Don't Let Your Colour Become a Burden

Assalamu aleykum Wa Rhametulahi Wa Berekatu,

Howdy!

We live at an age where colour can seem to be a problem, with media and other pressures some 'darker' skinned people might feel abit down about their colour or complex, although knowing that Islam totally abolish this, it might still be an ingrained ideology that the lighter the person the better or more beautiful, well here's something which might help that little bit more, it is about Luqman, read for yourselves:

From Tafsir Ibn Kathir:

The Salaf differed over the identity of Luqman; there are two opinions: was he a Prophet or just a righteous servant of Allah without the prophethood The majority favored the latter view, that he was a righteous servant of Allah without being a Prophet. Sufyan Ath-Thawri said, narrating from Al-Ash`ath, from `Ikrimah, from Ibn `Abbas, "Luqman was an Ethiopian slave who was a carpenter. `Abdullah bin Az-Zubayr said, "I said to Jabir bin `Abdullah: `What did you hear about Luqman' He said: `He was short with a flat nose, and came from Nubia.''' Yahya bin Sa`id Al-Ansari narrated from Sa`id bin Al-Musayyib that "Luqman was from the black peoples of (southern) Egypt, and had thick lips. Allah gave him wisdom but withheld prophethood from him.'' Al-`Awza`i said, "`Abdur-Rahman bin Harmalah told me; `A black man came to Sa`id bin Al-Musayyib to ask him a question, and Sa`id bin Al-Musayyib said to him: "Do not be upset because you are black, for among the best of people were three who were black: Bilal, Mahja` the freed slave of `Umar bin Al-Khattab, and Luqman the Wise, who was a black Nubian with thick lips.'' Ibn Jarir recorded that Khalid Ar-Raba`i said: "Luqman was an Ethiopian slave who was a carpenter.

Brothers and Sisters, do not let the social pressures or other curropt ideologies make you feel insecure in the slightest about yourself.

Your Brother, Eesa