Pointing Out 30 Mistakes
- Always thinking that youth and health will remain forever.
- Complaining and not having patience at times of hardship.
- Considering yourself to be the most intelligent.
- Considering your enemy to be inferior.
- Deeming an illness to be minor and not getting treatment initially.
- Acting upon one’s own opinion and disregarding the advice of others.
- Being influenced by a wrongdoer despite testing him numerous times.
- Remaining happy in unemployment and not seeking a livelihood.
- Telling someone of your secret and then telling him to keep it concealed.
- Spending more than you earn.
- Not being there for others at times of difficulty and hoping for their help.
- Making a good or bad judgment about a person after only meeting them once or twice.
- Not serving your parents and then hoping to be served by your children.
- Leaving a task incomplete with the thought that it will be completed at another time.
- Treating everyone badly and expecting people to treat you in a good manner.
- Sitting in the company of misguided individuals.
- Not paying any heed when someone invites you towards a righteous action.
- Not having any regard for Halal and Haram yourself, and encouraging others to do the same.
- Taking false oaths and deceiving people to benefit your business.
- Not considering Islamic knowledge and religiosity an honor.
- Considering yourself to be better than others.
- Driving beggars and the needy from your door by shoving them.
- Speaking unnecessarily.
- Not being on good terms with your neighbors.
- Relying on your friendship with rulers and the rich.
- Unnecessarily involving yourself in people’s household affairs.
- Speaking without thinking.
- Remaining someone’s guest for more than three days.
- Revealing the private affairs of your home to others.
- Mentioning your worries and concerns to everyone.