43. Good Conduct and Manners

٤٣۔ كتاب الأدب

43.9 Regarding exaltation being disliked in (worldly) matters

٤٣۔٩ باب فِي كَرَاهِيَةِ الرِّفْعَةِ فِي الأُمُورِ

abudawud:4802Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Ḥammād > Thābit > Anas

The she-camel of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called al-Adba’ had not been outstripped by another, but an Aʿrabi (a nomadic Arab) came on a young riding camel of his and it outstripped it. That distressed the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, but he said: It is Allah’s right that nothing should become exalted in the world but he lowers it.  

أبو داود:٤٨٠٢حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

كَانَتِ الْعَضْبَاءُ لاَ تُسْبَقُ فَجَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ عَلَى قَعُودٍ لَهُ فَسَابَقَهَا فَسَبَقَهَا الأَعْرَابِيُّ فَكَأَنَّ ذَلِكَ شَقَّ عَلَى أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ حَقٌّ عَلَى اللَّهِ ﷻ أَنْ لاَ يَرْفَعَ شَيْئًا مِنَ الدُّنْيَا إِلاَّ وَضَعَهُ  

abudawud:4803al-Nufaylī > Zuhayr > Ḥumayd > Anas Bihadhih al-Qiṣṣah

It is Allah’s right that nothing should become exalted in the world but he lowers it.  

أبو داود:٤٨٠٣حَدَّثَنَا النُّفَيْلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ بِهَذِهِ الْقِصَّةِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ حَقًّا عَلَى اللَّهِ ﷻ أَنْ لاَ يَرْتَفِعَ شَىْءٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا إِلاَّ وَضَعَهُ