treated by them in a haughty manner. This evil lurks even in the hearts of good and virtuous men, although their manners and actions throw a veil over it. But in an unguarded moment of excitement and fury, this demon of pedigree is let loose from the innermost corner of the heart.
The Prophet's companion Abuzar says: "I was quarrelling with, someone in the presence of the Prophet when suddenly in a fit of rage I abused the man; Thou son of a negrees.!" On this the Prophet: coaxingly said to me: "Abuzar, both the scales are equal. The white has no preference over the black. Hearing this I fell and said to the person: Brother come and trample on my face and then forgive me."
It is reported in the Hadith that two men were quarrelling before the Prophet. One said to the other; "I am the son of such and such illustrious man, tell me who thy father is?". The Prophet, addressing the boastful man said; "There were
