1. The Prophet said:
'Each Prophet before me had been sent to his specific people, but I was sent to every nation, whether red or black (wa buithtu ila kulli ahmara wa aswada)'. [an-Nawawi, Sharh Sahih Muslim, 5/6:6-7; Ibn Hanbal, Musnad, 1:311]
2. The Prophet also said:
'Praise be to Allah, there is only one book of Allah, and among you the believers are nations, red, white and black (wa fikum al-ahmar wa fikum al-abyad wa fikum al-aswad)' [Ibn Qayyim, Awn al-Mabud, 3:59-60]
3. On one occassion the Prophet said to Abu Dharr: '
Take note that you are not better than thered or black nations except to the extent that you exceed them in piety (taqwa)' [Ibn Hanbal, Musnad, 5:206]
Abu Hurairah reported that "
A black woman used to clean the mosque and she died. The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be on him, asked about her and they said, she is dead. He said, "Why did you not inform me about her; lead me to her grave." So he came to her grave and offered prayers on it".4 (B. 8 : 72.)
4. Furthermore, the Prophet said:
'People are as equal as the teeth of a comb, they are differentiated only by piety' [Ibn Hajar, Fath al Bari, 1:658-659, 3:204-205]
5. Sahih Bukhari, Volume 7, Book 70, Number 555:
"Narrated By 'Ata bin Abi Rabah : Ibn 'Abbas said to me, "Shall I show you
a woman of the people of Paradise?" I said, "Yes." He said, "
This black lady came to the Prophet and said, 'I get attacks of epilepsy and my body becomes uncovered; please invoke Allah for me.' The Prophet said (to her), 'If you wish, be patient and
you will have (enter) Paradise; and if you wish, I will invoke Allah to cure you.' She said, 'I will remain patient,' and added, 'but I become uncovered, so please invoke Allah for me that I may not become uncovered.' So he invoked Allah for her."
6. Surah Hujurat 49
"O mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that ye may know each other (not that ye may despise (each other). Verily
the most honoured of you in the sight of Allah is (he who is) the most righteous of you. And Allah has full knowledge and is well acquainted (with all things)."
7.
Muhammad visited a black person who was sick, took charge of his washing, shrouding and burial-
Wahidi's tafsir - Suran Hujurat 49
"Allah, exalted is He, then revealed this verse (O mankind! Lo! We have created you male and female)". Yazid ibn Shajarah said: "One day, the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, passed by some of the marketplaces of Medina and saw a
black slave standing while his seller was crying: 'This is for sale for whoever wants to offer more!' The slave kept repeating: 'I have a condition for whoever wants to buy me'. He was asked: 'What is your condition?' He said: 'He should not stop me from performing the five prescribed prayers behind the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace'. A man bought him on this condition. The Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, saw him at each prescribed prayer until he failed to see him one day. He asked his owner: 'Where is the slave boy?' He said: 'He has fever, O Messenger of Allah!' The Prophet said to his Companions: 'Let us go and visit him'. They went and visited him. After a few days, the Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace, asked his owner: 'How is the slave boy?' The man said: 'O Messenger of Allah, the boy's lips have turned dark'. The Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace, went and entered in on the boy. He found him feverish and he died in that state. The Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace,
took charge of his washing, shrouding and burial. His Companions were horrified and became greatly disturbed. The Emigrants said: 'We have left our homes, wealth and family, but none of us has seen in his life, sickness or death what this slave boy has'. The Helpers said: 'We have received him in our homes, helped him and consoled him with our riches
but he preferred this Abyssinian slave over us'. Allah, glorious and majestic is He, then revealed this verse (O mankind! Lo! We have created you male and female), i.e. you are the children of one father and one mother, and He showed them the merit of God-fearingness by His words (Lo! the noblest of you, in the sight of Allah…)".
8. "The prophet, peace be upon him, said: "All mankind is from Adam and Eve,
an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any "superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over a black nor a black has any superiority over white except by piety and good action. Learn that every Muslim is a brother to every Muslim and that the Muslims constitute one brotherhood. Nothing shall be legitimate to a Muslim which belongs to a fellow Muslim unless it was given freely and willingly. Do not, therefore, do injustice to yourselves." (
Hafiz Ibn Hibban reported in al-Sahih 11 / 203 / 4862 , via his isnad, from Fadalah ibn Ubayd & Baihaqi. Also Narrated By: Abu Nadra In: Musnad ‘Abd Allah Ibn Al-Mubarak - #239 - Source).
9. "Narrated Uqbah Bin Aamir: The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said:
These lineages of yours do not make you superior to anyone. You are all sons of Adam. No one has superiority over another except in piety and consciousness. It is sufficient shame for one to be foul, evil, or stingy." (
Declared Hasan By Sheikh Arna'oot In Musnad Ahmad, #17351 - Source & #17482 Source, & Sheikh Arna'oot's Tahqeeq - Footnote 3 Of #17313 - Source. Also Declared Sahih By Sheikh Albani In: Sahih At-Targhib, #2962 - Source And Declared Sahih In Silsila As-Sahiha - Volume 3, #1038 - Source. Also Found In: At-Tabarani's Mujam Al-Kabir, #14252 - Source).
10. "Abu Malik al-Ash'ari narrated Allah's Messenger (SAW) who said: Among my people there are four characteristics belonging to
pre-Islamic time of ignorance which they do not abandon:
boasting of high rank, reviling other peoples' genealogies, seeking rain by stars, and walling. He also said: If the wailing woman does not repent before she dies, she'll be made to stand on the Day of Resurrection wearing a garment of pitch and a chemise of mange." (
Sahih Muslim, #934).
11.
'Imran b. Husain reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: A brother of yours has died; so stand up and offer prayer for him, i.e. Negus (who was the Abassinian black king). And in the Hadith transmitted by Zubair (the words are): "Your brother."
12. Feel free to ask for narrations; His closest companian was a former black slave (Bilal(ra)), his adopted son Zaid(ra) and his nanny Umm Ayman, a woman he had incredible respect for, was also black.
13. "The Prophet (saws) once reprimanded Abu Dharr for derisively calling Bilal, 'son of a black woman', then he went on to say,
"Look! Surely you are not better than a brown man nor a black man except by fearing Allah more than them." (Declared Sahih By Sheikh Albani - Source, here and Source, here and here).