The companion Hakīm Ibn Hizām رضي الله عنه was from the elders of Quraysh and he would seek knowledge from Mu’ādh Ibn Jabal رضي الله عنه even though Hakīm was fifty years older than Mu’ādh. It was said to him, “You are learning from this youth?” Hakīm replied, “Indeed, what destroyed us is pride (arrogance).”
[Al-Adab Ash-Shar’īyah: Ibn Muflih, 2/210. Translated By Dr. ‘Abdulilāh Lahmāmi]
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HOW CAN YOU WALK WITH PRIDE
WHILE FORGETTING THE BEGINNING
OF YOUR CREATION?
I wonder at him who is fond of his own image and walks with pride while forgetting the beginning of his creation.
His life starts with the small bite of bread, a couple of dates, a piece of meat and some milk that were consumed with a sip of water; afterwards is filtered through the liver and extracted from it are drops of semen that settle in the testicles, which later on are moved by the excitement of his lust to eject out of him and into the mother to remain for a while before the foetus is developed; coming out through the channel of urine as a child.
As for his end, he is thrown in dust to be eaten by worms and becomes ashes the wind blows!
Book: Captured Thoughts
By al-Hāfiz Abū'l-Faraj Ibn al-Jawzī
Translated and Published by
Dār as-Sunnah Publishers
P. 763
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