Episode 17

Abu Usamah – The Major Sins Series: 17 – Pride/Boasting

About this lecture

In this lecture, Sheikh Abu Usamah delivers the 17th installment of his Major Sins series, focusing on the grave sin of pride and arrogance (al-kibr). Drawing on Quranic verses, authentic hadith, and the scholarship of Al-Imam Al-Dhahabi, he explains that arrogance — defined by the Prophet ﷺ as "rejecting the truth and looking down upon people" — is far more widespread than most people realize, and covers everything from rejecting Islamic rulings to showing off wealth and looking down on others through one's knowledge. The lecture emphasizes that true knowledge produces humility, and that the antidote to kibr is embracing the Quran and Sunnah with sincerity and submitting to the truth wherever it is found.