There is a fierce and aggressive war going on against Islam. Why? Because the number of people who embrace Islam is rising daily and THEY do not like it. Islam is telling the truth and refuting all the falsehoods and THEY do not like it. So the evildoers are trying every mean way in order to distract people from Islam but everyone is going to seek the truth because of their schemes. Every cloud has a silver lining.
One of the ways they have found is to misinterpret the sayings of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and use fabricated sayings in order to make people hate Islam. For example, there is an anti-Islamic website called Wikiislam.net and it says:
"Islam's Racism Against Black People (Muhammad said, 'Whoever wants to see Satan should look at Nabtal.' He was a sturdy black man with long flowing hair... [Ishaq 243]')"
This is a totally fabricated saying. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) often likened the devil to an all-black dog or a black sheep but NEVER a black person! Take a look at these authentic traditions:
It was narrated that Abu Dharr said:
“I asked the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) about the all-black dog and he said: ‘(It is) a devil.’”
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said, "Stand close together in your rows, keep nearer to one another, and put your necks in line, for by Him in Whose Hands my soul is, I see the Satan entering through the opening in the row like Al-hadhaf (i.e., a type of small black sheep found in Yemen)."
And what's with the 'long hair' in that fabricated saying? Long hair has nothing to do with the devil either. Read these authentic sayings:
Narrated Abdullah bin Umar:
Allah's Messenger (pbuh) said, "I saw myself (in a dream) near the Ka`ba (the Sacred House in Mecca) last night, and I saw a man with whitish red complexion, the best you may see amongst men of that complexion having long hair reaching his earlobes which was the best hair of its sort, and he had combed his hair and water was dropping from it, and he was performing the Circumbulation around the Ka`ba while he was leaning on the shoulders of two men. I asked, 'Who is this man?' Somebody replied, '(He is) Messiah, son of Mary.' Then I saw another man with very curly hair, blind in the right eye which looked like a protruding out grape. I asked, 'Who is this?' Somebody replied, '(He is) anti-Christ, the False Prophet.'"
Baraa bin Aazib reports:
"I never seen someone with long hair and red clothing more handsome than the Messenger of Allah (pbuh). His hair reached his shoulders. The portion between his two shoulders was wide. He was neither very tall nor very short".
Now we are going to see what the Prophet actually did say about Black people!:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
A black man or a black woman used to sweep the mosque and he or she died. The Prophet (pbuh) asked about her (or him). He was told that she (or he) had died. He said, "Why did you not inform me? Show me his grave (or her grave)." So he went to her (his) grave and offered her (his) funeral prayer."
The Prophet said: “Do not marry women for their beauty for it may lead to their doom. Do not marry them for their wealth, for it may lead them to fall into sin. Rather, marry them for their religion. A black slave woman with piercings who is religious is better.”
"Indeed Allah Most High created Adam from a handful that He took from all of the earth. So the children of Adam come in according with the earth, some of them come red, and white and black, and between that, and the thin, the thick, the good, and the bad."
A bedouin came to Allah's Messenger (pbuh) and said, "My wife has delivered a black boy, and I suspect that he is not my child." Allah's Messenger (pbuh) said to him, "Have you got camels?" The bedouin said, "Yes." The Prophet said, "What color are they?" The bedouin said, "They are red." The Prophet (pbuh) said, "Are any of them grey?" He said, "There are grey ones among them." The Prophet (pbuh) said, "Whence do you think this color came to them?" The bedouin said, "O Allah's Messenger (pbuh)! It resulted from hereditary disposition." The Prophet said, "And this (your child) has inherited his color from his ancestors." The Prophet (pbuh) did not allow him to deny his paternity of the child.
Allah's Messenger (pbuh) said, "You should listen to and obey, your ruler (if he adheres to what is right) even if he was an Ethiopian (black) slave whose head looks like a raisin."
One day, Messenger of Allah (pbuh) delivered a very effective speech, as a result, eyes shed tears and hearts became softened. A man said: "O Prophet of Allah! It sounds as if this is a farewell speech, so advise us." He (pbuh) said, "I admonish you to fear Allah, and to listen and obey even if a black slave has been appointed as your leader. For whoever among you lives after me will see much discord. So hold fast to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the Rightly-Guided Caliphs who will come after me. Adhere to them and hold fast to them. Beware of innovation (in religion) because every innovation is a misguidance."
Islam regards all people, believer and disbeliever, black and white, Arab and non-Arab, rich and poor, noble and lowly as the descendants of one man and one woman.
It does not pay attention to differences in colour, race or lineage. All people come from Adam, and Adam was created from dust. In Islam, differentiation between people is based on faith and piety, by doing that which Allah has enjoined and avoiding that which Allah has prohibited. Allah says:
13. O mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that you may know each other (not that you 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).
[Quran 49:13]
Faith, truthfulness and piety all lead to Paradise, which is the right of the one who acquires these attributes, even if he is one of the weakest or lowliest of people. God says:
“And whosoever believes in Allah and performs righteous good deeds, He will admit him into Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise) to dwell therein forever. Allah has indeed granted for him an excellent provision”
[Quran 65:11]
Disbelief, arrogance and oppression all lead to Hell, even if the one who does these things is one of the richest or noblest of people. God says:
“But those who disbelieved (in the Oneness of God – Islamic Monotheism) and denied Our Signs (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, revelations, etc.), they will be the dwellers of the Fire, to dwell therein forever. And worst indeed is that destination” [Quran 64:10]
The advisors of the Messenger (pbuh) included Muslim men of all tribes, races and colours. Their hearts were filled with Tawheed (Belief in the Oneness of God) and they were brought together by their faith and piety – such as Abu Bakr from Quraysh, Ali ibn Abi Taalib from Bani Haashim, Bilal the Ethiopian, Suhayb the Roman, Salman the Persian, rich men like Uthman and poor men like Ammar, and others.
They believed in Allah and strove for His sake, until Allah and His Messenger were pleased with them. They were the true believers.
“Their reward with their Lord is Adn' Eden) Paradise (Gardens of Eternity), underneath which rivers flow. They will abide therein forever, Allah will be pleased with them, and they with Him. That is for him who fears his Lord”
[Quran 98:8]
THE RELIGION REVEALED FOR MANKIND
Islam is the religion for all of mankind, no matter what their colour, land, tribe or language is. Prophet Muhammad [pbuh) is the Messenger to all of mankind, of all origins and countries. Allah says:
“Say (O Muhammad): ‘O mankind! Verily, I am sent to you all as the Messenger of God – to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. None has the right to be worshipped but He; it is He Who gives life and causes death. So believe in God and His Messenger, the Prophet who can neither read nor write, who believes in God and His Words, and follow him so that you may be guided.” [Quran 7:158].
In His wisdom, God has made mankind into different peoples and tribes so that they may know one another, not so that they may despise one another. He tells us that the differences in colour and languages are a sign of His Greatness and Power in creation. He says:
“And among His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the difference of your languages and colours. Verily, in that are indeed signs for men of sound knowledge.”
[Quran 30:22]
The Prophet of Islam, (pbuh) affirmed the prohibition of racial discrimination and of despising coloured people, when he said in his famous speech:
“O people, your Lord is One and your father [Adam] is one. There is no superiority of the Arab over the non-Arab, or of the non-Arab over the Arab, or of the white over the black, or of the black over the white – except with regard to God-consciousness.”
(Reported by Imam Ahmad, 22391)
When a man insulted his brother (in Islam) for having a black mother, the Prophet (pbuh) said to him, “You are a man who still has ignorance in him.”
Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “There was an argument between me and one of my brothers whose mother was non-Arab. I insulted him about his mother, and he complained about me to the Prophet (pbuh). I met the Prophet (pbuh) and he said:
“O Abu Dharr, you are a man who still has ignorance in him.”
To be continued....
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