If you abused someone-you will fail in your purpose, due to your pride and bossy nature. If others abuse you- you have no faith in them or you will become pious and win them over. If you abuse an old man or your elders-you will be ruined. If you abuse small ones-they will be arrogant.
Abusing and swearing someone means that the abused person is on a better footing than the abuser.
An Incident: It is related that Abdullah bin Zubair (RA) saw in his dream that he is engaged in a duel with Abdul Malik ibn Marwan, defeating the latter. The former also sees himself pinning his foe to the ground by means of four nails. When he awoke in the morning, he sent his man to Muhammad bin Sireen (RA) for the interpretation of the dream. He also cautioned him not to reveal to the I maam the name of the one who saw the dream, nor the winner nor the loser.
