Is self-love the greatest medicine?

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Re: Is self-love the greatest medicine?

@redvelvet

Oooh, that’s a deep question.

If you believe that being a creation of Allah (the Greatest) is such a huge honor in itself that it should warrant one to feel love for themselves…and to honor and respect every part of their body…and to believe that the life given is a gift from the Almighty and should be lived according to the terms HE has set…then I think that kind of self-love is acceptable because that kind of self-love contains pride but at the same time contains humility.

The kind of self-love that does not contain humility is perhaps the kind that is not encouraged. For example, there are people who have gharoor over their beauty. Did you create yourself? No. That beauty was given to you by Allah. There are those who have gharoor over their wealth. You may have worked hard for your wealth. But what if Allah was to render you disabled or subject you to an out-of-control situation in which you lose that same wealth? What if you were not born with the high IQ that Allah blessed you with?

This kind of self-love is different from the first kind I mentioned because the person either removes Allah from the equation completely or diminishes Allah’s role in their life…and in either case the person has made themselves the center or their life. So, this can reduce the feeling of accountability for actions, etc.

May be wrong…but that’s my attempt at answering the question.

May be the said quote is half a statement. I mean self-love might be very important as in terms of thankfulness, appreciation, and respect. But there is no way it should excel the love for other living creatures as well, top of which is fellow human being.

Also it may be coming as a caution or warning that crushing self-love or self-respect wont do anything good, not to oneself and not to the related people either. On the other hand indulging in it may give the needed confidence and boost you deserve in order to do the best.