As an African American of the diaspora, I’ve heard this Hadith during a khutbah from an African American imam. He worded it like this, the prophet (s.a.w.) said, obey your leader even if he’s an Ethiopian slave with hair like raisins. None of us were offended or even bothered in any way at all about the Hadith. When I was a small boy my oldest sister used to call me a peasy head rascal. My brother would say my head looks like a parking lot!!! Basically what I’m saying is Allah (s.w.t.) and His messenger are not racist. How could He be when we know Him as The Just!!! My sister was not being racist when she said that to me. And my brother was right, when I didn’t comb my hair it would roll up and become a lot with parked cars! I wasn’t offended then and I’m not now. I think the problem is, people lack understanding.
Assalamualaikum brother muti racial American here kinda the same with me. I was the darkest of my family members and the youngest boy so I got the worst of it, my only question from them till now is why, and how did dark skin equate to lowness or "bad".
@@nonesname1979 In my case, me and my siblings loved each other but sometimes we would clown each other. There was no dislike or hatred for each other only jokes. They meant no harm. So basically I’m just pointing out that we have people among us with hair that resemble peas or raisins and that doesn’t offend us because it’s a true description of some of us. ✌🏾👍🏿✌🏾
@@mr.stranger4951 right on I agree pretty much but how did this enter the zeitgeist? Most ethnicities around the world have a dislike distrust or hatred for those darker than them.
هذا حديث مرفوض وغير صحيح كان يمكنك أن ترفضه وتنهي المهزلة بدل الدخول في ماراتون من التبريرات حتى تنقطع انفاسك النبي عليه السلام في حجة الوداع قال كلكم لآدم وادم من تراب لا فرق بين عربي واعجمي ولا اسود و ابيض إلى اخر الحديث الافضلية للتقوى في النهاية عليك الاختيار واحدا فقط
Few weeks ago I was in the türkisch shop with my son to buy some halal meat. I observed something disturbing. They had a new worker. He was a young black man, maybe 18 years old. He was comandet around and treated so respectless from the türkisch workers there. My blood was boiling, when I saw that. I was angry at those türkisch workers. I thought, how dare you to treat any human like that. I felt so sorry for this young man. I didn't know what to say to this ppl, but I had the urge to do something. So I went to this young man and said, excuse me, what's your name, young man. He looked frightened and thought a little, before he said, his name is John. I smiled to him and said, that he is doing a great job. I thanked him and wished him a nice day. He was surprised. I wanted go, but then I turned again to him and said, I will make Dua for you brother John. Hes face lighted up and he thanked me. I made Dua for him and I hope so much that ppl don't mistreat black ppl. I was more upset about that, because they were Muslims, who should know better. My mother is has German ancestors and she is a racist and I listened many racist statements in home. But I always rebelled against this sentiment. It triggers me really when I see racism on display. As German Muslim I myself was too target of racism. I was told to go home, told to wear German appropriate clothing and other suttel discrimination. But anyway we Muslims should know better and not discriminate.
Let it be known to all: Through the Holy Spirit, God has put it on me to preach to those lost in the devil's deceit! I tell ye, truly, Jesus of Nazareth is the propitiation for the whole world's sins. He is the anointed one, for he is, Jesus Christ. God the Father has raised him from the dead; who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God! Angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him. Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life: no one comes to the Father, but by him. They who believe and are baptized with the Holy Spirit shall be saved; but they who believe not shall be damned. For they who believe not on him, shall die in their sins! I tell ye now to repent of your sins, accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, and you'll receive the gift of the Holy Spirit upon asking the Father! There are *NO* sub-divisions of Christianity. You're either a disciple of Christ or not. A Christian is someone who follows God's word, not a religion. Who obey the Father and follow his will; not man's nor their own heart's. Unless you keep Jesus' commandments, think not the Holy Spirit will dwell within you! They who heed this message and did what was stated with an open heart to God... Read the Holy Bible (KJV) daily and every time before you read, pray to the Father and ask: "Lord I ask that you give me understanding of your word, that I interpret it the way you want me to, and none of my own. I ask you in Jesus' name, amen." 1 John 2:2 KJV 2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. Acts 13:26-33 KJV 26 Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, *and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.* 27 *For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.* 28 And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain. 29 *And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.* 30 *But God raised him from the dead:* 31 And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people. 32 *And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,* 33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. 1 Peter 3:22 KJV 22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him. John 14:6 KJV 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. Mark 16:16 KJV 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. John 8:24 KJV 24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. Acts 2:38 KJV 38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Luke 11:13 KJV 13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? John 14:21-24 KJV 21 *He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.* 22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? 23 Jesus answered and said unto him, *If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.* 24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and *the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.*
@@Call_Upon_YAH If we want to read the Bible, we just take it from our shelves and read it. One question to the Christian preachers. Just want to know, because it annoys me so much. I would like to know, why you Christian preachers preach in such penetrant way. What's your goal actually? And why did you choose this way to convey your message? Do you have other ways and did you consider them?
