Black & Noble
What it means to be noble in the sight of Allah?
Surah Hujarat Ayah 13
O Mankind we have made you male and female nations and tribes so that you may know one another and the most honored among you is the one with the most taqwa and Allah is all knowing and all aware
So we learn from each other and benefit from one another
Allah assigned nobility in which no one can see it except Allah
Only Allah knows what's in our hearts
Taqwa is in the heart
Allah uses the name Al Kabir with knowing the unseen
Allah is with you wherever you are
Prophet condemns racism because it assumes a certain rank
Iblis pride was a racist attitude
Prophet tended to mention the spiritual flaws of racism
Prophet said Yusuf is the most noble in terms of lineage
the generous man son of the generous man the son of the generous man the son of the generous man
Prophet said people are like gold and silver precious stones
The best of them in the says of ignorance is the best of those after Islam if they have good character and understanding of the deen
Arabs were known for their hospitality
Condemnation of racism occurs when Prophet enters Madinah
And again when he conquers Makkah
Prophet said during the conquest of Makkah O mankind Allah has removed from you the slogans of ignorance
The national anthem of any country has elements of pride and racism
The people are the children of Adam and Allah created Adam from dirt
There is no good in any of us except through taqwa and Islam
Before sending the Prophet Allah despised the people of the Earth except for a few people from the People of the book
The community of the Prophet included many different dialects of Arabs and people from different cultures
All the sahaba were different and even illiterate
The Quran binds people together all around the world
Everyone reads the Quran the same way
The Quran is the rope of Allah that we hold on too
Prophet loved the sight of all people with different races reciting the Quran
We have amongst us those who are red, black, white, and yellow and reading the same book
Recite it before there comes a people who will straighten it like an arrow is straightened
They will receive the reward for it in this world but not the next
Meaning there will come people after the sahaba and righteous generations who will recite better than you but they would be racist
Tajweed is good and you should beautify your voice with your Quran
Bilal is the first muaeddin had a difficult time reciting certain letters but the Prophet loved it
There reward is in the hereafter
the formalities will cause us to lose he essence of the religion
If you come before Allah and you are related to the Prophet but your deeds d not match up to it then the lineage does you no good
Spiritually is decided through your taqwa and hearts
Prophet Suleiman was known to have black skin
Prophet Ismail was known to be black
Prophet Musa was resembling the people who were the two darkest tribes of the Arabs
Despite the color of the skin they were superior in the sight of Allah
Musa was mentioned the most in the Quran and among the five greatest Prophets
Ibn Umar narrates that Prophet said he saw a dark man who was very handsome
He had hair that reached between his ears and shoulders
He combed his hair and water was dripping from his hair
This was Isa ibn Maryam
Then there was a man who had messy hair and blind from right eye he was dajjal
Another narration shows Isa as reddish complexion and long hair
Ibn Masud narrates Prophet said he saw in dream a man with dark skin and long hair very beautiful
Ibn Khattab narrates Prophet said Isa did not have red skin nrather he had dark skin
It does not matter what the color of his skin was
this is what wisdom of not portraying the Prophets
Adam means dark someone with dark skin
The sahaba did not ask much about the color of the skin
Dhul Qurnain was a black king
There are Prophets Allah mentioned and those Allah did not mention
There are 124,000 Prophets and among them 315 were Messengers
To every nation there came a Prophet speaking the language of their people
Prophet learns about Patience from Yunus and Yusuf
Prophets mentioned in the Quran were told as a guide for us
Messengers were greater than Prophets who came with new legislation
In the Quran there are Prophets mentioned that are not Messengers
Allah mentioned people in the Quran who are not Prophets
Luqman is Abyssinia and had very dark skin he was not a Prophet
Luqman was familiar to the Arabs
Allah called to mention Luqman because he was known to them
