Selfishness and Arrogance and its consequences on Muslim personality
A Personable Muslim should not be selfish or Arrogance; Because he knows that selfishness is an internal and spiritual abhorrent disease that causes a person’s low importance in the eyes of Allah and people. Dear Islam considers selfishness and pride as a sinister and hateful phenomenon and orders and advises its followers to free themselves from this sinister phenomenon and treat it; Because anyone who is infected with this ugly disease, it is not unlikely that he will suffer a bad fate like the fate of the proud and arrogant people of history.
Arrogant people, with their arrogance and pride, took this world and lost the eternal world; hasn’t Allah, Subhanahu wa Ta’ala, deprived the arrogant and proud from the abode of the hereafter? in this speech, «تِلْکَ الدَّارُ الْآخِرَهُ نَجْعَلُهَا لِلَّذِینَ لَا یُرِیدُونَ عُلُوًّا فِی الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فَسَادًا وَالْعَاقِبَة لِلْمُتَّقِینَ»” (We will grant that house of the hereafter only to those who do not desire arrogance, superiority, corruption, and destruction on earth, and the end of it belongs to the pious.)
The Prophet, PBUH, states in a holy hadith: «قَالَ اللهُ عزّوجل: الْكِبْرِيَاءُ رِدَائِي، وَالْعِزَّةُ إِزَارِي، فَمَنْ نَازَعَنِي وَاحِدًا مِنْهُمَا، أُلْقِهِ فِي النَّارِ »: it means Allah (s.w.t) says: the greatness is mine and the honor is mine, whoever disputes with me in one of these two, I will enter him into the fire.”(the meaning of this verse is that Allah Almighty do not like the Arrogance and selfishness).
The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, did not have any pride and always practiced humility in his life. The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, was so humble that he would ride a “donkey and a mule”, even though he was able to ride a horse. In the conquest of Khyber, the Messenger of Allah, PBUH, rode a victorious horse back to Medina, where they were waiting for him. As soon as he arrived, he said: “Where is the mule?!” Out of humility for Allah, he got off his horse and rode a mule.
It is enough to refer to the wise! Every day, if you ride a car, for the sake of Allah, ride a bicycle, motorcycle, or take a taxi or walk, if possible, ride a bus to follow the tradition of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and show humility.
Signs of selfishness and pride
Some signs and symptoms of Arrogance people are mentioned below, hopefully it will help us to know the signs of selfishness and treat it. Psychologists have considered the following as signs of selfishness and pride:
1. If someone wants to teach you something, you immediately say that you know.
2. You consider yourself the most talented, capable and knowledgeable person, you usually question the abilities and talents of others, and you constantly want to show others that you are the most talented and capable person on earth.
3. You never ask others for help. Arrogant and selfish people feel that if they ask for help from others, it means that they are weak and cannot handle their own problems; Therefore, in whatever situation they are, even in the worst situation, they never ask others for help.
4. You feel like you have to constantly teach others something. Arrogant and selfish people usually pretend and show that no one knows and does not perform as well as they do.
5. You talk a lot about yourself; In gatherings and parties, you talk too much about yourself, you praise yourself and your achievements. You might even exaggerate a bit and make your achievements look bigger than they really are, or you might even lie.
6. You constantly need the approval and compliments of others.
7. You don’t listen to other people’s advice.
8. You are not grateful; People who are proud and selfish usually do not value the work of others. These people are not appreciative of others and usually do not know salt.
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