Censure of arrogance

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Hanzalah (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Salam (may Allah be pleased with him) passed through the market carrying a bundle of firewood. It was said to him: "Has Allah Almighty not made you rich and free of need of this (toil and labour)?" He replied: "Of course (it is Allah's grace), but my intention is to crush arrogance (in my own self) by it, for I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'The one in whose heart there is arrogance even the weight of a mustard seed will not be able to enter Paradise.'"
Imam Abu Ya'la narrated it; its chain contains Isma'il bin Sinan, who is da'if (weak), though the last part of the hadith (the prohibition of arrogance) is established by other authentic and reliable hadith.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was passing along a road when a black woman also passed by there. A man (present on the road) said to her (to draw her attention to giving way): "Make way!" The woman replied (indifferently or angrily): "What way?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Leave her as she is, for she is a very headstrong (and harsh-tempered) woman."
Takhrij: This narration is in Musnad Abi Ya'la (3227); its chain contains Ja'far bin Sulayman al-Duba'i, a saduq (truthful) narrator, although the imams have criticised his memory and his solitary narrations.

Muhammad bin Wasi' relates: I went to Bilal bin Abi Burdah and said to him: O Bilal! Your father narrated to me from his father (Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him)) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, in Hell there is a valley called Habhab; Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, has made it a binding right upon Himself to house every rebellious tyrant in it. So, O Bilal, beware lest you become one of those who will dwell in it."
[Takhrij: Imam al-Hakim transmitted this narration in al-Mustadrak and Imam al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; the hadith scholars have declared it da'if (weak) because of criticism of the narrator in its chain, Azhar bin Sinan.]

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, by his good character a man attains the rank of one who fasts (by day) and stands (in worship by night). And indeed a man is written down as a tyrant (harsh and rebellious), although he has authority and power over no one except his own household."
This narration is transmitted in the Musnad of Ahmad bin Mani' and the Musnad of al-Harith. Its chain contains Abd al-Aziz bin Ubaydullah, who is da'if (weak), and because of the criticism of Isma'il bin Ayyash's narrations from other than the people of the Hijaz, this chain is weak.

It is narrated from Abu Mijlaz that when severe cold struck the students of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), they became shy of coming (to the gathering) dressed in thick woollen wraps and blankets. So when he (may Allah be pleased with him) found them absent and was informed of their situation, Sayyiduna Abu Abd al-Rahman (Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him)) himself came wearing a simple cloak ('aba'ah). Seeing this, people began to remark that today Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) has come wearing a cloak. Then he came in the same way on the second and third days as well. When the students saw him in the cloak, they too came wearing their own wraps. Then he recognised the faces that had previously been absent, and said: "Indeed, I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'No one will enter Paradise in whose heart there is arrogance even the weight of a mustard seed,' or he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'arrogance even the weight of an atom.'"
Musnad Abi Ya'la, hadith no. 3230.