Allah chooses to mention people who we can relate too
The people of the ditch mentioned in Burooj were Black
Whoever fights for a cause only to advocate his tribe than whoever dies in that state is as if he died in the state of ignorance
Prophet constantly mentions tribalism and nationalism to the days of ignorance
Prophet wants to completely do away with it
Abu Zhar made a racist comment to Bilal and Prophet said you still have in you the traces of ignorance
Prophet had hope that it will go away but it will always remain
there are four traits that will always remain
Boasting about ones ancestors deeds and virtues
Defaming another person on the basis of his lineage and race or origin because you cannot undo your lineage
Seeking to be given reign by means of the stars
Mourning over the dead
Racism has always existed and we will continue to fight
Racism did not stop non Arabs to advancing the religion
Within 100 years Islam was not limited to just the Arabs
Islam was not attached to a particular race
15% of the Ummah is Arab
the deen spread throughout the world
If we turn away Allah will choose a different people
Allah does not need a specific race to give his deen to
Surah Al Jummuah Allah says there are a group of people who have not come yet
Prophet put his hand on Salman Al Farsi and said it is him and his offspring
Hasan Al Basri the greatest of the next generation non Arab
Abu Hanifa, Imam Bukhari non Arabs
Racism is truly political
When an authority is failing the leaders make the people fight over empty slogans
We are willing to kill each other over these flags and borders drawn by the British
It starts with the Abyssinia
Abysinnias trace their lineage to Suleiman
In the 6th century the Abysinnians allied themselves with Romans
The Persians fought the Romans
There was a alliance between Romans and Muslims
Persian and the polytheist
Geographically Abyssinia was alone as a Christian land supporting Romans
Abyssinia king was Abraha who led an army against a Jew the leader of Yemen
Abraha persecutes the Jews and builds a church
No one came instead they went to Makkah
Abraha went to Makkah to destroy the Kaaba but Allah destroyed the army of Abraha
the tension between Abysinnians and Arabs were high
Abysinns were taken as slaves among them was the mother of Bilal
Abysinnians were at war with the Arabs
In the Arab world at the time it was all about your lineage
Being an Abysinnian slave was bad because it was still a fresh conflict
Arabs nationalist were not happy with non Arabs in their ranks
There was a jealous and envy for non Arab contribution
Muwali were discriminated against by Banu Ummayah then later by Abbasids
Africans lead a huge rebellion called the state of Black People against the Arabs
the growth of fabricated Hadith literature that were racists
Hadith was fabricated that Africans steal when they are hungry and commit zina
Fabricated Hadith is that Arabic is the people of Jannah
This Hadith has not chains
And that Persian was the language of Hellfire
Arabic is enough we learn it that it is the language of the Quran
scholars wrote about the virtues of people
We recognize the good of every people without assigning negative stereotypes to them
Saud Al Thalan
Aswad and Adam was used to refer to as Black Abysinnians
Asmar means brown
Asmar means white
Abyad means someone extremely pale
Prophet said follow your leader even if he is Abysinnians slave and as dark as a raisin
It is better to marry a black slave with a disfigured nose when her deen is good
When you are called to commit zina who has great status and beauty than reject it
In Bible Noah curses his son Ham and his black descendants
Allah created Adam from different parts from the Earth and that's how we have different colors
Luqman Al Hakim was named after Surah
He had deep wisdom and advice
he gave advice to his son
Luqman is a dark skinned man with big lips
someone with prominent appearance
he was kidnapped and taken into slavery
from Abyssinia lived 1000 years before Prophet
dawood met Luqman in gathering
Luqman stayed silent because he said speech is meaningless unless you speak of Allah
silence is meaningless unless you think about Allah
silence is wisdom and very few practice it
tongue used in zikr is best part
tongue used in backbiting is the worst
Luqman was freed from slavery due to his wisdom
Luqman believed in one God he was a Muslim
Truthful speech
fulfilling trust
leaving that does not concern you
he said do not judge by appearance
if you see my big lips he said nothing comes out except truth
