What Has Been Reported About Pride
Darussalam · Volume 4
31. THE BOOKOF CLOTHINGSunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 4092 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 59
Source no. 4092 · Volume 1 · Page 2
Sahih chain
صحيح الإسناد // صحيح الجامع الصغير (٤٦٠٨) //
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4092. It was narrated from Hishām, from Muḥammad, from Abū Hurairah, that a man came to the Prophet ﷺ and he was a handsome man. He said: “O Messenger of Allāh, I am a man to whom beauty has been made dear, and I have been given of it that which you see, and I would not like anyone to excel me in it, even to the extent of the strap of my sandal. Is this pride?” He said: “No; pride is disdaining the truth and despising the people.” (Sahih)
4092 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُوسَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: وَكَانَ رَجُلًا جَمِيلًا، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِنِّي رَجُلٌ حُبِّبَ إِلَيَّ الْجَمَالُ، وَأُعْطِيتُ مِنْهُ مَا تَرَى، حَتَّى مَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ يَفُوقَنِي أَحَدٌ، إِمَّا قَالَ: بِشِرَاكِ نَعْلِي، وَإِمَّا قَالَ: بِشِسْعِ نَعْلِي، أَفَمِنَ الْكِبْرِ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ «لَا، وَلَكِنَّ الْكِبْرَ مَنْ بَطِرَ الْحَقَّ، وَغَمَطَ النَّاسَ»
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This narration explains that the condemnation of pride is for rejecting the truth, and belittling people, and this is a trait of the disbelievers, to reject the truth and antagonize whoever conveys it.