Is it right to call human beings as ‘Ashraf-ul-Makhlooqat'[The Most Honoured Amongst The Creation]?

Are human beings the most honored ones among the creation?!

If someone says: Is the virtue of the children of Aadam, in general, above the rest of the creation?

We (Ibn al-`Uthaymeen) say: No! because Allaah تعالى said:

{And indeed We have honored the Children of Adam, and We have carried them on land and sea, and have provided them with At-Taiyibat (lawful good things), and have preferred them above many of those whom We have created with a marked preference.} [Surah al-Israa (17): 70]

He تعالى did not say: “Above everything We have created”!

Such generalized statements* should be confined to what has been mentioned in the Texts (the Qur’aan and the Sunnah) only, and a person should not exceed the limits.

[Liqaa al-Baab al-Maftooh (53/12)]

*using terms like “Ashraf al-Makhlooqaat”

-Abu Sahl Fahad Barmem, from his telegram channel.

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