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1. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from al-Hassan ibn Mahbub from Hisham ibn Salim from abu Hamza al-Thumali who has said the following: “Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.) has said, ‘It is astonishing how one who yesterday was only a sperm and tomorrow will turn into a carcass displays arrogance and boastfulness.’”
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134. A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muammar Bin Khallaad who said: Abu Al-Hassan Al-Ridha (asws) said to me: ‘Al-Ma’moun said to me (asws), ‘O Abu Al-Hassan (asws), if you (asws) could write to some of the ones who are obedient to you (asws) in these areas in which their relationship with us is spoilt’. I (asws) said to him: ‘O Chief of believers, if you fulfil (your commitment) to me (asws), I (asws) would (fulfil my (asws) commitment) to you, but rather, I (asws) have entered into this matter in which I (asws) have been entered into, I (asws) do not issue commands, nor do I (asws) prohibit, nor do I (asws) appoint anyone, nor do I (asws) dismiss anyone, and this matter which I (asws) have entered into has not increased anything for me (asws) regarding the favours. And I (asws) used to be in Al-Medina, and my (asws) letter would be established in the east and the west, and I (asws) would ride upon my (asws) mule and pass by in the markets of Al-Medina, and there would be no one more prestigious than me (asws), and there was none among them who would question me (asws) for a need with the possibility of my (asws) fulfilling it, except that I (asws) would fulfill it for him’. He said, ‘I will fulfill (my commitment) to you (asws)’.
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2. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from al-Nawfali from al-Sakuni from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “The Messenger of Allah has said, ‘The misfortune for lineage is boastfulness and feeling self-important.’”
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3. Abu Ali al-Ash’ari has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from Muhammad ibn Isma’il from Hanan ibn ‘Uqbah ibn Bashir al-Asadi who has said the following: “Once, I said to abu Ja’far (a.s.) ‘I am ‘Uqbah ibn Bashir al-Asadi and among my people my lineage is very prominent.’ The narrator has said that the Imam then asked, ‘What is it that makes you oblige us because of your lineage? Due to proper belief, Allah has exalted those whom people consider low. Due to disbelief, He has made low those whom people called men of dignity. No one is superior, because of any other reason, to the others except due to piety.”’
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4. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa from ‘Isa ibn al-Dahhak who has said the following: “Abu Ja’far (a.s.) has said, ‘It is astonishing how one acts boastfully and arrogantly, when it is a fact that he is created from sperm and he will soon turn into a carcass and, in between, he does not know what may happen to him.’”
[2]قال أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام: ما لابن آدم و الفخر أوله نطفة و آخره جيفة، لا يرزق نفسه و لا يدفع حتفه. و في رواية اخرى عنه عليه السلام ما لابن آدم و الفخر و إنّما أوله نطفة مذرة و آخره جيفة قذرة و هو فيما بين ذلك يحمل العذرة؛ و نظم ذلك أبو محمّد الباقي فقال:ص 329
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5. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from al-Nawfali from al-Sakuni from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Once a man came to the Messenger of Allah and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, I am so and so son of so and so counting (boastfully) up to nine generations.’ The Messenger of Allah said, ‘You are the tenth of them in the fire.’”
[3]تكبر هذا الرجل و تفاخر بسمو النسب و علو الحسب فرد عليه النبيّ صلّى اللّه عليه و آله بأنه و آباءه كلهم في النار و كان ذلك باعتبار أن آباءه كانوا أيضا موصوفين بوصف التكبر أو باعتبار أن كلهم كانوا كفّارا أو باعتبار أن هذا الرجل كان متكبرا و آباؤه كانوا كفّارا و هو الأظهر( لح).ص 329
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6. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from al-Nawfali from al-Sakuni from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “The Messenger of Allah has said, ‘The misfortune for lineage is boastfulness.’”