Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عِصَامُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَرِيزُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ الرَّحَبِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ حَوْشَبٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ بْنِ شَهْرٍ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ كُرَيْبَ بْنَ أَبْرَهَةَ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ مَعَ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ عَلَى سَرِيرِهِ بِدَيْرِ الْمُرَّانِ وَذَكَرَ الْكِبْرَ فَقَالَ كُرَيْبٌ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا رَيْحَانَةَ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ لَا يَدْخُلُ شَيْءٌ مِنْ الْكِبْرِ الْجَنَّةَ فَقَالَ قَائِلٌ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَتَجَمَّلَ بِحَبْلَانِ سَوْطِي وَشِسْعِ نَعْلِي فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَيْسَ بِالْكِبْرِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ جَمِيلٌ يُحِبُّ الْجَمَالَ إِنَّمَا الْكِبْرُ مَنْ سَفِهَ الْحَقَّ وَغَمَصَ النَّاسَ بِعَيْنَيْهِ يَعْنِي بِالْحَبْلَانِ سَيْرَ السَّوْطِ وَشِسْعَ النَّعْلِ.
English Translation
Isam b. Khalid narrated to us: Hariz b. Uthman narrated to us, from Sa'd b. Marthad al-Rahabi, who said: I heard Abd al-Rahman b. Hawshab narrating from Thawban b. Shahr al-Ash'ari, who said: I heard Kurayb b. Abraha - while he was sitting with Abd al-Malik on his throne at Dayr al-Murran, and pride was mentioned - Kurayb said: I heard Abu Rayhana say: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "No trace of pride shall enter Paradise." A man said: "O Prophet of Allah, I like to adorn myself with the strap of my whip and the thong of my sandal." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That is not pride. Indeed, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, is beautiful and loves beauty. Pride is rejecting the truth out of foolishness and looking down on people with contempt" - meaning by 'the strap,' the leather thong of the whip and the thong of the sandal.