viewed in a bad regard. Without a doubt, the people who have such thinking are victims of a great misunderstanding, and this basis of superiority is something of their own invention, for this standard of virtue is not established from the Quan or Hadith. In fact, the Quran and Hadith prohibit one from ridiculing and calling others by offensive names. Hence, it is mentioned in part 26, in the 11^th verse of Surah Al-Hujuraat:

یٰۤاَیُّهَا الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا لَا یَسْخَرْ قَوْمٌ مِّنْ قَوْمٍ عَسٰۤى اَنْ یَّكُوْنُوْا خَیْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَ لَا نِسَآءٌ مِّنْ نِّسَآءٍ عَسٰۤى اَنْ یَّكُنَّ خَیْرًا مِّنْهُنَّۚ-وَ لَا تَلْمِزُوْۤا اَنْفُسَكُمْ وَ لَا تَنَابَزُوْا بِالْاَلْقَابِؕ-بِئْسَ الِاسْمُ الْفُسُوْقُ بَعْدَ الْاِیْمَانِۚ-وَ مَنْ لَّمْ یَتُبْ فَاُولٰٓىٕكَ هُمُ الظّٰلِمُوْنَ(۱۱)

O believers! Men must not ridicule other men, it is likely that the ridiculed are better than the mockers; nor must the women ridicule other women, it is likely that the ridiculed women may be better than the mockers; and do not taunt one another, nor give evil nicknames. What a bad name it is to be called an evildoer after being a Muslim. And whoever does not repent, it is they who are the unjust.

[Kanz-ul-Iman (translation of Qur’an)] (Part 26, Surah Al-Hujurat, Verse 11)

Concerning this verse, it is mentioned in Tafseer-e-Khaazin that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas رَضِیَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُمَا said: “Sayyiduna Thaabit bin Qays رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ was hard of hearing. When he would participate in the gatherings of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, the noble companions رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهُم would seat him at the front. They would leave an empty space for him so that he could sit near the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم and listen to what he was saying. One day, he arrived late to the gathering when it was full. The principle was that whoever arrived at a time when the gathering was full should remain standing wherever he was.