Will you give information about conceit/pride that makes man exit belief and that does not?

The Details of the Question
The following is stated in a hadith: ''He who has in his heart the weight of a mustard seed of pride/conceit shall not enter Paradise.'' The following is stated in the writing about pride/conceit in your website: "A person who is conceited will go to Paradise after he is punished for his conceit." Is it not a contradiction?
The Answer

Dear Brother / Sister,

Conceit is divided into two: The first is conceit toward Allah and the Prophet, which is unbelief. The second is conceit among people, which is unethical.

The expression in the hadith states that a conceited person will not be able to enter Paradise. However, the conceit mentioned in the hadith is conceit toward Allah and the Prophet. Such conceit will be unbelief and it is definite that a person having conceit in the sense of unbelief cannot enter Paradise.

If conceit, which is an ethical property, is considered in the sense of despising others and making fun of them, it is not a property that makes man exit religion. However, it is haram and it can cause a person to commit deeds that can make him exit religion. A person with such conceit will enter Paradise with the forgiveness and pardoning of Allah after he is punished in Hell. As a matter of fact, Allah states the following in a verse:

"And We shall remove from their hearts any lurking sense of injury." (al-Hijr, 15/47)

He states that the ethical faults of the world will be cleaned from the heart of the people who enter Paradise.

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