Dear Islamic brothers! We have just heard about the signs of arrogance; keep them in your mind. If we feel as though one of these signs is also found in ourselves, then we must immediately address this, and save ourselves from the calamity of arrogance, and adopt humility. Let us now listen to the definition of humility and its associated rulings:

The definition of humbleness and humility

It can be found on page 10 of ‘Najat Delaney walay ‘amal ki Ma’loomat’, a book published by Maktaba-tul-Madinah: Humbleness and humility refers to showing gentleness to people in accordance to their attitudes and status, and considering oneself to be lowly, lesser in rank and small. (Fayz-ul-Qadeer, vol. 1, p. 599, under the Hadith 925)

Keep in mind! Allah Almighty likes those who remain humble. The mother of the believers, Sayyidatuna Aaishah رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهَا narrates that the Messenger of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ stated: O Aaishah! Adopt humbleness, as Allah Almighty loves those who remain humble, and dislikes those who are arrogant. (Kanz-ul-Iman, vol. 2, p. 50, Hadith 5731)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

What is gained from being arrogant?

Dear Islamic brothers! You have heard of how Allah Almighty likes those who are humble, whereas He dislikes those who are arrogant. Think about this! What good is there in arrogance? All this does is please the Nafs, and even then, just for a moment! In the end, arrogance leads to tremendous harms, such as the displeasure of Allah Almighty and His Messenger صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, hurting the feelings of Islamic brothers, disgrace and humiliation on the Day of Judgement, being deprived of the mercy of Allah Almighty and His gift of Paradise, and becoming worthy of Hellfire. In fact, arrogance is such a dangerous disease that it gives rise to other evils and deprives a person of much goodness.

The harms of arrogance

Sayyiduna Imam Ghazali رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه writes: The one who is arrogant cannot like for other Muslims that which he likes for himself. This type of person is not