if you see my dark skin my heart is light
You must prove prophethood of someone
There is no prove Luqman was prophet
Allah sent a prophet from amongst people
Luqman was not amongst people
Luqman was a very perceptive person
he was a man of reflecting
he would constantly stare at his surrounding
Prophet quotes on wisdom of Luqman
the best of all black people are Luqman Bilal and Miga and Nagasi
Luqman cried over hereafter at moment of death
luqman died and is buried in Palestine in city of Ramla where most prophets are buried
Luqman never met the prophet
first two hijras were in Abyssinia
the great companions went to Abyssinia
Ayah in Quran with Christians crying over Quran was about Nagisa
Nagisa is a position whose is greater than others
Nagisa has a famous saying Allah did not take bribe from me when he gave me back my kingdom so how can I take a bribe from my kingdom
Nagasi father was the king
Ashama was the only son
the brother of the king he had 12 sons
abysinnians were afraid
people wanted assisnated the king
so the monarch can go to the brother with 12 sons
brother did not want nephew to know so he takes Ashama in
then Ashama grew up and he was very intelligent that people were afraid he would found out what his uncle did
people pressured his uncle to kill his nephew
the uncle sent his nephew out to slavery
he confides in his 12 sons to capture him and sell him to someone in a far away land
they sold him with 600 Dirhams
they set out on a boat away from Abyssinia
there is no rain and they ask for rain
the king asks for rain and he is struck with lightening and dies
people get frustrated and then go looking for Ashama
they go to the man attack man and put a crown on Ashama head
Ashama is king of Abysinnia
ashama ruled with great justice
Ashama was prepared for the Prophet and his companions
Ashama is the most competent king of Abusinnia
Umm Salamah narrates what happens in Abysinnia
they sent a message to Nagasi
Nagasi received them and made them feel welcome
Quresh wanted to stop muslims going to Abysinnia
Quresh sends Amr Ibn Al As to bribe Nagasi into sending back Muslims
Amr had skins of leather and they bribe them
Amr said their are rebels who do not follow our religion or your religion
send the Muslims back to us
Nagasi has a meeting
Anr tells him and generals agree
Nagasi said he will never give up Muslims
Nagasi asks to hear from Muslims first
Abu Talib wrote poetry in praise of Nagasi
Nagasi brings in the sahaba
with Amr and Abdullah
Everyone bows except for the Muslims
Muslims say we only bow to Allah
Hagar was only 21 years and looked like Prophet
he says we were a people in ignorance and shameless breaking ties of kinship strong would oppress the weak
then Allah sent Prophet to free us
he commanded to speak the truth and help people and abstain from bloodshed
Jafar recited from Surah Maryam
Nagasi and the bishops all cried
Nagasi stood up and said what you brought and what Jesus brought are from the same
He told Amr he will never give up Muslims
Amr told Nagasi that they said Jesus nothing more than a creation
Nagasi summoned the Muslims again
Jafar said Jesus is Messenger and was born of virgin birth
Nagasi privately took shahdah with Jafar
People rebelled against Nagasi so they met at Nile
Zubair was told to swim in Nile and observe what was happening
the army of Nagasi won
and Zubair shouted Takbeer
Nagasi came back and established them
Prophet sent letters to Nagasi praising and thanking him
This letter is preserved
Ashama replies to letter and accepts Prophet
Nagisa holds wedding ceremony for Prophet and Umm Habiba
Nagisa is representative for the Prophet
Nagisa takes a paper with touheed written on it
he asked generals what do you believe
he said I believe nothing more than this painting to his paper in his pocket
Prophet was told by Jibril Nagasi passed away
Prophet said a righteous man passed away
Prophet led Janaza for Ghaib
There was light coming from his grave
the movie lion king was inspired by Nagasi
Bilal ibn Rabah
Bilal was not the only black companion
he was the best of the companions
Bilal had dark skinned
extremely handsome
he had hazel brown eyes
he had puffy hair
his kunya Abu Abdullah
he was born in Makkah and 10 years younger than Prophet
His father was slave
his mother was a princess and captured then sold to slavery when army of Abraha was destroyed
Bilal is very close to his mother
he witnessed her get beaten
this toughened him up
Bilal was called son of a Black women
Bilal is in the house of Ummayah