@@abuzolfiqar2122 'Race' is a social myth and not a biological reality. Scientific/biological racism is discredited as invalid in the light of modern genetic research.
It's awesome to hear word "Kashmiri" from the professor because I am from Indian Occupied Kashmir. I wish there was a conversation on Kashmir and Islam on this channel انشاء اللہ
Thanks for addressing the elephant in the room from the very beginning. Im sure there have been books written on this topic by black Muslims but if you feel you can add to the discourse in a productive way then more power to you. I plan on reading it at the earliest opportunity.
Salams Paul :) a very good subject:) I’m here after the video regarding Seerah that was rather unsettling only to come here and feel calmness enveloping me :) Alhamdulillah:)
I've seen many black Muslim scholars and black Sufi spiritual masters whose radiant faces were enlighted by their saintly character and soul, no matter how dark their skin color is. While I've also met many light skinned Arabs whose faces were darkened by their evil character and impureness in their soul. I say this as a Hejazi Arab from Makkah region. True beauty and value is in actions and character not in skin color!
those arab are anti sufi , anti zuhud , what u expect ? they are worship allah for jannah and stay away from hell , not because allah is their creator , that is the result by worshiping WORD instead ALLAH . i guess they will shock if they heard about wahdatul wujud or ittihad or even hulul by al halaj
He is HUMAN. NOT PERFECT. He did more for Islam than those who criticize him. Everyone makes mistake including those attacking Dr. Brown. Islam doesn't teach you that. Even Allah is All Merciful. We guide him with utmost kindest.
@@MotuBiral throwing random words won't terrorize me from saying that he's a munafiq and a murtad. supporting qawm lut in any way get you out from islam, that's known by necessity and won't be shut by some munafiqeen nor madkhalis nor random robots.
@@brofrombrum8502 supporting modern day qawm lut and calling muslims to protest and support their right to marry. after "studying a half book of fiqh".
He is not one you should take knowledge from, please my dear brother or sister in Islam, take from the scholars of Islam, who are not people of desires. Take from them, they are the inheritors of the prophets عليه السلام , they are the righteous. This man is a man of desires just look at his face, he shaves his beard, that’s a major sin, and that’s enough to tell you he’s a man of desires
@@atiphwyne5609 Shaving the beard is haram because of the sahih ahadith that clearly state this, and because of the general application of texts that forbid resembling the unbelievers. Ibn ‘Umar narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Be different from the polytheists; let your beards grow and trim your moustaches.” According to another report: “Trim your moustaches and let your beards grow .” There are other hadith which convey the same meaning, which is to leave the beard as it is and let it grow long, without shaving, plucking or cutting any part of it. Ibn Hazm reported that there was scholarly consensus that it is an obligation to trim the moustache and let the beard grow . He quoted a number of ahadith as evidence, including the hadith of Ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) quoted above, and the hadith of Zayd ibn Arqam in which the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Whoever does not remove any of his moustache is not one of us.” (Classed as sahih by al-Tirmidhi). Ibn Hazm said in al-Furu’: “This formula according to our colleagues [i.e., the Hanbalis] means that it is haram to shave the beard .” Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: “The Quran, Sunnah and ijma’ (scholarly consensus) all indicate that we must differ from the unbelievers in all aspects and not imitate them, because imitating them on the outside will make us imitate them in their bad deeds and habits, and even in beliefs, which will result in befriending them in our hearts, just as loving them in our hearts will lead to imitating them on the outside. Al-Tirmidhi reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “He is not one of us who imitates people other than us. Do not imitate the Jews and Christians.” According to another version: “Whoever imitates a people is one of them. ” (Reported by al-Imam Ahmad) ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab rejected the testimony of the person who plucked his beard. Al-Imam Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr said in al-Tamhid: “It is forbidden to shave the beard, and no one does this except men who are effeminate” i.e., those who imitate women. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) had a thick beard (reported by Muslim from Jabir). It is not permitted to remove any part of the beard because of the general meaning of the texts which forbid doing so.” Also, shaving the beard is a public sin everyone will see your face and look at it, Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Everyone from my nation will be forgiven except those who sin in public. Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6069, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2990 Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Muslim And Allah knows best.
