hadith
3233
۞
Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The worst state of the rulers among righteous people is for them to be assumed to love pride and be regarded as haughty.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنَّ مِن أسخَفِ حالاتِ الوُلاةِ عندَ صالِحِ الناسِ، أن يُظَنَّ بِهِم حُبُّ الفَخرِ، ويُوضَعَ أمرُهُم علَى الكِبرِ.
Similar narrations
- Nahj al-Balāgha #1096 If a man in his mind regards Allāh’s glory as being high and believes in his heart that Allāh’s position is sublime, then it is his right...