What is Caste:

Cast is refer as a form of social stratification characterized by endogamy, hereditary transmission of a lifestyle which often includes an occupation, ritual status in a hierarchy and customary social interaction and exclusion based on cultural notions of purity and pollution.

Does caste system exist in Islam:

Islam condemn caste system. First of all let me tell you that All mankind is from Adam and Eve (Hazrat Adam and Hazrat Hawwa), an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over black nor a black has any superiority over white except by piety and good action & deeds. Learn that every Muslim is a brother to every Muslim and that the Muslims constitute one brotherhood. Nothing shall be legitimate to a Muslim which belongs to a fellow Muslim unless it was given freely and willingly. Do not, therefore, do injustice to yourselves.

There are Some groups of people who call themselves 'Syed' Quraishis, Khans, Chaudhrys, etc. claiming to be descendants of Rasool(peace be upon him).

do they have proof of this???

Due to this claim, they also believe they are some what superior to non-Syeds and hence are not allowed to marry anyone but a Syed. There is no basis for this what so ever and it is a terrible innovation (bid'ah).

Caste System in marriages:

Islam Doesn't have any space for any caste system.But due to affect of Hinduism on Islam in subcontinent we do have a caste system in India,pak and Bangladesh.
and it becomes more prominent when it comes to marriages..

In many cases where marriages didn't take places because some one is Sheikh, sayed, Ansari, Arayin etc. But i want to ask a question from my brothers and sisters that "does caste system is more important then the love of Allah Subhanu Wata'ala?" Do you have no fear of Allah when you reject girls and boys just because of So-called castes? I am not fighting with any one..I am just bringing the truth to you.

Allah says:

O mankind! We have created you from a male and a female, and have made you nations and tribes that you may know one another. Lo! the noblest of you, in the sight of Allah, is the best in conduct. Lo! Allah is all-knowing, all-aware. [Al-Qur'an49:13]

Disadvantages of Same Caste marriages:

Cousin Marriages and Same caste marriages have been very common in the subcontinent and this may be one reason why quite a large number of people in our rural areas are unhealthy & abnormal.

A report said that in Bradford (United Kingdom), out of 11,000 children born between 2007 and 2011, 2,000 children (born to Pakistan-origin parents) had a six percent chance of having a congenital abnormality, compared to three percent chance of children of non-Pakistani groups. This was because the Pakistan-origin children were born in families in which cousin marriages had been taking place for many generations. Doctors have also found a link between cousin marriage and heart and lung problems as well as Down syndrome.

Do educate yourself and your parents:

people should educate their parents about whom hazrat Muhammad (peace be upon him) married. The women he married were not from all of his 'caste' or tribe, he married quite unconventionally in fact. His first marriage was not proposed by him but by Khadija R.A, and not only was she older than him by a whole 15 years but he remained married to only her for 25 years. His subsequent marriages were conducted mostly for connections between factions as a means of solemnising allegiances. He married widowed women mostly with kids. So I think people should look into the marriages of RasoolAllah to get a better understanding about the 'caste' thing. He most certainly did not impose this restriction on the Muslims. How is this workable when The Qur'an allows marriage to non Muslim women?

O people! Take your time to convince your parents it is not an easy thing for them to let go of as they will be culturally bullied if they go outside the norms. I do think that people who practice the caste thing do so for their egos, the 'higher' the caste the bigger the ego. Self worship in a most twisted way. Why else do we like to be better other than to feel good and mighty in front of the lower castes? The Good Muslim is humble, is not proud, and feels like the smallest of creatures in the world. Another lesson of Islam eaten alive by the so called culturally-blind Muslims of today.

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