Humility and Being Gentle with the Believers

O humankind! Surely We have created you from a single (pair of) male and female, and made you into tribes and families so that you may know one another (and so build mutuality and co-operative relationships, not so that you may take pride in your differences of race or social rank, or breed enmities). Surely the noblest, most honorable of you in Allah’s sight is the one best in piety, righteousness, and reverence for Allah. (al-Hujurat 49:13)

 

314. Abu Hurayra, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Sadaqa does not decrease property and Allah only increases a servant in might by forgiveness and no one is humble for the sake of Allah without Allah elevating him.” (Sahih Muslim, Birr, 69).

 

Nawawi, Imam. Riyad As-Salihin; The Gardens of the Righteous: A collection of authentic hadiths. Tughra Books Press, Inc. 2014