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[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "People should refrain from boasting about their status in the era of ignorance, otherwise they would be more abhorred to Allah than beetles."  

أحمد:٨٧٩٢حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَعْشَرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَيَدَعَنَّ النَّاسُ فَخْرَهُمْ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ أَوْ لَيَكُونَنَّ أَبْغَضَ إِلَى اللهِ ﷻ مِنَ الْخَنَافِسِ