14ـ رسولُ اللهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): إنّهُ لَيُعجِبُني أن يَحمِلَ الرَّجُلُ الشَّيءَ في يَدِهِ يكونُ مُهنِئاً لأهلِهِ يَدفَعُ بهِ الكِبرَ عَن نفسِهِ.
14– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘I admire a man who brings something with his hands to please his family, which repels arrogance from himself.’[Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 1, p. 201]
15ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): مَن حَلَبَ شاتَهُ ورَقَعَ قَميصَهُ وخَصَفَ نَعلَهُ وواكَلَ خادِمَهُ وحَمَلَ مِن سُوقِهِ، فَقَد بَرِئَ مِن الكِبرِ.
15– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Whoever milks his sheep, patches his own clothes, mends his own sandals, trusts his servants, and carries his own goods from the market is free from arrogance.’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 7793]
16ـ إنّ النبيَّ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) خَرَجَ إلَى البَقيعِ فَتَبِعَهُ أصحابُهُ فَوَقَفَ وأمَرَهُم أن يَتَقَدَّموا، ثُمّ مَشى خَلفَهُم، فَسُئلَ عن ذلكَ فقالَ: إنّي سَمِعتُ خَفقَ نِعالِكُم، فَأشفَقتُ أن يَقَعَ في نفسِي شيءٌ مِن الكِبرِ.
16– Abu Umama said, ‘The Prophet (SAWA) left to go to Baqi`a and some of his companions followed him. He stopped and ordered them to proceed and he then walked behind them. He was asked about this, and he said, ‘I heard the beat of your sandals [behind me] and feared that some arrogance would fall into my self.’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 8878]
17ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لكنَّ اللّهَ يَختَبِرُ عِبادَهُ بأنواعِ الشَّدائدِ، ويَتَعبَّدُهُم بأنواعِ المَجاهِدِ، ويَبتَليهِم بِضُروبِ المَكارِهِ، إخراجاً للتَّكَبُّرِ مِن قُلوبِهِم، وإسكانا للتَّذَلُّلِ في نُفوسِهِم، ولِيَجعَلَ ذلكَ أبواباً فُتُحاً إلى فَضلِهِ .
17– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘…But Allah tests His worshippers with many different hardships, He makes them engage in different struggles, and He makes them undergo multiple misfortunes. All this in order to extract arrogance from their hearts, to establish humbleness in their selves, and to make them open the doors to His Grace.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 192]
18ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): فَرَضَ اللّهُ الإيمانَ تَطهيراً مِن الشِّركِ، والصلاةَ تَنزيهاً عنِ الكِبرِ.
18– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Allah obligated faith as purification from polytheism, and prayer as chastisement from arrogance.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 252]
19ـ الإمامُ الحسنُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا يَنبغي لِمَن عَرَفَ عَظَمَةَ اللّهِ أن يَتَعاظَمَ، فإنّ رِفعَةَ الذينَ يَعلَمونَ عَظَمَةَ اللّهِ أن يَتَواضَعُوا، و (عِزَّ) الذينَ يَعرِفُونَ ما جَلالُ اللّهِ أن يَتَذَلَّلُوا (لَهُ).
19– Imam Hasan (AS) said, ‘It is not appropriate for he who knows the magnitude of Allah to be haughty, for the glory of those who know the magnitude of Allah is that they become humble, and the honour of those who know the Majesty of Allah is that they humiliate themselves to Him.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 104, no. 3]
