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Forty Illnesses and Their Cures

Chapter 39 of 42

38. Pride

38. Pride

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبَانَ بْنِ تَغْلِبَ، عَنْ فُضَيْلٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏ لاَ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ مَنْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ ذَرَّةٍ مِنْ كِبْرٍ

It is narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ observed:

He who has in his heart the weight of a mustard seed of pride shall not enter Paradise.

  • Illness: Pride
  • Cure: وَمَا تَوَاضَعَ أَحَدٌ لِلَّهِ إِلاَّ رَفَعَهُ اللَّهُ - and no one humbles himself for the sake of Allah except that Allah raises his status (Sahih Muslim 2588)
  • Reference: Sahih Muslim 91