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سنن ترمذي
Tirmidhi
كتاب المناقب عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلمChapters on Virtues
باب فِي فَضْلِ الشَّأْمِ وَالْيَمَنِChapter: The Virtue of Sham and Yemen
Hadith 3955
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ الْعَقَدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : " لَيَنْتَهِيَنَّ أَقْوَامٌ يَفْتَخِرُونَ بِآبَائِهِمُ الَّذِينَ مَاتُوا ، إِنَّمَا هُمْ فَحْمُ جَهَنَّمَ ، أَوْ لَيَكُونُنَّ أَهْوَنَ عَلَى اللَّهِ مِنَ الْجُعَلِ الَّذِي يُدَهْدِهُ الْخِرَاءَ بِأَنْفِهِ ، إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَذْهَبَ عَنْكُمْ عُبِّيَّةَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَفَخْرَهَا بِالْآبَاءِ ، إِنَّمَا هُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ تَقِيٌّ ، وَفَاجِرٌ شَقِيٌّ ، النَّاسُ كُلُّهُمْ بَنُو آدَمَ , وَآدَمُ خُلِقَ مِنْ تُرَابٍ " . قَالَ : وَفِي الْبَاب عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ، وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى : وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ .
´Narrated Abu Hurairah:` that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "People should stop boasting about their fathers who have died, while they are but coals of Hell, or they will be more humiliated with Allah than the dung beetle who rolls dung with his nose. Indeed Allah has removed the pride of Jahiliyyah from you, and its boasting about lineage. [Indeed a person is either] a pious believer, or a miserable sinner. And people are all the children of Adam, and Adam was [created] from dust."
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Brief Explanation
1؎ : By this is meant those forefathers and ancestors who passed away in a state of disbelief; no matter how noble their lineage, it is not permissible for Muslims to take pride in them because they died upon disbelief.
2؎ : Perhaps the author’s purpose in bringing this hadith at the end of the virtues of the tribes is to indicate that, whatever virtues these mentioned tribes may possess, the real matter of success and virtue is one’s own faith (iman) and deeds (‘amal). The superiority of tribe or family and pride in them will be of no benefit; this pride will ultimately become a cause of humiliation.
2؎ : Perhaps the author’s purpose in bringing this hadith at the end of the virtues of the tribes is to indicate that, whatever virtues these mentioned tribes may possess, the real matter of success and virtue is one’s own faith (iman) and deeds (‘amal). The superiority of tribe or family and pride in them will be of no benefit; this pride will ultimately become a cause of humiliation.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
It does not befit any believer to take pride in their forefathers.
The standard of honor and dignity in the sight of Allah is piety (taqwa).
(“Indeed, the most honorable of you in the sight of Allah is the most pious of you.”) () And whoever attains this strong honor should be extremely grateful to Allah ‘azza wa jall, and should strive to safeguard the honor of faith and piety of their forefathers.
It does not befit any believer to take pride in their forefathers.
The standard of honor and dignity in the sight of Allah is piety (taqwa).
(“Indeed, the most honorable of you in the sight of Allah is the most pious of you.”) () And whoever attains this strong honor should be extremely grateful to Allah ‘azza wa jall, and should strive to safeguard the honor of faith and piety of their forefathers.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 5116
