As long as you know yourself, this shouldn’t add any value to you nor it should hurt you if they don’t praise you. Imam Ahmed Ibn Hanbal said that the sign of true sincerity is not to be affected by praise or blame from people. Therefore, you should ask them kindly not to say these things as the Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam has denied people from praising others in their presence and said that this is like slaughtering them. You should also stive to be better than they think of you as Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased used to say: Oh Lord make me better than they believe in me, forgive me what they don’t know and don’t hold me accountable to what they say about me.

Could you please advice me how to react when some one praises you?

Character and Morals | February 13, 2014 5:38 am
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When my friends come to me for help in religios matters (Alhumdulillah), at times I tell them to do a particular good deed, like praying Tahajjud or reciting a lot of durood and that I do it too. I tell them so that they may be encouraged because if I can do it, then why not they themselves… I do take a lot of care not to fall for riyaa, is what I do correct and how should I take care not to fall into riyaa in this case?
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