Is boasting about lineages and tribes forbidden, and is it one of the matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: By the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), is this a prohibition against boasting about families and tribes and the like?
Answer:
There is no doubt that it is not permissible to boast among families and tribes; this is not permissible. This boasting is one of the matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. Boasting about lineages, disparaging noble lineages, and wailing over the dead are all matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: By the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
And there is no boasting. He says: Is it taken from
ولا فخر يقول هل يؤخذ منAnswer:
There is no doubt that it is not permissible to boast among families and tribes; this is not permissible. This boasting is one of the matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. Boasting about lineages, disparaging noble lineages, and wailing over the dead are all matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 659- هل يحرم التفاخر بالأنساب والقبائل، وهل هو من أمور الجاهلية؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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