Riyad as-Salihin, 619
Salamah bin Al-Akwa' (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Man continues to display haughtiness and arrogance until he is recorded among the arrogant and will be therefore afflicted with what afflicts them." <b>[At- Tirmidhi, who classified it as Hadith Hasan]</b>.
وعن سلمه بن الأكوع رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: “لا يزال الرجل يذهب بنفسه حتى يكتب في الجبارين، فيصيبه ما أصابهم” ((رواه الترمذي وقال: حديث حسن. ((“يذهب بنفسه” أى: يرتفع ويتكبر)).
References1 variant
- In-Book Reference
- Introduction, Hadith 619
Sharh · explanationclick to expand
<b>Guidance from the Hadith:</b><br>
1) Whoever imitates a people will be gathered with them on the Day of Resurrection. Allah Almighty says: {Gather those who committed wrong and their kinds}. i.e., their associates and their likes.<br>
2) A person who gives himself good advice should block the means to arrogance in his heart, lest he gradually becomes arrogant.