Home / Books / Nahj al-Balāgha / Volume 1 / The futility of lineage without personal merit / Hadith 1948 hadith 1948 ۞ In another version it is thus: Whoever misses personal attainment cannot be benefited by his forefathers’ attainments. وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى: مَنْ فَاتَهُ حَسَبُ نَفْسِهِ لَمْ يَنْفَعْهُ حَسَبُ آبَائِهِ. All narrations in The futility of lineage without personal merit Browse all books Search more hadith
hadith 1948 ۞ In another version it is thus: Whoever misses personal attainment cannot be benefited by his forefathers’ attainments. وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى: مَنْ فَاتَهُ حَسَبُ نَفْسِهِ لَمْ يَنْفَعْهُ حَسَبُ آبَائِهِ.