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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Prohibition of boasting about lineage and despising a Muslim for not belonging to a tribe

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I am suffering from a problem caused by society, which is that I have no tribe. So people attack me and talk about me, and I remain silent. What is your advice? And I say: I have no tribe, so people attack me and talk about me, and I remain silent. What is your advice, may Allah grant you success, to one who boasts about his lineage over me?

Answer:
It is not permissible to boast about lineage, and it is not permissible to despise a Muslim. It is not permissible to despise a Muslim. Your brother, do you despise him? This is something that is not permissible. It is also not permissible for you to sadden your Muslim brother by reminding him of this matter, causing him to feel sadness. This is not permissible. It is obligatory for you to encourage him, to make du'a for him, and to make him feel dignity and honor. This is what is obligatory. Your Muslim brother, and lineage is not everything.
Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of youإِنَّ أَكْرَمَكُمْ عِندَ اللَّهِ أَتْقَاكُمْ
[Al-Hujurat 49:13]
Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/1713] النهي عن التفاخر بالأنساب واحتقار المسلم لعدم انتسابه لقبيلة - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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