Do not seek people’s approval or validation. it will only leave you exhausted.
We have learned that no matter how kind, generous, or sincere you are toward others, there will always be those who remain dissatisfied.
Instead, strive for the pleasure of Allāh and His Beloved Messenger ﷺ. In their pleasure lies true peace, lasting contentment, and genuine joy.
The Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) said:
"There will be for every perfidious person on the day of judgment a flag by which he will be recognised. it will be announced: Here is the breach of faith of so and so."
-(Sahih Muslim 1736)
"And [it is] a Quran which We have separated [by intervals] that you might recite it to the people over a prolonged period. And We have sent it down progressively."
Al-Isra' 17:106
The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said, never is a believer afflicted with discomfort, illness, anxiety, grief, mental worry, or even the prick of a thorn, except that Allah expiates their sins because of their patience.
[Riyad as-Salihin, 37]
Narrated Abu Huraira:
A man said to the Prophet (ﷺ) , "Advise me! "The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Do not become angry." The man asked (the same) again and again, and the Prophet (ﷺ) said in each case, "Do not become angry."
-(Sahih al-Bukhari 6116)
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said,:
"Whoever obeys me, obeys Allah, and whoever disobeys me, disobeys Allah, and whoever obeys the ruler I appoint, obeys me, and whoever disobeys him, disobeys me."
(Bukhari Vol. 9, Book 89, Hadith 251)
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:
"Do not let your animals and children go out when the sun sets until the first and the darkest part of the night is over, for the Satan is let loose with the sinking of the sun until the darkest part of the night is over."
📚 Sahih Muslim 2013