Sunan Abi Dawud
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Chapter 43 · General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)فِي كَرَاهِيَةِ الرِّفْعَةِ فِي الأُمُورِ
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيل، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ: كَانَتِ الْعَضْبَاءُ لَا تُسْبَقُ، فَجَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ عَلَى قَعُودٍ لَهُ، فَسَابَقَهَا فَسَبَقَهَا الْأَعْرَابِيُّ، فَكَأَنَّ ذَلِكَ شَقَّ عَلَى أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: حَقٌّ عَلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنْ لَا يَرْفَعَ شَيْئًا مِنَ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا وَضَعَهُ .
Translation
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The Arabic text and the translations come from our previous collection: English from hadithapi.com, German and Turkish machine-translated (Gemini) and unreviewed. A new translation from the Arabic with the chain of narration will follow.
Regarding exaltation being disliked in (worldly) matters
The she-camel of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم called Al-Adba had not been outstripped by another, but an Arabi (a nomadic Arab) came on a young riding camel of his and it outstripped it. That distressed the companions of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم, but he said: It is Allah’s right that nothing should become exalted in the world but he lowers it.