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1999. ‘Abdullāh narrated: “The Prophet ﷺ said: ‘Whoever has a speck of pride (arrogance) in his heart, shall not be admitted into Paradise. And whoever has a speck of faith in his heart, shall not be admitted into the Fire.’” He said: “So a man said to him: ‘I like for my clothes to be nice, and my sandals to be nice?’ So he ﷺ said: ‘Indeed Allāh loves beauty. But pride is refusing the truth and belittling the people.’”
[Some of the people of knowledge explained that in this Hadīth, the statement: “Whoever has a speck of faith in his heart, shall not be admitted into the Fire” only means not eternally dwelling in the Fire. Similarly, it has been reported from
Abū Sa'eed Al-Khudrī that the Prophet ﷺ said: "He who has even a speck of faith in his heart shall be taken out of the Fire." More than one of the Tābi'īn explained this Āyah: O Our Lord! Verily whom You admit into the Fire, You have indeed disgraced him.[1] saying: "Whoever is made to dwell in the Fire eternally, indeed he is disgraced by Allāh." [Ṣaḥīḥ]
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ Gharīb.
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If a man denies the truth out of pride and arrogance, refuses to believe in Allāh or in the code of life ordained by Him and belittles others of his ilk, then this denial of truth shall make him an unbeliever deserving of Hellfire. If, however, he is a man of faith but considers himself superior to others because of things like his handsome figure, his position and rank, his pedigree or his superior knowledge, or else he does not follow the path of truth just out of obstinacy, then he is not a disbeliever in the accepted sense of the term. His position will then be like what we have discussed in the comments.
