BEWARE OF ARROGANCE. A Quality That Leads To The Fire

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*BEWARE OF ARROGANCE*

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*A Quality That Leads To The Fire*

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Allah ﷻ says

*وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُ ٱتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ أَخَذَتۡهُ ٱلۡعِزَّةُ بِٱلۡإِثۡمِۚ فَحَسۡبُهُۥ جَهَنَّمُۖ وَلَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡمِهَادُ*

_And when it is said to him, "Fear Allah," pride in the sin takes hold of him. Sufficient for him is Hellfire, and how wretched is the resting place._

[2:206]

Arrogance leads to the fire! 

And humility, Allah ﷻ brings you closer to him with it! 

The first sin to be committed was arrogance! 

It was said to the Angels and among them was Iblees, Prostrate for Adam! 

And all of them prostrated, except Iblees! 

He said I am better than him! You created me from fire and you created him from clay!

And fire is that which makes clay become pottery.

What happened next?

Allah ﷻ says:

*قَالَ فَاخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ*

_He said "So get out here Indeed you are rejected!"_

*وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ لَعْنَتِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ*

_And indeed upon you is my curse until the day of Judgement._

[38:77-78]

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It was the arrogance of Iblees which caused him to disobey and be cursed by Allah ﷻ!

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This Arrogance is a disease many of us possess! 

Abdullah ibn Mas’ud رضي الله عنه reported: The Prophet ﷺ  said:

_*“No one who has the weight of a seed of arrogance in his heart will enter Paradise.”* A man said, “But a man likes to have nice clothes and nice shoes.” The Prophet said, “Verily, Allah is beautiful and He loves beauty. *Arrogance is to reject the truth and to look down upon people*.”_

[Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 91]

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An atoms worth! سبحان الله

Let us humble ourselves before Allah ﷻ!

And heed the reminder when it comes to us!

For indeed arrogance causes a person to turn away from the truth and causes him to despise people! 

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Abdullah ibn Amr رضي الله عنه reported: The Prophet ﷺ said: 

_“The arrogant will be gathered on the Day of Resurrection as tiny particles in the form of men. Disgrace will be cast over them from every direction. They will be dragged to a prison in Hell named Balus, to be submerged in the fire of all fires, drinking the bile of the people of Hellfire and driving them into madness.”_

[Sunan al-Tirmidhī 2492, Grade: Sahih]

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In a hadith narrated by Ibn Mas’ud رضي الله عنه : The Prophet ﷺ used to make the following dua:

*اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ وَهَمْزِهِ وَنَفْخِهِ وَنَفْثِهِ*

_“O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the accursed Satan, his madness, his pride, and his poetry.”_

[Sunan Ibn Mājah 808, Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani]

Amongst the greatest signs of pride and arrogance for Allah ﷻ is a person who refuses to do Sujood to Him ﷻ by not praying his Salah! 

Brothers and sisters! 

Iblees was excommunicated for one Sajdah, and you expect to receive mercy and Jannah *while you refuse many more than that by abandoning the Salah?*

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You came from dust & you will return to the dust, so walk upon it with humility!

May Allah ﷻ forgive us and Grant us ease.

 *آمِيْن يَارَبَّ الْعَالَمِينْ*

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