So I was surfing GS

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@Sehrysh

I fully agree that caste is not a Muslim concept insofar as the religion does not support using caste, etc. to evaluate a fellow muslim’s worthiness.

But going off on a slight tangent (and no, I’m not advocating caste or zaat distinctions) - the ummah did use clan or tribal identifiers in our Prophet’s time, i.e. Bani Hashim, Bani Ummayah, etc. These were social, territorial distinctions that have some carry over impact. So, I’d argue that the Hindu influence isn’t the sole source of Muslims clinging to zaat, biraadri, caste identifiers.

So, while I agree it’s not an Islamic concept, there’s some history for caste/tribal distinctions the Arab culture.

But they didn’t ‘stick to their own’, those Arabs even married black ppl, something that 99.9% of Pakistanis wouldn’t consider. Like u said, nothing wrong with tribes in themselves but to imply that one tribe is better than another or they should only marry within their own ppl (as our caste systems impy) of course is wrong..