عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: " يَغْفُلُونَ عَنْ أَفْضَلِ
الْعِبَادَةِ: التَّوَاضُعِ "
Aisha رضي الله عنها said:
"People
are paying no attention to the best act of worship: Humility."
(Collected by Ibn Abee Shaybah (13/360) Ibn Hajr graded this
Athar as being Saheeh.)
Benefits for this subject:
At-Tabari (may Allaah
have mercy on him) said:
"Allaah tests His believing servants with
humility to see how they obey Him and follow His commands."
[Saheeh
Bukhari Ibn Battal]
Shaykh Abdur Rahman
As-Sa'dee (May Allaah rest him in Jannah) said,
"Humility and
Humbleness are among the foundations of the religion and its core whereas,
pride contradicts Islaam.”
The origin of
humility is found in the verse: (سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا) (We hear and obey) [Al-Baqarah:285]. This
means we hear what you have said our Lord in the Qur’aan and what Your
Messenger has said.