Bilal hears Umayyah curse the prophet
Bilal hears prophet calling to touheed
Bilal accepts Islam
Ummayyah tortured Bilal
Waraqah bin Nufail would passed but Bilal and he head him say Ahad in Ahad
Waraqah said indeed it is one
Waraqah said if you kill him I will make a shrine over him
prophet was shocked with what Bilal was going through
abu Bakr went to Ummayyah and bought Bilal and freed him
Umar told Bilal you are our Master
Bilal only knew Ahad so he just repeated that
Bilal accepted Islam as first 7
Prophet
Abu Bakr
Bilal
Sohaib
Amr bin Yassir and his mother
Prophet is forerunners of Arabs
Bilal was for runner of Abysinnia
Salman was forerunners of Persia
Sohaib was forerunners of Romans
Bilal witnessed every journey and battle with Prophet
Sahaba humbled themselves before Bilal
Bilal sees Umayyah in Badr and kills him
Abu Jahl was killed by Ibn Masood
Two people had dream about the azan
they saw a spirit visited him and was wearing two green garments
he taught him the azan
Prophet appointed Bilal to give the azan
and he also appointed Abdullah Ibn Umm Makhtum
Bilal would seek permission from Prophet to give Azan
Prophet told Bilal soothe us with azan
Bilal made some mistaken but Prophet loved his sincerity
Bilal was treasurer of Muslims
Abu ZAR one time called Bilal you son of a black Womens
Abu Zhar was black too
prophet said you still have in you traced of ignorance
he did not have the tarbiyah of prophet
Bilal was the only man to give azan in Makkah on top of Kaaba
Bilal faced racism when looking to get married
Bilal married the sister of Abdul Rahman Ibn Oaf
the brother of Bilal was Abu Ruwayaha
Bilal interceded on behalf of sahaba getting married
Bilal saw Prophet in his dying moments and cried
Bilal could not given azan anymore
Bilal saw prophet everywhere in Madinah
He asked Abu Bakr to send him our to battle
Bilal said if you freed me for duniya I will stay but if it was for Allah let me go
Abu Bakr let him go
Bilal was at conquest of Jerusalem
Bilal gives azan again at Jerusalem
All sahaba cried and remembered days with Prophet
Bilal is the first man to give azan in Makkah Madinah and Al Quds despite him being black
Bilal will have the longest necks
Bilal stayed in state of wudu and if it broke he made wudu and prayed 2 rakah
at time of his death his wife said what trade gy
Bilal said what joy I meet Prophet
he died at age of 64
Abu Zhar was black and from tribe who robbed people
He was very dark skinned and a black Arab
he said his shahdah and was beaten
he is recognised for his spirituality
Abu Zhar wore a garment and his slave wore the same garment
Abu Zhar said there was once a argument with a man who he made fun of him
Prophet said slaves are your brothers
Abu Zhar would free slaves
Abu Zhar was ghareeb and strange
he worship was unparalleled
he lived alone and died alone and will be raised alone
he was the most truthful man
Zaid bin Harith is 10 years younger than Prophet
He is short flat nose and very dark skin
Zaid would accompany his parents on different journeys
he was kidnapped and sold into slavery
for $400 dirhams
Zaid was sold and bought by Hakim bin Khuram
the nephew of Khadija
he was born in Kaaba and became muslim
hakim gifted Zaid to Khadija
and Khadija gifted Zaid to Prophet
Prophet became attached to Zaid
Everyone called him the beloved of the prophet
banu kalb see him years later
his father comes to get him
Prophet calls for Zaid
And he would release him for no money
Zaid want happy to see them but stayed with prophet
his father was shocked and said you prefer being a slave
Zaid says I have seen something special in this man
the prophet took Zaid at the Kaaba and said this is my adopted son
Harith was happy
Zaid was known as Zaid bin Muhammad
Zaid was paired with Hamza when making Hijra
Hamza trusted Zaid with his waseelah
Zaid is one of the first to accept Islam
Zaid accompanied the prophet in Taif
Zaid married Um Aymen
Zaid married Zainab bint Jahsh
Zaid divorced Zainab
Allah removed the term taking out lineage
He was called Zaid bin Harith again
Zaid was married to two other women
zaid was killed in battle
Zaid is only companion mentioned by name in Quran
Bakra bin Thaliba or Umm Aymen
Prophet called her his mom after his mom
she was a Abysinnia slave purchased in same market as Zaid
She was bought by father of Prophet
she accompanied Aminah
she heard the death of Abdullah
she was the first to hold Prophet
when Aminah died she was there for Prophet
She stayed with Prophet his entire life
