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Sahih Muslim 91c

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) observed: He who has in his heart the weight of a mustard seed of pride shall not enter Paradise.

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وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبَانَ بْنِ تَغْلِبَ، عَنْ فُضَيْلٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ مَنْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ ذَرَّةٍ مِنْ كِبْرٍ»

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) observed: He who has in his heart the weight of a mustard seed of pride shall not enter Paradise.

Sahih Muslim 91c, Book 1, The Book of Faith, Hadith 173. 1 min read

What it means

Ibn Mas‘ūd (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Anyone has an atom's weight of arrogance in his heart will not enter Paradise." This Hadīth conveys a stern warning, which requires a detailed explanation based on Shariah evidence. If one's arrogance involves rejection of the truth and hatred towards it, this one is a disbeliever who will abide eternally in Hellfire and will never enter Paradise.

Allah, the Exalted, said: {That is because they disliked what Allah revealed, so He rendered worthless their deeds} [Sūrat Muhammad: 9]. If one's arrogance is about behaving haughtily and proudly towards people but does not prevent him from worshiping Allah, he will be subject to the warning mentioned in the Hadīth and thus will not enter Paradise with the first batch admitting it without being punished beforehand.

When the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said this Hadīth, a man said: "O Messenger of Allah, what if one likes his clothes and shoes to look good, would this be an act of arrogance?" So the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah is beautiful and He loves beauty", meaning that He is beautiful in His essence, actions, and attributes.

Everything comes from Allah, the Almighty, is beautiful and not ugly in the least. "He loves beauty", means that He loves man to look beautiful in his clothes, shoes, body, and all his affairs. That is because beautification attracts people to the person and makes them love him; unlike ugliness in one's hair or clothes.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Muhammad ibn Bashshar, BundarTold us, Fourth generation, died 252 AH
  3. 3Abu Dawud at-TayalisiTold us, Third generation, died 203 AH
  4. 4Shubah ibn al-HajjajTold us, Third generation, died 160 AH
  5. 5Aban ibn TaghlibFrom, Third generation, died 140 AH
  6. 6Fudayl ibn AmrFrom, Successor, died 110 AH
  7. 7Ibrahim an-NakhaiFrom, Successor, died 94 AH
  8. 8Alqamah ibn QaysFrom, Successor, died 61 AH
  9. 9Abdullah ibn MasudFrom, Companion, died 28 AH

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