Sahih Al-Bukhari 3508:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If somebody claims to be the son of any other than his real father knowingly, he but disbelieves in Allah, and if somebody claims to belong to some folk to whom he does not belong, let such a person take his place in the (Hell) Fire."
My question is about second part of hadith.How you define folk or tribe? Here in indo-pak , caste system exists which is not found in Arabia. And most of people in Pakistan belonging to low caste convetred to some higher caste for social superiority as low caste are still humiliated a lot. Here caste are associated with their professions. Like merchants are called Sheikh, farmers are Arain, hair dresser are Malik, clothes maker Ansari, and hence Butt, Rajpoot , Jutt and etc.These are just few examples . But they all are convetred to Islam from Hinduism . And it's all not sure for many of people that so called superior caste people have been converted from low caste some 50 , 60 or 100 years ago from their ancestors. Now my question is simple, if anyone change its caste, does second part of a above Hadiths has any resemblance to this situation. As in Hadiths, word "qoum" is used which means folk , nationalism or tribe. But no any meaning of caste or profession make sense. My English is much poor. So kindly understand my point of view and answer me in simple wiring.
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Dec 18, 2025, 04:52 PM