Islam and racism

[islamlover_girl]

How did Islam solve the problem of racism?

Racism is one of the severe diseases of human society in this age. When God’s Messenger was raised as a Prophet, one kind of racism, under the name of tribalism, was prevalent in Makka. The Quraysh considered themselves in particular, and Arabs in general, superior to all the other peoples of the world. God’s Messenger came with the Divine Message and proclaimed that no Arab is superior over a non-Arab, and no white is superior over black [1] and superiority is by righteousness and God-fearing alone (sura al-Hujurat, 49.13). He also declared that even if an Abyssinian black Muslim were to rule over Muslims, he should be obeyed [2].

God’s Messenger eradicated the problem of racial or colour discrimination so successfully that, for example, ‘Umar once said of Bilal: "Bilal is our master, and was emancipated by our master Abu Bakr" [3]. Zayd ibn Haritha was a black slave. God’s Messenger emancipated him and, before the banning of adoption by the Qur’an, adopted him. He married him to Zaynab bint Jahsh, one of the noblest women of the Muslim community. After all these honors he conferred on him, he also appointed him as a commander over the Muslim army he sent against the Byzantine Empire and which included the leading figures of the Companions such as Abu Bakr, ‘Umar and others [4]. The Prophet, upon him be peace and blessings, appointed Zayd’s son, Usama, to command the army he formed just before his passing away.

During his Caliphate, ‘Umar paid a higher salary to Usama than to his own son, ‘Abd Allah, who asked why. ‘Umar answered: "My son, I do so, because I know well that God’s Messenger loved Usama’s father more than yours and Usama himself more than you" [5].

Zayd ibn Haritha commanded an army in which the noblest of the Quraysh, like Ja’far ibn Abu Talib, the cousin of God’s Messenger, and Khalid ibn Walid, the invincible general of the age, were present. The army commanded by Usama, Zayd’s son, included leading figures among the Companions such as Khalid, Abu ‘Ubayda, Talha, Zubayr and others. This established in the hearts and minds that superiority is not by birth or color or blood, but by God-fearing and righteousness.

1. I. Hanbal, 5.441.

2. Muslim, “ ‘Imara,” 37.

3. I. Hajar, al-Isaba, 1.165.

4. Muslim, “Fada’il al-Sahaba,” 63.

5. Ibn Sa‘d, 4 :70; Ibn Hajar, 1 :564.

source http://www.islamanswers.net/moreAbout/racism.htm

[KittenLover]

why are you making so many 1 sentenced posts in many threads? my email inbox is spammed with messages.

[islamlover_girl]

why are you making so many 1 sentenced posts in many threads? my email inbox is spammed with messages.

sorry I didn`t understand what you said,what do my posts do with your email in box.

[CosmicPathos]

cat fight?! Really, what do OP's posts have to do with your inbox?

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[cat eyes]

cat fight?! Really, what do OP's posts have to do with your inbox?

kitten was talking about another sister who's posts were eventually deleted :)

[islamlover_girl]

kitten was talking about another sister who's posts were eventually deleted :)

Thank you sister for clarification,it was a misunderstanding.

[Maysan]

:sl:

I remember reading some rather racist hadiths from Tabari & Ibn Ishaq's sira, not sure how authentic they are:


Arabs are the most noble people in lineage, the most prominent, and the best in deeds. We were the first to respond to the call of the Prophet. We are Allah’s helpers and the viziers of His Messenger. We fight people until they believe in Allah. He who believes in Allah and His Messenger has protected his life and possessions from us. As for one who disbelieves, we will fight him forever in Allah’s Cause. Killing him is a small matter to us.

Tabari IX 69

I heard the Apostle say: ‘Whoever wants to see Satan should look at Nabtal!' He was a black man with long flowing hair, inflamed eyes, and dark ruddy cheeks…. Allah sent down concerning him: ‘To those who annoy the Prophet there is a painful doom." [9:61] "Gabriel came to Muhammad and said, ‘If a black man comes to you his heart is more gross than a donkey's.'

