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Is it considered arrogance if I make arrogant gestures while not intending to be arrogant?

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If the actions of arrogance mean belittling people, feeling superior to them, mocking them, or depriving them of their rights, then all of this is forbidden. And letting clothes hang below the ankles (isbal) is not permissible, even if it is not out of arrogance. Improving one's appearance is not arrogance, as long as it does not lead to self-admiration, belittling people, or rejecting the truth. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "No one who has a mustard seed's weight of arrogance in his heart will enter Paradise." And when he was asked about a man who likes his clothes to be good and his sandals to be good, he said: "Indeed, Allah is beautiful and loves beauty. Arrogance is rejecting the truth and despising people." Self-admiration (Ujb) is forbidden; it is considering a blessing to be great while forgetting to attribute it to the Bestower, and it is a cause of destruction, as the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "And three destructive things: a followed desire, an obeyed stinginess, and a person's self-admiration."

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