Narrated Ibn 'Abbas said, "I do not know anyone who acts by this ayat:
'Mankind!
We created you from a male and a female, and made you into peoples and
tribes so that you might come to know each other. The noblest among you
in Allah's sight is the one with the most taqwa.' (49:13) One man says
to another man, 'I am more noble than you are.' No one is nobler than another
person except by taqwa."
Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, said, "My friends on the Day of Rising will be
those with taqwa, even if one lineage is closer than another. People will
not bring me their actions. They will come carrying this world on their
shoulders and they will call out, 'Muhammad!' I will say, 'no,' to such-and-such,
and I will have full power over them."
Ibn 'Abbas said, "What do you reckon to be nobility? Allah has
made nobility clear. The noblest of you in the sight of Allah is the one
with the greatest taqwa. What do you reckon as lineage? The best of you
in lineage is the best of you in character."
Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, "The noble son of the noble son of the noble son
of the noble one was Yusuf ibn Ya'qub ibn Ishaq ibn Ibrahim."
