Do I Have Kibr? How to Recognize Arrogance in Yourself | Q&A with Dr. Francesca
MAPS Nafs Center
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Following Lecture 2 of our Islamic Psychology series, Dr. Francesca answers questions from the community on Kibr (Arrogance), Imposter Syndrome, hidden forms of pride, self-doubt, and the purification of the heart.
This Q&A session provides an opportunity to explore some of the ideas from the lecture in greater depth and consider how they may appear in our own inner lives.
In this Q&A, we explore:
• Kibr and its obvious and hidden forms
• The relationship between Kibr and Imposter Syndrome
• Self-doubt, perfectionism, and comparison
• Recognising the ego's attachment to status
• Tawāḍuʿ (true humility) and what it means in Islam
• Questions and reflections from the community
This session follows:
Lecture 2 — Arrogance (Kibr) & Imposter Syndrome: The Ego That Hides in Both Directions
We hope this discussion helps you reflect more deeply on the condition of the Qalb (heart) and the journey toward greater humility and self-awareness through the lens of Islamic Psychology.
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May Allah grant us beneficial knowledge, sincerity, and hearts free from arrogance. Āmīn.
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On 22:31 question, I'll share my way to deal with it. I miss my grandparents and I love my parents. There's a part of my parents and their parents, and you go up in every generation of family members that loved, praised Allah, lived miracles in the simplest faith (we belong to Allah and to Allah we return), each of them was loved, each of them had a proximity with Allah through Taqwa and Ikhlas, so when I see myself in a mirror and admire what I see, I say Alhemdolillah Yarbib, Yarbi rahim walidiya, because what I see in my own reflection is a mix-match of fragments of my walidin, not something I own, something Allah put in each of them and I instantly love my ancestors and Allah so deeply I would hug them. Alhemdolillah is really deep there.
So when I see someone with such a beautiful face I am shocked, I think of how proud his or her ancestors would be, and that they made it up to this generation despite hunger, destruction, widowing, depression, feeling rejected and admired much more than they wished - because beauty creates a sense of immediate danger in many hearts, and we call it envy.
This beauty is not theirs, it's Allah's, spread through many ancestors that suffered Allah knows what and wished their children would have a better life, generation after generation. Allahi Rahim walidihom.
Your own beauty is a combinaison of your ancestors features. Don't insult them and don't insult what Allah put in them. I see old ladies jealousing the beauty of their own granddaughter. To me, it is a form of forgetting it always belonged to Allah, all along, and Allah is wise to make aging women look the way they look. No woman is her own beauty dot. We are souls. To Allah we belong and to Allah we return, so let our minds return to Allah as often as we can in a day. Love your ancestors in your own way to look at your own beauty. There's a real wisdom in the why we look this way.
Do I Have Kibr? How to Recognize Arrogance in Yourself | Q&A with Dr. Francesca
MAPS Nafs Center
8,678 views
Following Lecture 2 of our Islamic Psychology series, Dr. Francesca answers questions from the community on Kibr (Arrogance), Imposter Syndrome, hidden forms of pride, self-doubt, and the purification of the heart.
This Q&A session provides an opportunity to explore some of the ideas from the lecture in greater depth and consider how they may appear in our own inner lives.
In this Q&A, we explore:
• Kibr and its obvious and hidden forms
• The relationship between Kibr and Imposter Syndrome
• Self-doubt, perfectionism, and comparison
• Recognising the ego's attachment to status
• Tawāḍuʿ (true humility) and what it means in Islam
• Questions and reflections from the community
This session follows:
Lecture 2 — Arrogance (Kibr) & Imposter Syndrome: The Ego That Hides in Both Directions
We hope this discussion helps you reflect more deeply on the condition of the Qalb (heart) and the journey toward greater humility and self-awareness through the lens of Islamic Psychology.
If you find this session beneficial, please like, share, and subscribe to the Nafs Center channel.
May Allah grant us beneficial knowledge, sincerity, and hearts free from arrogance. Āmīn.
Subscribe and join us on this journey of knowledge, healing, and spiritual growth.
#IslamicPsychology #MentalHealthInIslam #MuslimMentalHealth #SpiritualWellness #IslamicReminder #Nafs #MAPS #IslamicEducation #MuslimMarriage #HealingThroughIslam #IslamicPsychology
#MuslimMentalHealth #SpiritualWellness #MAPSNafsCenter #Islam #MentalHealthInIslam #Nafs #IslamicEducation #Healing #MuslimCommunity