To elevate yourself is to correct your mistakes.. I remember the sayings from Sheikh Hamza Yusuf, from the Reviving Islamic Spirit Convention, he said : ‘ The weak are dominated by their ego, the wise dominate their ego and the intelligent are in constant struggle against their ego’ When we swallow our ego, we would be prone to accept the advice of others.. Our very core aim here is Islam. And Prophet s.a.w says ‘The deen is an advice’. We first really need to internalize this concept. Deen equals to advice. DEEN=ADVICE. ISLAM=ADVICE. Repeat these words in your head. Deen, advice, deen, advice, deen, advice. So, Deen is religion. Our religion is islam. Islam is an advice. And when it comes to advice, there will always be someone correcting you when you do something wrong. So he/she would advice you that its wrong and suggest to you something better. If we want someone to affirm and justify our doings just to sooth our nafs and comfort ourselves, that brothers and s