Being Arrogant to those Who are Arrogant
Question :
I noticed that when someone passed by one of my friends and greeted him, my friend not only did not reply but also gave him a rather haughty look. When I asked him why he did that, he told me that the other person was arrogant and that the Prophet said, "Arrogance to someone who is arrogant is charity." Is this Hadith authentic? And is what my friend did correct?
Answer:
When one is arrogant with one of the servants of Allah, he is perpetrating one of the major sins, and no one is permitted to be arrogant with another, even if another person is himself arrogant. One cannot cure another person's arrogance by being the same with him; rather, one may help him by advising him sincerely and warning him about Allah's punish- ment, by saying, for example, "Fear Allâh, for verily arrogance is one of the major sins." The Hadith mentioned by the questioner is false it has no basis and is not authentically related from the Prophet ﷺ.
Source:
Ibn 'Uthaimeen
Fatawa Islamiyah, Vol. 7 Page 169
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