WHOEVER LIKES PEOPLE TO STAND UP FOR HIM, OUT OF RESPECT, IS DOOMED TO HELL

Mu'aawiyah Ibne Aboo Sufyaan radhiyallahu anhu relates that the Apostle of Allah sallallahu alayhi wasallam said,
"Whoever feels happy at people standing up, out of respect to him, should better make his abode in Hell."

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COMMENTARY:
The above warning, evidently, is with regard to the person who wishes people to stand up in his honour and feels happy on it. It is a sign of vanity and the ultimate destination of the vain, the proud, and the haughty is Hell. But it is a different matter if people stood up out of love and respect for anyone without his wanting it, though the noble Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam did not even like that for himself.

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