Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا شَهْرُ بْنُ حَوْشَبٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ مَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ يَمُوتُ حِينَ يَمُوتُ وَفِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ حَبَّةٍ مِنْ خَرْدَلٍ مِنْ كِبْرٍ تَحِلُّ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ أَنْ يَرِيحَ رِيحَهَا وَلَا يَرَاهَا فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ أَبُو رَيْحَانَةَ وَاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّ الْجَمَالَ وَأَشْتَهِيهِ حَتَّى إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّهُ فِي عَلَاقَةِ سَوْطِي وَفِي شِرَاكِ نَعْلِي قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَيْسَ ذَاكَ الْكِبْرُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ جَمِيلٌ يُحِبُّ الْجَمَالَ وَلَكِنَّ الْكِبْرَ مَنْ سَفِهَ الْحَقَّ وَغَمَصَ النَّاسَ بِعَيْنَيْهِ.
English Translation
Hashim narrated to us, 'Abd al-Hamid narrated to us, Shahr ibn Hawshab narrated to us, he said: I heard a man relate from 'Uqbah ibn 'Amir that he heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say, "There is no man who dies, at the time of his death, with an atom's weight of arrogance in his heart, but that Paradise will be forbidden to him, so that he will not smell its scent nor see it." A man of Quraysh called Abu Rayhanah said, "By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, I love beauty and desire it, so much that I even love it in the strap of my whip and in the thong of my sandal." The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "That is not arrogance; Allah, Mighty and Sublime, is beautiful and loves beauty. Rather, arrogance is one who disdains the truth and despises people."