The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said, “Allah the Almighty said, ‘Pride is My cloak and greatness is My robe, and he who competes with Me in respect of either of them, I shall cast into the Hell Fire.’” [Sunan Abu Dawud - Classed as Sahih by Shaykh al-Albaani] (Allah) said: ‘What prevented you (O Iblees) that you did not prostrate yourself, when I commanded you?’ Iblees said: ‘I am better than him (Adam), You created me from fire, and him You created from clay’” [Al-A’raaf 7:11-12] It was narrated from ‘Abd-Allah ibn Mas’ood (radi Allahu anhu) that the Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “No one who has an atom’s-weight of arrogance in his heart will enter Paradise.” A man said, “O Messenger of Allah, what if a man likes his clothes and his shoes to look good?” He (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said, “Allah is Beautiful and loves beauty. Arrogance means rejecting the truth and looking down on people.” [Sahih Muslim] It was narrated that ‘Abd-Allah ibn ‘Umar (radi Allahu anhu) said: The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “Whoever lets his garment drag along the ground out of pride, Allah will not look at him on the Day of Resurrection.” Abu Bakr (radi Allahu anhu) said: “Sometimes my garment slips down on one side, unless I pay attention to it.” The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said, “You are not doing that out of pride.” [Sahih Al-Bukhari] In a similar Hadith to the one we are discussing, it was narrated that Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri and Abu Hurayrah (radi Allahu anhum) said: The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “Might is His garment and pride is His cloak; whoever seeks to compete with Me concerning them, I will punish him.” [Sahih Muslim] It was narrated from ‘Amr ibn Shu’ayb via his father and grandfather that the Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “On the Day of Resurrection, the arrogant will be gathered like ants in the form of men. Humiliation will overwhelm them from all sides. They will be driven to a prison in Hell called Bawlas, with the hottest fire rising over them, and they will be given to drink of the juice of the inhabitants of Hell, which is teenat al-khabaal.” [Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 2492 - Classed as Hasan by al-Albaani in Sahih al-Tirmidhi, 2025] It was narrated that Abu Hurayrah (radi Allahu anhu) said: The Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “Whilst a man was walking, dragging his garment with pride, with his hair nicely combed, Allah caused the earth to swallow him and he will go on sinking in it until the Day of Resurrection.” [Sahih al-Bukhari and Muslim] “And he had property (or fruit) and he said to his companion, in the course of mutual talk: ‘I am more than you in wealth and stronger in respect of men’” [Al-Kahf 18:34] Allah says (interpretation of the meaning): “Verily, the most honourable of you with Allah is that (believer) who has At- Taqwa [i.e. he is one of the Muttaqoon (the pious)” [Al-Hujuraat 49:13] The arrogant Muslim should realize that no matter what he achieves, he is still too weak to attain a stature like the mountains in height or rend nor penetrate the earth (cf. al-Isra’ 17:37), as Allah says (interpretation of the meaning): “And turn not your face away from men with pride, nor walk in insolence through the earth. Verily, Allah likes not any arrogant boaster. And be moderate (or show no insolence) in your walking, and lower your voice. Verily, the harshest of all voices is the braying of the asses” [Luqmaan 31:18-19]
Posted on: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:50:37 +0000
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