The Types of Arrogance and Its Ruling

Question:
This episode is in response to a questioner’s message. In his question, he asks: What is the ruling on arrogance, especially when a person, a Muslim, greets someone with the salam and they do not return it? What is his position regarding that? May Allah reward you.

Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for what follows, arrogance is a despicable trait. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has condemned it in His Book, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has condemned it in his Sunnah. It is a despicable and forbidden characteristic. It is obligatory for the Muslim to be humble before Allah and humble toward his Muslim brothers. Arrogance is of two types. The first type is arrogance in accepting the truth and rejecting the truth, meaning pushing away the truth. This is more severe, and may Allah protect us from it. This is the characteristic of the Jews who refused to believe in Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him); they were arrogant toward their messengers and toward the commands of Allah. This is the most severe type of arrogance. The first one to be arrogant was when Allah commanded him to prostrate to Adam, he refused and was arrogant, and he was among the disbelievers. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, does not love the arrogant, and the Fire is the abode of the arrogant, and may Allah protect us from it, as stated in the Qur'an.
The second type is arrogance toward people, arrogance toward people and considering oneself superior to people, thinking that one is above others. This is forbidden and not permissible. It is obligatory for the Muslim to be humble. Whoever is arrogant, Allah will humble him, and whoever is humble, Allah will raise him, as stated in the hadith. Yes.