Beauty and Pride
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The purpose of beauty and adornment is to obtain personal pleasure or to proclaim the bounties of Allah, the heart fully realising that man does not deserve such bounties which are pure favours bestowed by Allah.
In this attitude others are never held in contempt. All excellences are attributed to Allah.
If one’s attitude is corrupted by vanity, assertion and holding others in contempt, the malady will be described as takabbur (pride), which is haraam.
(The Majlis Archives)