All Human
Beings Are Equal

The Prophet of Islam said, “Listen, all people are descendants of Adam and Eve, and Adam was made of dust.” (Sunan Abu Dawood, Hadith No. 5116) This tradition is a declaration that all human beings are equal. There may be some apparent differences, but in reality, there is no difference between one another.

This tradition explains an important principle of human relations, that is, equality. When all human beings are born of the same material, and all are the offspring of one man and one woman, then the distinction between them disappears on its own. According to this, all men are brothers to each other, and all women are sisters to each other. This principle destroys all the foundations of any distinction between human beings.