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Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2677 — Censure of arrogance and praise

وَقَالَ عَبْدٌ : حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ ، أَخْبَرَنَا سَالِمُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى ، قَالَ : إِنَّهُ سَمِعَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا ، يَقُولُ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " مَا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ رَجُلٌ يَمُوتُ وَفِي قَلْبِهِ مِنَ الْكِبْرِ مِثْقَالُ حَبَّةٍ مِنْ خَرْدَلٍ ، إِلَّا جَعَلَهُ اللهُ فِي النَّارِ " ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، إِنِّي أُحِبُّ الْجَمَالَ ، بِحِمَالَةِ سَيْفِي ، وَبِغَسْلِ ثِيَابِي مِنَ الدَّرَنِ ، وَبِحُسْنِ الشِّرَاكِ وَالنِّعَالِ ، فَقَالَ : " لَيْسَ ذَلِكَ أَعْنِي ، إِنَّمَا الْكِبْرُ مَنْ سَفِهَ الْحَقَّ ، وَغَمَصَ النَّاسَ " ، فَقَالَ : يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ ، وَمَا السَّفَهُ عَنِ الْحَقِّ ، وَغَمْصُ النَّاسِ ؟ فَقَالَ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " السَّفَهُ عَنِ الْحَقِّ : أَنْ يَكُونَ لَكَ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مَالٌ ، فَيُنْكِرُ ذَلِكَ ، وَيَزْعُمُ أَنْ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ ، فَيَأْمُرُهُ رَجُلٌ بِتَقْوَى اللهِ فَيَأْبَى ، وَأَمَّا الْغَمْصُ ، فَهُوَ الَّذِي يَجِيءُ النَّاسَ شَامِخًا بِأَنْفِهِ ، وَإِذَا رَأَى ضُعَفَاءَ النَّاسِ وَفُقَرَاءَهُمْ لَمْ يُسَلِّمْ عَلَيْهِمْ ، وَلَمْ يَجْلِسْ إِلَيْهِمْ مَحْقَرَةً لَهُمْ ، فَذَلِكَ الَّذِي يَغْمِصُ النَّاسَ " ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " مَنْ رَقَّعَ ثَوْبَهُ ، وَخَصَفَ نَعْلَهُ ، وَرَكِبَ الْحِمَارَ ، وَعَادَ الْمَمْلُوكَ إِذَا مَرِضَ ، وَحَلَبَ الشَّاةَ ، فَقَدْ بَرِئَ مِنَ الْعَظَمَةِ " .
وَسَيَأْتِي إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ تَعَالَى بَقِيَّةُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ فِي الْفَضَائِلِ ، فِي تَرْجَمَةِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever on the face of the earth dies while there is arrogance in his heart equal to a mustard seed, Allah Almighty will put him in the Fire (of Hell)." At this a man from the Ansar said: O Messenger of Allah! I love beauty, even in the strap of my sword, in keeping my clothes clean of dirt, and in the fine quality of my sandal straps and sandals (so is this also arrogance?). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That is not what I mean; rather, arrogance is regarding the truth as worthless and regarding people as lowly and contemptible." The man then asked: O Prophet of Allah! What is meant by regarding the truth as worthless and regarding people as lowly? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Regarding the truth as worthless is that you have a financial right (a debt or the like) over a man, and he denies it and claims that he owes nothing; then, when someone urges him to fear Allah, he refuses (to acknowledge the right). As for regarding people as lowly, it is the person who comes to people with his nose raised (in arrogance), and when he sees the weak and poor people of society, he neither greets them nor sits with them, out of contempt for them; this is the one who regards people as lowly." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever patches his own garment, mends his own sandal, rides a donkey, visits a slave when he falls ill, and milks the goat himself, has become free of grandeur (the conceit of greatness and arrogance)."
If Allah Almighty wills, the rest of this hadith will come in the 'Book of Virtues', in the account of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Qays al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him).
Hadith Reference المطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية / كتاب الأدب / 2677
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