Question:
As Salamu Alaikum,
Where İ live it is common that people ask other people where their family background is from. And we come from a Sayyid background but nobody knows this. And when people ask me where İ am from, I don’t tell them anything about my Sayyid background so that they don’t think anything of me. İ simply tell them that we are immigrants. İs this considered disrespecting my background or is this the proper manner. Thank you.
Answer:
Alaykum Salam,
It is fine and better not to advertise yourself except when asked specifically.
Hajj Gibril Haddad
