What is self-confidence?
1. Those
to whom hypocrites said, "Indeed, the people have gathered against you, so
fear them." But it [merely] increased them in faith, and they said,
"Sufficient for us is Allah, and [He is] the best Disposer of
affairs." (3:173)
2. Or do they say, "He has
invented it?" Say, "If I have invented it, you will not possess for
me [the power of protection] from Allah at all. He is most knowing of that in
which you are involved. Sufficient is He as Witness between me and you, and He
is the Forgiving the Merciful." (46:8)
Examples of self-confidence:
1- Prophet
Noah: He continued inviting his people to God's message for 950 years, and did
not give up although very few people only believed in it, and continued
building the ship although everybody make fun at him because there was no water
and everything was dry.
2- Prophet
Joseph: How did he get the strength as a slave to refuse having sex with his
master’s wife? Chastity,
bashfulness, modesty, and guilt are raising self for trivial things, but shame
is the inability to sin.
3-
Prophet Moses:
He did not argue vanities with the God's good servant to raise himself or to
win, but he wanted sincerely to know the truth sincerely.
How do we build our self-confidence?
There is no a perfect
person. Look at yourself to see what you miss. Fill your spaces inside yourself
by
-
reading,
- seeking
for knowledge,
- study,
-
learn, - exercise, - education,
-
working,
- better
yourself,
- and eating healthy
to develop
yourself. Do not depend on other to fill
your spaces. On the authority of Abdullah ibn Umar (May Allah be pleased with them
both), he relates that the Prophet (Peace be upon him) once held my shoulders
and said: “Live in
this world as (if you are) a stranger or a wayfarer.”
[Sahîh al-Bukhârî (7/170)]
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