Those Who Set The Ranks - 37:71 Many before them had gone astray in the same way.
The Qur'an's admonition as we follow the teachings of our ancestors:
The Night Journey/17:36 Do not believe in what you do not know and follow after it, for the hearing, the sight and the brain are all responsible for it
وَلَا تَقْفُ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِه۪ عِلْمٌۜ اِنَّ السَّمْعَ وَالْبَصَرَ وَالْفُؤٰادَ كُلُّ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ كَانَ عَنْهُ مَسْؤُ۫لاً