I would like to go through this one, very dire thing that's in our nature. It is very deceiving and is able to make us do a lot of bad, while we're not recognizing it as a real threat. So this thing is pride, mainly pride that makes us look down on others or makes us think that we would be better than normal human beings. This pride can be found in many places, among every community and among every people. It's quite a basic thing as people tend to be proud of something or of someone, especially people tend to be proud about their own children, which isn't bad. As long as it doesn't go to the level of regarding your children of being flawless or that they would be perfect i.e. higher than other people and other children.
We're all equal in humanity, we live, we eat, we do the things that we have to do so that we can remain to stay alive. And we all need those things, all of us have to eat and drink and do all the same things. Otherwise there would be complications, such as dehydration, undernourishment, from dirt or not maintaining the hygiene there comes all sorts of problems, diseases etc. So we're very much the same, so what is it that makes us think so highly of ourselves? Maybe it's the ways that our parents have taught us, to have pride about what you are etc. maybe it's the group in which we live in, (as friends are part of what you are/ what kind of a person you will become) or maybe it's the society and it's norms. Culture or such things, that has been with the community for many centuries.
And why I came to speak about pride? Because it's very dire thing for those who believe, as you may have heard about hadeeths in which our beloved prophet, salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam, stated that if one has pride in him or her, even the weight of an atom that would prevent them from entering paradise. And many of us have heard and read about the state of Iblis the accursed one, (may Allah guard us from he's evil plots) he was so proud of what he was that he regarded himself as a better being than our forefather Adam, alayhis salam. Imagine he didn't prostrate himself to Adam, alayhis salam, even when it was Allah's command to do so. And why? Because he was made out of fire and Adam, alayhis salam, was made out of clay. So this was why he didn't prostrate himself before Adam, alayhis salam, just because he was made from a different element. And this was why Allah banished him and told to him that he would reside in hell after the Judgement day. But until that certain hour, he (Satan/ Iblis) could deceive and mislead all of those who are not from among the chosen servants of Allah.
So in the end what should we be proud of? Of being a Muslim? Or of being a person who has knowledge or strength beyond others?
I would say as my own opinion that we should be happy that we're Muslims, as we didn't make ourselves as Muslims we were chosen to walk upon this path so what is there to be proud of? Because why should we be proud of something that doesn't come from us? Instead of pride, we could be thankful to Allah that He has chosen us to walk upon this path and of those things that He has given to us. Would it then be the strength of physics or knowledge, it all comes from Him.
We are Muslims and we worship Allah the Creator of all that there is, we're humble before Him and we're humble before our parents. We cannot look down on others, because we too will be judged. It is Allah Who sees and hears everything, so how can we say that: "we're better than this and this person"? While we don't know that what these people do on their private time, or what is their fate and what they can become? It's Allah Who perfectly knows everything that there is, praise be to Him.
As a reminder I want to tell that this is completely my own opinion about pride, there's pride that isn't bad but that pride doesn't make us think highly of ourselves nor look down on others. Whatever faults I have done writing this, comes completely from me. And whatever is written in truth comes from Allah the most Magnificent, the most Merciful.
JazakAllah Khair, thank you for reading this.
May Allah guide us towards the truth and forgive us for our shortcomings. Aamen.
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