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Is the Hadith, "Indeed, Allah is beautiful and loves beauty," authentic or weak, and what is the meaning of beauty in it?

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This is an authentic Hadith reported by Muslim and others, the text of which is: "No one who has the weight of a mustard seed of pride in his heart will enter Paradise." And when the Prophet was asked about a man loving his garment and sandals to be beautiful, he replied: "Indeed, Allah is beautiful and loves beauty. Pride is disdaining the truth and despising people." The meaning of "Indeed, Allah is beautiful and loves beauty" is that Allah possesses absolute beauty in His essence, attributes, and actions, and He loves adornment in appearance and chastity.

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