العُجبُ Self-Admiration

1ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا وَحدَةَ أوحَشُ مِنَ العُجبِ.

1– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘There is no loneliness more miserable than self-admiration.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 113]
 

2ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): العُجبُ يُظهِرُ النَّقيصَةَ.

2– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Self-admiration shows up your faults.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 954]
 

3ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): العُجبُ حُمقٌ.

3– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Self-admiration is foolishness.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 62]
 

4ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): سَيِّئَةٌ تَسوؤكَ خَيرٌ عِندَ اللّه‏ِ مِن حَسَنَةٍ تُعجِبُكَ.

4– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘An evil deed [of yours] that upsets you is better in the sight of Allah than a good deed which you feel proud about.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 46]
 

5ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إيّاكَ أن تَرضى عَن نَفسِكَ فَيَكثُرَ السّاخِطُ عَلَيكَ .

5– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Beware of self-satisfaction lest it increases the cause for [Allah’s] wrath against you.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2642]
 

6ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): ثَمَرَةُ العُجبِ البَغضاءُ .

6– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The consequence of self-admiration is hatred [of other people towards you].’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4606]
 

7ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الإعجابُ ضِدُّ الصَّوابِ، وآفَةُ الألبابِ .

7– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Self-admiration is the opposite of proper conduct, and is the bane of the hearts.’[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 74]
 

8ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): العُجبُ يُفسِدُ العَقلَ .

8– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Self-admiration corrupts reason.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 726]
 

9ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الإعجابُ يَمنَعُ الازدِيادَ .

9– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Self-admiration prevents progress.’[Nahj al-Balagha, no. 167]
 

10ـ الإمامُ الباقرُ أو الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِمَا الّسَلامُ): إنَّ اللّه‏َ تَبارَكَ وتَعالى يَقولُ: إنَّ مِن عِبادي مَن يَسأ لُني الشَّيءَ مِن طاعَتي لاُِحِبَّهُ، فأصرِفُ ذلكَ عَنهُ لِكَي لا يُعجِبَهُ عَمَلُه.

10– Imam al-Baqir and Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Verily Allah, Blessed and most High, says, ‘Verily from among My servants is he who asks Me to enable him to perform an act of obedience to Me in order that he may procure My love, but I however, withhold that from him in order that he does not come to feel proud of that action of his.’[al-Zuhd li al-Husayn b. Sa`aid, p. 68, no. 179]
 

11ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن دَخَلَهُ العُجبُ هَلَكَ.

11– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘He who is overtaken by self-admiration perishes.’[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 313, no. 2]