Showing off, Hypocrisy, Self-Admiration, and Conceit — Hadith 15

15. Muḥammad ibn Abī ʿUmayr narrated from Manṣūr ibn Yūnus, from al-Thumālī, from ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn (a) who said, “The Messenger of Allah (ṣ) said, ‘Three things deliver [one to safety] and three things destroy. ’ They asked, ‘O Messenger of Allah, what are the things that save [a person]? ’ He said, ‘Fearing Allah in secret as though you see Him, for if you cannot see Him, surely He can see you; exercising justice in happiness and anger; and [thirdly, ] moderation in [times of] abundance and poverty. ’ They asked, ‘O Messenger of Allah, and what are the destroyers? ’ He (ṣ) said, ‘Vain desire that is followed, the adoption of stinginess, and for a person to be pleased with himself. ’”