CHAPTER
3
Self-Praise
Beware, don't be self-centered
because it destroys your good deeds. Don't you know that a companion of Hazrat
Isa (a.s.) started walking on water by saying Bismillah'; and in the midst
of water he thought Now I have also become like Hazrat Isa' and he started
drowning. He complained. Hazrat Isa (a.s.) saved him. When he asked the reason
for drowning, Hazrat Isa (a.s.) said it was because of his self praise and
arrogance. He was asked to beg for Allah's forgiveness. He begged Allah for
forgiveness and again he started walking on water by saying Bismillah.'(Furu-e-Kafi
- 2, p. 306)