صحیح ابن حبان
Ibn Hibban
كتاب الحظر والإباحةBook of Prohibitions and Permissions
باب التواضع والكبر والعجب - ذكر الإخبار عن وضع الله جل وعلا من تكبر على عباده ورفعه من تواضع لهم-
Chapter on Humility, Arrogance, and Conceit – On Allah lowering the arrogant and raising the humble
Hadith 5678
أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلْمٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ ، أَنَّ دَرَّاجًا حَدَّثَهُ ، عَنْ أَبِي الْهَيْثَمِ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " مَنْ تَوَاضَعَ لِلَّهِ دَرَجَةً يَرْفَعْهُ اللَّهُ دَرَجَةً ، حَتَّى يَجْعَلَهُ فِي أَعْلَى عِلِّيِّينَ ، وَمَنْ يَتَكَبَّرْ عَلَى اللَّهِ دَرَجَةً ، يَضَعْهُ اللَّهُ دَرَجَةً ، حَتَّى يَجْعَلَهُ فِي أَسْفَلِ السَّافِلِينَ ، وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ يَعْمَلُ فِي صَخْرَةٍ صَمَّاءَ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ بَابٌ وَلا كُوَّةٌ ، لَخَرَجَ مَا غَيَّبَهُ لِلنَّاسِ كَائِنًا مَا كَانَ " ، قَالَ أَبُو حَاتِمٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ : قَوْلُهُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " مَنْ تَوَاضَعَ لِلَّهِ دَرَجَةً " : يُرِيدُ بِهِ مَنْ تَوَاضَعَ لِلْمَخْلُوقِينَ فِي اللَّهِ ، فَأَضْمَرَ الْخَلْقَ فِيهِ ، وَقَوْلُهُ : " وَمَنْ تَكَبَّرَ " : أَرَادَ بِهِ عَلَى خَلْقِ اللَّهِ ، فَأَضْمَرَ الْخَلْقَ فِيهِ ، إِذِ الْمُتَكَبِّرُ عَلَى اللَّهِ كَافِرٌ بِهِ .
Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): "Whoever adopts humility for the sake of Allah by one degree, Allah elevates his rank by one degree until He includes him among the highest of the high. And whoever shows arrogance against Allah by one degree, Allah lowers him by one degree until He includes him among the lowest of the low. If a person performs a deed inside a solid rock that has neither a door nor a window, Allah will make manifest even that thing which a person tried to hide from people, whatever it may be."
(Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) The statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): "Whoever adopts humility for the sake of Allah by one degree," by this he means whoever adopts humility with the creation for the sake of attaining Allah's pleasure; thus, the word "creation" is omitted here. The statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): "Whoever shows arrogance," by this he means whoever deals arrogantly with Allah's creation; here too, the word "creation" is omitted, because whoever shows arrogance against Allah becomes a disbeliever.
(Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) The statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): "Whoever adopts humility for the sake of Allah by one degree," by this he means whoever adopts humility with the creation for the sake of attaining Allah's pleasure; thus, the word "creation" is omitted here. The statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): "Whoever shows arrogance," by this he means whoever deals arrogantly with Allah's creation; here too, the word "creation" is omitted, because whoever shows arrogance against Allah becomes a disbeliever.
