What is hidden arrogance? Hodja Halis Bayancuk In order to be updated about our special posts that we do not publish on our other social media accounts, you can subscribe to our WhatsApp line by clicking on the link; https://bit.ly/2xHiHzN Question: What is hidden arrogance? Answer: Arrogance is at the top of the things that Islam prohibits. Arrogance is one of the most unpleasant heart deeds for Allah (swt). What is arrogance? We can look at the following hadith of the Prophet (pbuh) in the saheeh of Imam Muslim about arrogance: “‘If anyone of you has as much arrogance in his heart as an atom’s weight, he will not enter Paradise.’ The companions asked: ‘O Messenger of Allah! What is arrogance?’ The Prophet (pbuh) said: ‘Arrogance is being arrogant before the truth and looking down on people.’ “ (Muslim) For example, someone advises you. What you are doing is wrong. Do not do it like that. You do not like it. There is anger or hatred in you towards this and you feel that discomfort. Listening to that conversation makes you uncomfortable. This shows that there is arrogance in your heart. Because arrogance is when the truth is reminded to him: When it is said to him, “Fear Allah,” his pride/conceit leads him to sin. Enough of Hell! What an evil bed it is. (2/Baqarah, 206) Arrogance is when a person constantly looks down on others. This could be looking down on people, making fun of people, those who constantly make jokes to offend people are included in this, and those who flirt with people behind their backs are included in this. The Prophet (pbuh) says that those who have this attribute will not enter Paradise. People who have arrogance in themselves. What is hidden arrogance? Hidden arrogance is when a person has a feeling of arrogance in their heart even though these signs are not apparent. Being arrogant towards the truth and looking down on people is open arrogance. When a person is warned, they bow their head and say, “May Allah be pleased” or they are very respectful towards people, they definitely do not offend, but hidden arrogance is an expectation. It is the person’s constant desire for their own opinion to be valued. It is the person’s constant desire to be listened to in a society. In other words, it is what we call kip. It is the person’s seeing their own self differently than other people and wanting to be treated differently because they see it differently. Unfortunately, this is the most dangerous type of arrogance. Because most of the time, since a person does not realize this, it is not possible to cure it. Arrogance can be detected by a teacher explaining it or by reading a book, and the person can correct themselves. However, when it comes to the hidden arrogance that we call kip, the signs of which are not revealed in a person, but rather what exists in a person as an expectation, this is a very, very dangerous thing. Who has hidden arrogance? This is the situation that teachers fall into the most. It is seeing themselves as superior to people because of their knowledge and having certain expectations from people. I pray to Allah to protect me from this. My evil self definitely falls into this. But my wish from Allah is that He keeps me safe from this. Or for example, someone has done jihad. He has done a deed in the way of Allah. He boasts about this deed he has done. I have run to Allah so much, I have been in prison so much, I have migrated so much in the way of Allah. People should show me more respect, they should listen to me more when I speak. This means that a person boasts about his deeds. However, one of the things that makes deeds in vain in Islam is gratitude. Allah (swt) says: Do not do good with the desire to get more. (74/Muddaththir, 6) Just as hypocrisy makes deeds go to waste, just as sum'a makes deeds go to waste, in the same way gratitude and hurt make deeds go to waste. Therefore, if a person has such an expectation, he should know that he has hidden arrogance (conceit) in him and this is one of the reasons that will lead him to his destruction. The real danger here is; A person seeing a right that he does not have as his own is when, over time, he forgets himself and starts to see that people are problematic. For example, let's say the man fought in the path of Allah. He fought in the path of Allah for 10 or 15 years, and he has entered into an expectation. He has entered into an expectation that when something happens, he will be asked about me, that my opinion will be listened to. When this is not done, the man does not think, I have arrogance, I will correct myself. Look, he says. They do not know the value of anything, they do not know the value of labor. In other words, the man starts to blame the Muslims in front of him as if he is sick. If your word and opinions are not valued, look at the sins you have committed. Because valuing opinions is not something in people's hands, it is something in the hands of Allah, the Lord of the worlds. For the Me