she did not marry until prophet got married
she was given glad tidings if Jannah
she was married to obaid Ibn Zaid from tribe in Madinah and had Aymen
he passed away
the prophet said who wants to marry a women of Jannah
Zaid said he will marry her despite being 23 years younger and was previously married
they have Usmah bin Zaid the first commander of the army after death of Prophet
she witnessed the death of her son Aymen
he was killed in battle
she witnessed the death of Zaid and Prophet
she witnessed the death of Usamah
it was a sunnah to visit her
Sahaba would visit her
Um Aymen cried because revelation has ceased to come from the heavens
Prophet would play with Hasan and Hussein and Zaid the same
Usamah bin Zaid was 17 years when he was commander of army
sahaba complained about the age of Usamah but not his skin color
Usamah was a successful leader
Usamah was loved and respected
Umar would give Usamah a greater share than his own children
Umar said because prophet loved him and his father more than us
Mihja Ibn Saleh is a slave who Umar bin Khattar freed
Mihja was motivated to worship
he worshipped like Umar
first ayat of ankaboot were for Mihja
first shaheed of badr
he was killed by arrow
Ali Yassir
Yassir Ibn Amr was Yemeni and moved to Makkah
he married the slave Summaye
they give birth to Ammar bin Yassir
they were first martyrs of Islam
Ammar hid from prophet because he cursed him
prophet said you were forced to say
if they ask you again say it again
Ammar will be on side of truth wherever he may be
obadallah ibn Samad was black and huge
and muscular had a great appearance
he wrote down the Quran
he was married to Um Haram
the paternal aunt of Anas bin Malik
prophet was sleeping and he woke up laughing
he saw group of people from my ummah travelling by sea spreading Islam
Umm Haram travels with her husband as they travel to cypress then she dies there and buried there
under Khalifa of Umar Amr becomes Egypt’s governor
the Egyptian ruler was hold up in his fortress
Amr Al As asks to speak with ruler
ruler sees Obadallah and says take this black man away from me
Sahaba responded and said this person is the best of us he is our leader and has been appointed over us
black and the white are the same to us
ruler said how can you accept this
Sahaba said he is the best amongst us
ruler said come forward but speak gently for your blackness alarms me
Obada goes forward and says I have 1000 black man even blacker than me
saad Ibn Aswad was black and discriminated against when looking to get married
Saad went to Amr door and asked for his daughter hand in marriage
his daughter over heard and said go and call him back
prophet reprimanded him
saad married her and then battle starts
saad proceeds to fight and he is martyr before he gets to see her
prophet sees saad in the battlefield with his head on his lap and crying
prophet cried then looked up then smiled and looked
prophet cried because he was killed
he looked up and saw him at the fountain
and smiled
he saw him enter Jannah and saw his spouse and looked away
Jaybeeb was black man and name means the deformed one
he was short and poor and not a very nice appearance
his lineage was unknown and he had darkest skin
Julaybeeb would sit amongst the women to avoid being bullied
Prophet would pay special attention to Julaybeeb
Prophet asked marriage for his daughter
for Julaybeeb
father speaks with her mom
her mother screaming Julaybeeb the whole night
she swore that he will not marry her
the daughter and said what is going on
will you reject a command of the prophet
she accepted the marriage
Julaybeeb married a beautiful girl with great lineage
Prophet finds Julaybeeb dead after he killed 7 of the enemies
prophet picked him up and he said O Allah this one is from me and I am from him
prophet dug his grave and placed Julaybeeb
Abu Bakraha who was the freed slave from Taif by prophet he was great student and scholar
the scholar amongst sahaba in Basra
he and his son becomes governor of Basra
Umm Zafar came to prophet saying I keep getting seizures
Prophet said Allah can cure you or you can be patience
she decided to be patience
the bodyguard of the Prophet from the Ansar and governor
Ali bin Talib has dark skin
the women who cleaned the mosque of the Prophet Umm Mihjar Prophet prayed her janaza
Saeed Ibn Jubair
Ibn Abbas freed slaves and turned them into ulema
Nafi the slave of Umar responsible of fiqh of imam Malik
first mufti in Makkah black blind and half paralysed
Ibn Batuta was black
Tariq Ibn Ziad was great conqueror and black