Does Islam Call for Discrimination on the Basis of Race or Color
I came to Ibn Omar, and he had freed a slave. He said: He took a stick or something from the ground and said: There is no reward in it that is worth this. However, I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say: ( Whoever slaps or beats his slave, his expiation is to free him ).
Narrator: Zadan or Zadan Narrator: Muslim
Source: Sahih Muslim Page or number: 1657 Summary of the narrator’s ruling: Authentic Your brothers whom Allah has placed under your control, so feed them from what you eat, clothe them from what you wear, and do not burden them with what they cannot bear. But if you burden them, then help them. Narrator: Abu Dharr al-Ghifari Narrator: Al-Albani Source: Sahih Ibn Majah Page or number: 2991 Summary of the narrator’s ruling: Authentic The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, never struck a servant or a woman. Narrator: Aisha, Mother of the Believers Narrator: Al-Albani Source: Sahih Abi Dawood Page or number: 4786 Summary of the narrator’s ruling: Authentic A man came to the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, and said: O Messenger of God, how often should I forgive a servant? The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, remained silent. Then he said: O Messenger of God, how often should I forgive a servant? He said: Seventy times a day. Narrator: Abdullah bin Omar Narrator: Al-Albani Source: Sahih Al-Tirmidhi Page or number: 1949 Summary of the narrator’s ruling: Authentic
- There is no superiority for an Arab over a non-Arab, nor for a non-Arab over an Arab, nor for a white person over a black person, nor for a black person over a white person - except by piety. People are from Adam, and Adam is from dust.
Source: Sharh Al-Tahawiyah Page or number: 361 Summary of the hadith scholar’s ruling: Authentic
Exodus 21: ”
If you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, for nothing.
If he comes in alone, he shall go out alone. If he has a wife, his wife shall go out with him.
If his master gives him a wife, and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be his master’s, and he shall go out alone.
But if the servant says, ‘I love my master and my wife and children; I will not go out free,’ then
his master shall bring him to God and bring him to the door or to the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl , and he shall serve him forever .”
In the same context:
A black woman used to sweep the mosque, and the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, missed her. He asked about her after a few days, and was told that she had died. He said, “Why didn’t you inform me?” So he went to her grave and prayed over her.
Narrator: Abu Hurairah. Narrator: Al-Albani.
Source: Sahih Ibn Majah. Page or number: 1247. Summary of the narrator’s ruling: Sahih.
If a black, mutilated slave is appointed over you , leading you with the Book of Allah, then listen to him and obey him . Narrator: Umm al-Husayn al-Ahmasiyyah | Narrator: al-Albani | Source: Sahih al-Jami` | Page or number: 1411 | Summary of the narrator’s ruling: Authentic