Imam Sufyan once wrote ina letter to one of his brothers:
"… Beware of doing that which will spoil your deeds, and know that it
is showing off that spoils a person's deeds; and if it is not showing
off then it is conceitedness - for you to imagine that you are better
than one of your Muslim brothers, when in reality he performs more
good deeds than you do; or perhaps he stays further away from that
which Allah has prohibited than you do; or perhaps he performs his
deeds with purer intention that you do.
And even if you are not conceited, beware of developing a love for
praise. Be ever so careful not to come to love other people's praise
of your good deeds, or the respect they feel for you and bestow upon
you because of your good deeds. And beware of desiring that others
should help you in your personal affairs just because they have become
impressed by your good deeds. You surely claim (as does everyone
else), after all, that you are doing good deeds only for the sake of
Allah, well, then turn that claim into reality…"/- - -
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