News used to reach me of a hadith from Abu Dharr that I longed to hear from him directly. When I finally met him, I said, "Abu Dharr, I have heard that you claim the Messenger of Allah ﷺ told you that Allah loves three and hates three."He said, "Yes indeed. Do you suppose I would lie about my dear friend, three times over?"I asked, "Who are the three He hates?"He replied, "The arrogant boaster. Do you not find this in the Book of Allah revealed to you?" Then he recited the verse, "Indeed, Allah does not love whoever is arrogant and boastful" [Nisa 4:36].I asked, "And who else?"He said, "The arrogant one who reminds others of his favors."
كان يبلغني عن أبي ذر حديث كنت أشتهي لقاءه، فلقيته فقلت: يا أبا ذر بلغني أنك تزعم أن رسول الله ﷺ حدثكم أن الله يحب ثلاثة، ويبغض ثلاثة، قال: أجل، فلا أخالك، أكذب علي خليلي ثلاثا؟ قلت: من الثلاثة الذي يبغض؟ قال: المختال الفخور، أو ليس تجدونه عندكم في كتاب الله المنزل، ثم قرأ الآية: {إن الله لا يحب من كان مختالا فخورا} قلت: ومن؟ قال: المختال المنان.
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Ibn Abu Hatim narrated it in his Tafsir (3/950), from his father, from Abu Naeem, who said, Aswad bin Shayban told us, Yazid bin Abdullah bin Shikhir told us, he said, Mutarrif bin (Abdullah bin Shikhir) said, and then he related it. Its chain of transmission is sahih.Ahmad (21570), Hakim (2/88-89), and Bayhaqi (9/160) also narrated it, all of them through the hadith of Aswad bin Shayban with the same wording, except that some of them mentioned the verse from Surah Luqman, "Indeed, Allah does not love anyone who is arrogant and boastful" [Luqman 31:18]. Hakim said, "It is sahih according to the criterion of Muslim."