Library Ethics Greater Sins Chapter 35 Pride or Arrogance Arrogance causes degradation in this world as well as the Hereafter
Arrogance causes degradation in this world as well as the Hereafter
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Arrogance causes degradation in this world as well as the Hereafter
Arrogance with relation to the Almighty or otherwise brings degradation and insults in this life as also in the life after death. On the other hand humility and the expression of lowliness before Allah (S.w.T.) earns the respect of this world as well as success in the hereafter. The stations of such a person are raised. The Holy Prophet (S) says,
“One who humbles before Allah is raised by Him in status; and the one who is arrogant will be degraded by Allah.”
(BihÄr al-AnwÄr)
Umar ibn Shaiba says in the Sharh of SahÄ«fa that, “I was at the sacred Mecca, between Safa and Marwah when I saw a stranger on a camel. His slaves were preventing the people from coming near him. After sometime I happened to be in Baghdad. There I saw a man in a dishevelled condition with his hair awry. I stared at him in surprise. He asked as to why I was staring at him. I said that I find a great resemblance between him and an arrogant person whom I had seen at Mecca between Safa and Marwah. At that time he behaved very arrogantly. The man said, “I am the same person! I had behaved arrogantly at a place where people exhibit humility, that’s why the Almighty has made me lowly in Baghdad where people achieve great honours. And thus these people behave arrogantly towards me.”
