Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever adopts one degree of humility for the sake of Allah, Allah will raise him by that degree so much that He will take him to 'Illiyyin, and whoever shows one degree of arrogance towards Allah, Allah will lower him by that degree so much that He will make him the lowest and most despicable.