Riyad as-Salihin, 611
'Abdullah bin Mas'ud (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "He who has, in his heart, an ant's weight of arrogance will not enter Jannah." Someone said: "A man likes to wear beautiful clothes and shoes?" Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Allah is Beautiful, He loves beauty. Arrogance means ridiculing and rejecting the Truth and despising people." <b>[Muslim]</b>.
وعن عبد الله بن مسعود رضي الله عنه عن النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: “لا يدخل الجنة من كان في قلبه مثقال ذرة من كبر” فقال رجل” إن الرجل يحب أن يكون ثوبه حسناً ونعله حسناً؟ قال: “إن الله جميل يحب الجمال الكبر بطر الحق وغمط الناس” ((رواه مسلم)).
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- In-Book Reference
- Introduction, Hadith 611
Sharh · explanationclick to expand
<b>Guidance from the Hadith:</b><br>
1) This is one of the Hadiths that contain a threat and warning. An arrogant person will not enter Paradise.<br>
This is either arrogance towards the truth, by rejecting it and hating it, which is an act that renders its doer a disbeliever who will abide in Hellfire forever and will not enter Paradise. Allah Almighty says: {That is because they disliked what Allah revealed, so He rendered their deeds worthless.}<br>
Or it is arrogance towards people, but it does not involve arrogance towards the worship of Allah. Such a person will not initially enter Paradise. His matter is left to be decided by Allah Almighty; He may punish him if He so wills, and He may pardon him if He so wills.<br>
2) The sign of a person’s humbleness is that he submits to the truth and follows it. On the other hand, one of the clearest signs of arrogance is to deny the truth out of disdain and haughtiness.