Ancestor veneration is not part of which religion?

• A. Hinduism
• B. Buddhism
• C. Islam
• D. Judaism

Answer: (A)

Ancestor veneration is a practice where people honor deceased relatives through rituals, offerings, and remembrance. Islam centers on a direct relationship with God and worships Him alone, without rites that venerate ancestors as beings to be worshipped or prayed to. In Islam, prayers are directed to God, and venerating or seeking blessings from ancestors would conflict with the fundamental principle of tawhid. Other traditions often have established ways of honoring the dead—Hinduism with Shraddha for forefathers, various Buddhist cultures with ancestor rites, and Judaism with memorial prayers and rituals—yet these do not define the faith as ancestor worship in the same way. Thus, ancestor veneration is not part of Islam.