Ishaq 243

Shem, the son of Noah was the father of the Arabs, the Persians, and the Greeks; Ham was the father of the Black Africans; and Japheth was the father of the Turks and of Gog and Magog who were cousins of the Turks. Noah prayed that the prophets and apostles would be descended from Shem and kings would be from Japheth. He prayed that the African’s color would change so that their descendants would be slaves to the Arabs and Turks.

Tabari II 11

Black slaves were extremely common in Yemen where I was born, as they were in Saudi Arabia & in much of the Arab world. That is why, the term for black people & slaves is the same in Arabic, "abd." Another such derogatory term is "zanji."

Of course, Arab slavery wasn't based exclusively on race, like Western slavery, but the majority of slaves were black, & slavery began much earlier & continued longer in the Middle East than in the West. Arab slave traders made loads of money selling blacks into slavery, sometimes to Europeans.Also, slavery unfortunately involved castration very often, which was not the case in the West. Castration is explicitly forbidden in Islam, but unfortunately it did happen, so millions of such black slaves have left no descendents, unlike Africans sold into slavery in the West.

Is Ibn Ishaq's sira & Tabari considered authentic?

[islamlover_girl]

:sl:

I remember reading some rather racist hadiths from Tabari & Ibn Ishaq's sira, not sure how authentic they are:


Arabs are the most noble people in lineage, the most prominent, and the best in deeds. We were the first to respond to the call of the Prophet. We are Allah’s helpers and the viziers of His Messenger. We fight people until they believe in Allah. He who believes in Allah and His Messenger has protected his life and possessions from us. As for one who disbelieves, we will fight him forever in Allah’s Cause. Killing him is a small matter to us.

Tabari IX 69

I heard the Apostle say: ‘Whoever wants to see Satan should look at Nabtal!' He was a black man with long flowing hair, inflamed eyes, and dark ruddy cheeks…. Allah sent down concerning him: ‘To those who annoy the Prophet there is a painful doom." [9:61] "Gabriel came to Muhammad and said, ‘If a black man comes to you his heart is more gross than a donkey's.'

Ishaq 243

Shem, the son of Noah was the father of the Arabs, the Persians, and the Greeks; Ham was the father of the Black Africans; and Japheth was the father of the Turks and of Gog and Magog who were cousins of the Turks. Noah prayed that the prophets and apostles would be descended from Shem and kings would be from Japheth. He prayed that the African’s color would change so that their descendants would be slaves to the Arabs and Turks.

Tabari II 11

Black slaves were extremely common in Yemen where I was born, as they were in Saudi Arabia & in much of the Arab world. That is why, the term for black people & slaves is the same in Arabic, "abd." Another such derogatory term is "zanji."

Of course, Arab slavery wasn't based exclusively on race, like Western slavery, but the majority of slaves were black, & slavery began much earlier & continued longer in the Middle East than in the West. Arab slave traders made loads of money selling blacks into slavery, sometimes to Europeans.Also, slavery unfortunately involved castration very often, which was not the case in the West. Castration is explicitly forbidden in Islam, but unfortunately it did happen, so millions of such black slaves have left no descendents, unlike Africans sold into slavery in the West.

Is Ibn Ishaq's sira & Tabari considered authentic?

Sister,this quetes aren`t from Tabri book ,they are from a book which is in a non Islamic site in the internet describe Islam as religon of terrorism and of cource full of wrong informations about Islam ,unreal hadiths which they claim it`s in bukhary or other well non islamic book while they are not,I am not going to add the link of the site or the name of the book of course because I don`t want to pormote to it, sorry that the internet is full of such qutes which is completly not true.

[alcurad]

Is Ibn Ishaq's sira & Tabari considered authentic?

naturally not everything they report is 'authentic', as it were, the number of narrations that are in-authentic surpasses those that are authentic.