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3955. Abū Hurairah narrated 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 Allāh than the dung beetle who rolls dung with his nose. Indeed Allāh has removed the pride of Jāhiliyyah 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 Ādam, and Ādam was [created] from dust." (Hasan)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] There are narrations on this topic from Ibn 'Umar and Ibn 'Abbās.
[He said:] This Hadīth is Hasan [Gharīb].
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Those who died during Jahiliyyah were disbelievers, so they are the fuel of the Hellfire. Boasting about them and showing pride for lineage is against the dignity of a Muslim. Honor, respect and nobility in Islam depend on personal character and behavior. The pious and righteous is successful and the sinner and disobedient is unsuccessful.
