and whatever lies between these lengths is likewise part of the Sunnah. Allah is the One who grants success.

6/617 – Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Three types of people will receive neither a word from Allah on the Day of Resurrection, nor His look of mercy, nor His purification, and a painful punishment awaits them: an elderly adulterer, a lying ruler, and a destitute yet arrogant man.” Recorded by Muslim.

7/618 – He also reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Allah, Mighty and Exalted, declared, ‘Al-ʿizz (might) is My izār (lower garment) and al-kibriyāʾ (majesty) is My ridāʾ (cloak); whoever contends with Me regarding either of them, I shall punish him.’” Recorded by Muslim.

8/619 – Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) further narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “While a man was walking in a fine robe that pleased him, with his hair neatly combed, swaggering in his gait, Allah caused the earth to swallow him; he continues to sink within it until the Day of Resurrection.” Agreed upon.

“Murajjil raʾsih” means that his hair was well-combed, and “yatajaljal” —with two jīm letters—means that he sinks and descends.

Explanation

Al-Nawawi—may Allah have mercy on him—quoted these hadiths in his Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn, in the chapter on the prohibition of arrogance and self-admiration. He cited the report from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) in which the Prophet ﷺ said: “Three will not be spoken to by Allah on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He purify them, nor will He look at them.” The term “three” here denotes three categories of people, not merely three individual men; rather, it could be