الفَخرُ

PRIDE

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2– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘There are two things that have ruined people: fear of poverty and going after pride.’
[al-Khisal, p. 69, no. 102]

3– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Let go of your pride, put down your arrogance, and remember your grave.’
[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 398]

4– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Whoever does something out of vainglory, Allah will resurrect him black on the Day of Judgment.’
[211 Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 292, no. 20]

5– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The worst state of the rulers among righteous people is for them to be assumed to love pride and be regarded as haughty.’
[Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 216]

6– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘What is it with the son of Adam
[human being] and pride?! His beginning is a sperm and his end is a carcass. He cannot sustain himself, nor can he repel death.’
[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 454.]

7– Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, ‘It is surprising to see an arrogant and proud person who yesterday was but a sperm and tomorrow will be but a carcass.’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 328, no. 1]

8– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The bane of
[noble] lineage is pride of it.’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 329, no. 6]

9– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘When the Prophet (SAWA) would mention a merit of himself, he would say, ‘And with no pride’.
[ Bihar al-Anwar, v. 16, p. 341, no. 33]

10– Imam al-Rida (AS) said, ‘The Commander of the Faithful
[ Imam Ali (AS)] visited Sa`asa`aa b. Suhan when he was sick, so when he wanted to leave he stood up and said, ‘O Sa`asa`aa, do not display pride in front of your brothers that I visited you, and fear Allah.’
[Mustadrak al-Wasa`il, v. 12, p. 90, no. 13599]

11– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Poverty is my pride.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 72, p. 30, no. 26]

12– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘There are three things that are the pride of a believer and his ornament in this world and the Hereafter: prayer at the end of the night
[night vigil], his despair of
[possessing] that which others own, and his allegiance to the Imam from the progeny of Muhammad (SAWA).’
[al-Kafi, v. 8, p. 234, no. 311]