110. Humility

عن عِيَاضِ بن حِمَارٍ أَخِي بنى مُجَاشِعٍ قال قام فِينَا رسول اللَّهِ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ خَطِيبًا فقال…إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَوْحَى إلي أَنْ تَوَاضَعُوا حتى لَا يَفْخَرَ أَحَدٌ على أَحَدٍ ولا يَبْغِ أَحَدٌ على أَحَدٍ

‘Iyad ibn Himar (rta) said: “[Once] God’s Messenger (sws) delivered a sermon to us and said: ‘God has revealed to me that you should show humility so that no one should express superiority over another and no one should commit excess against another.’”[1]

عن أبي هُرَيْرَةَ عن رسول اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قال ما نَقَصَتْ صَدَقَةٌ من مَالٍ وما زَادَ الله عَبْدًا بِعَفْوٍ إلا عِزًّا وما تَوَاضَعَ أَحَدٌ لِلَّهِ إلا رَفَعَهُ الله

Abu Hurayrah (rta) reported that God’s Messenger (sws) said: “Charity does not in any way decrease wealth and the person who forgives, God increases his respect, and each person who shows humility for God, God elevates his status.”[2]

[1]. Ibid., vol. 4, 2198, (no. 2865).

[2]. Ibid., vol. 4, 2001, (no. 2588).