Ibnul-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (rahimahullaah) mentions
in his book Za’ad al-Ma’aad:
It
was narrated that Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri & Abu Hurayrah said: The Messenger
of Allaah (صلى
الله عليه وسلم) said:“Might is His garment & pride is His cloak;
whoever seeks to compete
with Me concerning them, I will punish him.”
(Narrated by Muslim, 2620)
“Every Muslim
should be warned of the oppression of: ‘I – My/Mine – I Possess’
Indeed these three words are what
Iblees (Shaytan), Fir’awn & Qaroon were tried with.
Iblees said: ‘I am better than him’
Fir’awn said: ‘Is not mine the Kingdom of Egypt,’
Qaroon said: ‘This has been given
to me only because of knowledge I possess.’
So regarding the saying of the
Slave of Allaah ‘I’
–
then the best that he can be described with is:
I am a slave who sins, makes
mistakes, seeks forgiveness and recognizes this.
So regarding the saying of ‘My/Mine’ – and those statements similar to
that is:
My sins, my crimes, my
humbleness, my depravation and submissiveness.
So regarding the saying of ‘I Possess’- then the best that he can be
described with is:
Forgive me for my mistakes and
what I do intentionally, in jest, or in seriousness and I possess all these
shortcomings.“
Oh
Muslims, remember that, Pride is an attribute that is not befitting for anyone
except Allaah. Whoever seeks to compete with Allaah in that, Allaah will
destroy him, wreak vengeance on him & make things difficult for him.
Oh
Muslims, remember that, a Muslim is not the one who boasts.
‘Iyaad ibn Himaar al-Mujaasha‘i (may
Allaah be pleased with that) narrated that the Messenger of Allaah (صلى الله
عليه وسلم) said one day in
his khutbah:
“Allaah has revealed to me that you should be humble so
that no one will boast to anyone else and no one will transgress against anyone
else.”
[Narrated
by Muslim, 5109]
So,
my dear Muslim brethren, adorn yourself with honour and that which leads
to it, such as good manners, a cheerful face, spreading the salaam (the
salutation), showing forbearance, hating haughtiness, having self-esteem which
is free from tyranny, and being gallant but not for the sake of zealous
partisanship, and being fanatic without being patriotic.
Therefore
avoid the affairs that tarnish your honour, whether it be (in your) nature,
speech, or actions; [and] also [indulging in] degrading actions, or evil habits
such as: [being] conceited, showing off, boastfulness, arrogance, and
looking down upon others, to be seen in doubtful places.
We
ask Allaah to keep all his believing slaves away from falling into pride,
boasting and all such evils.
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