Can you provide the reference for this narration?
Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:
“No one is better than anyone else except by religion or good deeds. It is enough [to regard a person] evil if he is profane, vulgar, greedy or cowardly”
Answer:
Imams Ahmad and Bayhaqi (rahimahumallah) have recorded this Hadith on the authority of Sayyiduna ‘Uqbah ibn ‘Amir (radiyallahu ‘anhu).
(Musnad Ahmad, vol. 4 pg. 145, Shu’abul Iman, Hadith: 4782)
The narration is suitable to quote.
See other Hadiths on this topic here and here.
And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.
Answered by: Moulana Suhail Motala
Approved by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar