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Olaniyan Ibn Yusuf
03-04-2006, 03:20 AM
I am writing a article and need help with sourcing (exact book, volume, hadith number and page number found) some ahadith dealing with racism. The ahadith are as follows:


it is reported after a disagreement between Abu Dharr and Bilal, Abu Dharr in an attempt to insult Bilal said, "You son of a black woman." The messenger of Allah was extremely upset by Abu Dharr's comments, so the prophet rebuked Abu Dharr by saying,


"That is too much Abu Dharr. He who has a white mother has no advantage which makes him better than the son of a black mother."


Abu Dharr was so moved by this he went and placed his head on the ground swearing that he would not raise it until Bilal had put his foot over it.


"The believers, in their love, mutual kindness, and close ties, are like one body; when any part complains, the whole body responds to it with wakefulness and fever"

Also if any other hadith dealing with racism could be provided with sources I would appreciate it greatly.

jaylen
03-04-2006, 03:37 AM
A man once visited the Prophet's mosque in Madinah. There he saw a group of people sitting and discussing their faith together. Among them were Salman (who came from Persia), Suhayb who grew up in the Eastern Roman empire and was regarded as a Greek, and Bilal who was an African. The man then said:

"If the (Madinan) tribes of Aws and Khazraj support Muhammad, they are his people (that is, Arabs like him). But what are these people doing here?"

The Prophet became very angry when this was reported to him. Straightaway, he went to the mosque and summoned people to a Salat. He then addressed them saying:

"O people, know that the Lord and Sustainer is One. Your ancestor is one, your faith is one. The Arabism of anyone of you is not from your mother or father. It is no more than a tongue (language). Whoever speaks Arabic is an Arab." (As quoted in Islam The Natural Way by Abdul Wahid Hamid p. 125)

jaylen
03-04-2006, 03:40 AM
There are many hadith, which repeatedly strike on the Arab pride of jahiliyyah. Arabs before Islam used to look down upon others specially blacks. The Prophet repeatedly contrasted the believing Africans versus non-believing Arab nobles.

The Prophet said: You should listen to and obey your ruler even if he was an Ethiopian slave whose head looked like a raisin

Travelleress
03-04-2006, 06:24 AM
Asalamu 'alaykum,

Check the last sermon of our Habib salallahu alayhi wasallam. It's beautiful. There's a part about 'a white has no superiority over a black...'

Wasalam

Olaniyan Ibn Yusuf
03-04-2006, 11:03 AM
barak Allah feikom,

Travelleress, the last sermon is a little to long though i need shorter ahadith like the one jaylen provided. The paper is already three pages so I need to keep the ahadith short and to the point.