مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الآدابThe Book of Manners
(بَيَانُ التَّوَاضُعِ وَالتَّكَبُّرِ)
(Description of humility and arrogance)
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Hadith 5119
وَعَن عمر قَالَ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ تَوَاضَعُوا فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «مَنْ تَوَاضَعَ لِلَّهِ رَفَعَهُ اللَّهُ فَهُوَ فِي نَفْسِهِ صَغِيرٌ وَفِي أَعْيُنِ النَّاسِ عَظِيمٌ وَمَنْ تَكَبَّرَ وَضَعَهُ اللَّهُ فَهُوَ فِي أَعْيُنِ النَّاسِ صَغِيرٌ وَفِي نَفْسِهِ كَبِيرٌ حَتَّى لَهُوَ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ كَلْبٍ أَوْ خنزيرٍ»
It is narrated from Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), he said on the pulpit: O people! Adopt humility, for I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever adopts humility for the sake of Allah, Allah grants him elevation; he considers himself small in his own eyes, but in the eyes of people he is great. And whoever is arrogant, Allah makes him low; he is small in the eyes of people while he considers himself great, until he becomes, in their view, more despicable and contemptible than a dog or a pig." Its chain is fabricated. Narrated by Al-Bayhaqi in Shu'ab al-Iman.
