Abu Hurayra reported that a man who was handsome came to the Prophet,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and said, "I love beauty and I
have been given what you see so I do not want anyone to be superior to
me (and he either said 'by the strap of a sandal' or 'by a red sandal-thong').
Is that pride?" "No," he replied. "Pride is when someone disdains the truth
and is contemptuous of people."
Abu Salama ibn 'Abdu'r-Rahman said, "The Companions of the Messenger
of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, were neither niggardly
nor weak (in worship). They used to recite poems to one another in their
gatherings and they mentioned matters of the Jahiliyya. But when one of
them was asked about something concerning Allah, his eyes went around as
if he were mad."
'Amr ibn Shu'ayb reported via his father that his grandfather related
that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "On the
Day of Rising, the proud will be gathered like specks in the form of men.
Abasement will envelop them on every side. They will be driven to a prison
in Jahannam called Bulas. The hottest of fires will rise over them. They
will have to drink the pus of the people of the Fire, the foul fluid that
their skins excrete."
Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, "The Garden and the Fire quarrelled and the Fire
said, 'The tyrants will enter me and the proud will enter me.' The Garden
retorted, 'The weak will enter me and the poor will enter me.' Allah Almighty
said to the Garden, 'You are My mercy and I show you to whomever I will.'
Then He said to the Fire, 'You are My punishment with which I will punish
whomever I will. Each of you will have your fill.'"
