What is the ruling regarding my intense eagerness to hear praise, even for something I did not do, coupled with my severe anger if I hear the opposite, and my fear of falling under the noble verse: {Do not think that those who rejoice in what they have done and love to be praised for what they have not done — do not think them to be safe from the punishment}?

The love of praise and commendation, and anger at dispraise, are human inclinations. The successful person is one whose sole concern is to be among those whom Allah has praised, and who cares not for the praise of people except that which aligns with Allah's praise. What helps one achieve this is contemplating the reward of the sincere (mukhliṣīn) and striving for the means to gain Allah's love. Sincerity and the love of praise, and coveting what people possess, cannot coexist any more than water and fire can. Whoever desires sincerity must slaughter covetousness with the knife of despair and renounce praise and commendation with the same detachment that worldly people renounce the Hereafter. Slaughtering covetousness is made easy by knowing that its treasures are in the hand of Allah alone, and renouncing praise is made easy by knowing that the one whose praise benefits and whose dispraise harms is Allah alone. Therefore, desire nothing but Allah's praise, and care not for people's dispraise. This cannot be achieved except through patience and certainty.