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مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد
Majma' al-Zawa'id
كتاب الأدب
Book of Manners
بَابُ لَا فَضْلَ لِأَحَدٍ عَلَى أَحَدٍ إِلَّا بِالتَّقْوَى
No one has superiority over another except by piety
Majma al-Zawaid 13076 — No one has superiority over another
عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَالَ :
" إِنَّ أَنْسَابَكُمْ هَذِهِ لَيْسَتْ بِسِبَابٍ عَلَى أَحَدٍ ، وَإِنَّمَا أَنْتُمْ وَلَدُ آدَمَ ، طَفُّ الصَّاعِ لَمْ تَمْلَؤْهُ . لَيْسَ لِأَحَدٍ فَضْلٌ عَلَى أَحَدٍ إِلَّا بِالدِّينِ أَوْ عَمَلٍ صَالِحٍ ، حَسْبُ الرَّجُلِ أَنْ يَكُونَ فَحَّاشًا بَذِيئًا بَخِيلًا جَبَانًا " .
" إِنَّ أَنْسَابَكُمْ هَذِهِ لَيْسَتْ بِسِبَابٍ عَلَى أَحَدٍ ، وَإِنَّمَا أَنْتُمْ وَلَدُ آدَمَ ، طَفُّ الصَّاعِ لَمْ تَمْلَؤْهُ . لَيْسَ لِأَحَدٍ فَضْلٌ عَلَى أَحَدٍ إِلَّا بِالدِّينِ أَوْ عَمَلٍ صَالِحٍ ، حَسْبُ الرَّجُلِ أَنْ يَكُونَ فَحَّاشًا بَذِيئًا بَخِيلًا جَبَانًا " .
Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "These lineages of yours are not such that you should revile anyone on account of them. You are the children of Sayyiduna Adam (peace be upon him), a sa' measure falling short that you cannot fill (that is, every human being has some deficiency and shortcoming). No one has any superiority over anyone else, except for superiority in religion or righteous deeds. And it is enough (evil) for a man that he is obscene in speech, foul-tongued, miserly or cowardly."
