Do You Compare Yourself to People That Are Better Than You?

If you want to improve yourself as a human being, the one you compare yourself to are people that are better than you. We don't look for role models in our time; we're looking for role models of the past because they've already finished their entire life and gotten the seal of approval from Allah. People who are alive today may or may not be good today - there's no certainty. But the people of the past are concrete role models. This is why we ask for people to, you know, the role models are in the past.