عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَيْسَ مِنْ أُمَّتِي مَنْ لَمْ يُجِلَّ كَبِيرَنَا وَيَرْحَمْ صَغِيرَنَا وَيَعْرِفْ لِعَالِمِنَا قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْإِمَامِ أَحْمَدَ وَسَمِعْتُهُ أَنَا مِنْ هَارُونَ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ubadah bin Samit, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: He is not from my Ummah who does not honor our elders, does not show mercy to our young ones, and does not recognize the rights of the scholar.