Rasul Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wasallam) said: “There are indeed people
who boast of their dead ancestors, but in the sight of Allah they are
more contemptible than the black beetle that rolls a piece of dung with
its nose. Behold, Allah has removed from you the arrogance of the time
of jahiliyya (ignorance) with its boast of ancestral glories. Man is but
an Allah-fearing believer or an unfortunate sinner. All people are the
children of Adam, and Adam was created out of dust.” [Tirmidhi, Abu
Dawud]
Nobody has any control over which family they are born into. Therefore, a person has no right to boast about that which they had no role in. Nor do the good or bad deeds of our ancestors have any bearing on our status with Allah (subhana wa ta’ala). Muslims are therefore told to shun these wrong criteria of status. What gives a person status with Allah (subhana wa ta’ala) is righteousness.
Nobody has any control over which family they are born into. Therefore, a person has no right to boast about that which they had no role in. Nor do the good or bad deeds of our ancestors have any bearing on our status with Allah (subhana wa ta’ala). Muslims are therefore told to shun these wrong criteria of status. What gives a person status with Allah (subhana wa ta’ala) is righteousness.
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