Tonight's Hadith teaches us an important principle - the equity in gaining closeness to Allah. It is part of human nature to look around at those in our lives and to think about comparisons between ourselves and others. In those comparisons sometimes we have moments of despair or disappointment when we measure our status in life versus others; when you think of other people having more wealth or more opportunity or more privilege than yourself it’s easy to feel down about your status in life.

This narration teaches us that when it comes to doing good deeds and gaining closeness to Allah, no one has a distinct advantage over another due to any of their family relationships, or financial circumstance, or life situation in general. Allah has provided us with so much different opportunity to come close to him that nobody can feel as if someone else has a distinct advantage over them in spirituality.

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