I'm not

1:17.0

happy with this car but you worked so hard it took you 30 years to get to where you are today

1:22.4

and here you are making something known as ingratitude to Allah so in order for us to be blessed by

1:31.1

Allah let's make sure that we look at those who have less than us for this to happen do not

1:36.9

be fooled by what you find on social media. I've known of people who've actually told me that we

1:43.4

have gone out to stores and to places in order to make a beautiful picture to put on Instagram or a

1:50.1

video to put on TikTok and so on in order to make ourselves feel better yet we don't lead that type

1:57.7

of a life. If people are telling you this imagine the onlooker who is really thinking I've not made

2:03.8

it in life because they are watching people who have really not made it in life besides knowing

2:10.6

how to take a photo. So Hanallah so look at how superficial we've become in this day and age my

2:16.8

brothers and sisters gratitude to Allah is one of the biggest ibadah one of the greatest acts of

2:23.3

worship to thank Allah for what you have. Allah says if you are going to be ungrateful punishment

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