It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When the time of death of Allah’s Prophet Nuh (peace be upon him) approached, he said to his son: Indeed, I am about to give you a will. I command you regarding two things and forbid you from two things. I command you to say LAA ILAAHA ILLALLAH, then he described the virtue of this phrase, and I advise you to say SUBHANALLAHI WABIHAMDIHI, then he mentioned its virtue, and I forbid you from shirk (associating partners with Allah) and arrogance.

Someone said: O Messenger of Allah! We recognize shirk, but what is arrogance? Is it that a servant has good shoes and good laces for them? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: No. He said: Is it that a servant has a garment which he wears? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: No. He said: Then is arrogance that a servant has a riding animal upon which he rides? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: No. He said: Is it then that a servant has companions who sit with him? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: No. He said: O Messenger of Allah! Then what is arrogance? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: To reject the truth and to look down upon people.

Abu Hayyan’s father, Abu Salamah bin Abdur Rahman, says: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr and Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) met each other, then Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) turned away and began to weep. The people asked: O Abu Abdur Rahman! Why are you weeping? He said: Because of what he has related to me. He says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: That person will not enter Paradise in whose heart there is even a mustard seed’s weight of arrogance.

Abu Salamah bin Abdur Rahman says: On Marwah, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar and Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin Aas (may Allah be pleased with them) met each other, they talked, then Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them) left, and behind him Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) began to weep. A man said to him: O Abu Abdur Rahman! Why are you weeping? He said: This Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them) has said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever has arrogance equal to a mustard seed in his heart, Allah Almighty will throw him on his face into Hell.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: I was neither forbidden from whispering nor from such-and-such things. Ibn ‘Aun says: He forgot one thing and I did not remember the other. Then I came to him while Malik bin Mararah Rahawi was sitting with him and he was narrating a hadith. The last part of that hadith, which I heard, was this: He said: O Messenger of Allah! I have been given a considerable share of beauty and elegance, as you know. Now I wish that no man should surpass me even in the matter of two straps (i.e., shoes). Is this arrogance? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: No, this is not arrogance. Arrogance is to reject the truth and to look down upon people.

Narrated by Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever walks arrogantly with pride, will meet Allah in such a state that He will be angry with him.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman bin Ghanm (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: These individuals will not enter Paradise: one who walks arrogantly, one who is ill-tempered and bad-natured, a harsh and rude person, and a mean person who is notorious for baseness and evil.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The arrogant will be gathered on the Day of Judgment in the form of small ants in the shape of men, humiliation and disgrace will cover them from all sides, until they are taken into a prison in Hell called "Bulus." There, the fire of fires will engulf them, and they will be given to drink from "Teenat al-Khabal," which is the pus of the people of Hell.

Narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: A man was walking arrogantly in a garment, Allah Almighty commanded the earth regarding him, so the earth seized him, and he will continue to sink in it until the Day of Resurrection.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Once, a young man was walking arrogantly, wearing a garment, and he had let his lower garment hang below his ankles. Suddenly, the earth swallowed him up, and he will continue to sink into it until the Day of Resurrection.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: Do not take pride in your forefathers who died in the age of ignorance. By the One in Whose hand is my soul! The dung beetle (black insect) that rolls things with its nose is better than those ancestors of yours who died in the age of ignorance.