Pride and Arrogance

It is mentioned in the ayaah of the Quraan that, ‘’Allah does not love the arrogant people. ‘’And in the hadith it is also narrated that the Holy Prophet , ‘’Whosoever has a small amount of pride in his heart will not enter paradise.
Whether one likes it or not, the truth is that every human being excluding the Prophets alaihimus salaam has pride in their heart, may it be a large amount or a small amount.

Even though this is an attribute which specifically refers only to Allah, and the attributes which are particular with mankind are those that one has forgotten such as; humility, humbleness, modesty and submissioness.

For this reason it is important that every human considers himself the sufferer of this disease called pride before he commences in his purification and cure.

Especially those people who are fulfilling the visible commands of Islam with punctuality trying to gain faith, truth, kindness and wisdom to the highest degree, just for the pleasure of Allah, and who wish to create some weight and spirit in their actions.

These loved ones should always keep in mind the fact that Allah's council chamber is of the utmost cleanliness and is pure from every fault, therefore the path leading to his meeting will be highlypure and clean, and he who is full of dirt of sins is not fit for Allah 's chamber.

Maulana Rashid Ahmed Gangohi rahmatullahi alaihi states that in the old days the saints tried to get rid of their bad habits so that reaching Allah became easy, but the present days saints, especially the saints of our chain, have adopted the increasing of zikr (remembrance of Allah) to such an extent that the bad habits become
conquered beneath the effects of zikr, and the zikr remains the conqueror.

Bad habits are plentiful, but the scholars have shortened them down to ten, and the extract of ten is pride. If this goes away then the rest go away themselves.

May Allah save this lowest of the low form from this killer disease because he is trapped in this disease more than his respectedbrothers. The first reason for writing these words is for thecorrection of one's own self, then we pray to Allah that from his own divine power and from his ample mercy he makes these words highly profitable for others.
(Aameen.)

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