وَعَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ
قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا يَنْبَغِي لِلْمُؤْمِنِ أَنْ يُذِلَّ نَفْسَهُ». قَالُوا: وَكَيْفَ يُذِلُّ نَفْسَهُ؟ قَالَ: «يَتَعَرَّضُ مِنَ الْبَلَاءِ لِمَا لَا يُطِيقُ»
Hudhayfah reported God’s messenger as saying, “It is not fitting for a believer to demean himself.” On being asked how he could demean himself he replied, “By exposing himself to a calamity which he has not the capacity to endure.” Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah and Baihaqi, in Shuab al-iman, transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a hasan gharib tradition.
Mishkat al-Masabih 2397, Book 10, Supplications, Hadith 271. 1 min read