@@abdulwadood.8 You make assumptions of people whom you have never met in your life. That's already a red flag. Why should I believe what you're saying?
@@hanaazqazi what’s apparent isn’t an assumption, use your eyes and mind and look at his actions. الله المستعان May Allah عز وجل guide us all to the straight way
Inasmuch as I disagree with Dr. Brown on alot of issues, I'd have to admit, his work on slavery and blackness is very nice. And I'd say those works are purely academic with alot of references and citations, hence giving you as a reader the freedom to make up your mind. An important distinction in his books is stressing the importance of how Islam is different from Muslims, Islam is perfect, Muslims are not.
Sura 30:22, “And among His Signs is the creation of the Heavens and the earth, and the variations in your languages and your colors: verily in that are Signs for those who know.” Alhumdullilah
I laughed a lot when Dr brown said he has never met someone as black as this book cover. You haven't seen the dinka people from South Sudan. They are very dark skinned & very tall. They are our neighbors as Ugandans 🇺🇬.
Be it known: Through the Holy Spirit, God has put it on me to preach to those lost in the devil's deceit! I tell ye, truly, Jesus of Nazareth is the propitiation for the whole world's sins. He is the anointed one, for he is, Jesus Christ. God the Father has raised him from the dead; who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God! Angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him. Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life: no one comes to the Father, but by him. They who believe and are baptized with the Holy Spirit shall be saved; but they who believe not shall be damned. For they who believe not on him, shall die in their sins! I tell ye now to repent of your sins, accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, and you'll receive the gift of the Holy Spirit upon asking the Father! There are *NO* sub-divisions of Christianity. You're either a disciple of Christ or not. A Christian is someone who follows God's word, not a religion. Who obey the Father and follow his will; not man's nor their own heart's. Unless you keep Jesus' commandments, think not the Holy Spirit will dwell within you! They who heed this message and did what was stated with an open heart to God... Read the Holy Bible (KJV) daily and every time before you read, pray to the Father and ask: "Lord I ask that you give me understanding of your word, that I interpret it the way you want me to, and none of my own. I ask you in Jesus' name, amen." 1 John 2:2 KJV 2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. Acts 13:26-33 KJV 26 Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, *and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.* 27 *For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.* 28 And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain. 29 *And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.* 30 *But God raised him from the dead:* 31 And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people. 32 *And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,* 33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. 1 Peter 3:22 KJV 22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him. John 14:6 KJV 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. Mark 16:16 KJV 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. John 8:24 KJV 24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. Acts 2:38 KJV 38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Luke 11:13 KJV 13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? John 14:21-24 KJV 21 *He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.* 22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? 23 Jesus answered and said unto him, *If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.* 24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and *the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.*
Salaam Aleikum Brother Paul I feel terribly sorry for you and your host when both of you started to insinuate that there are no Black people who are actually black in colour. Well brother Paul I must say that is not only a very ignorant statement it's also a bit of bigotry going on here. Brother Paul bcuz you so called "white" people are not actually white both of you ignorantly and with a pinch of arrogance want to wrongly insinuate that we Black people are not in fact Black and Brown skinned human beings. Your guest might be a scholar but he is just as ignorant as any bloke on the street when it comes to this matter. Brother Paul in all the lands of Africa we have Africans who are ( am sure you have never heard of this phrase before) ebony black. In the South of Sudan we have lots of Black Africans who are Midnight Black and like the Qur'an will confirm in sura 15-26 AND WE DID CERTAINLY CREATE MAN OUT OF CLAY FROM AN ALTERED BLACK MUD. This verse actually confirms something brother Paul and that something is if white people were the first humans, there won't be a Black or Brown skinned human beings around today. And the reason for that is white people are genetically deficient of the chemical that makes the black colour of our skin. In other words a melanin deficient white couple cannot or are genetically incapable of having a Black/Brown baby, you see. That's why when Allah said we all came from One Male and One Female couple everything becomes very clear indeed. You see, we Black and Brown people of Africa have this genetic ability to give birth to a perfectly healthy albino baby with blond hair and blue eyes, you see. And this albino baby of ours can perfectly pass as a white baby boy/girl in any European country. So the fact is even you guys are perpetrating the same racist bigotry y'all have learned since you were kids. So brother Paul the fact is some of us Black people are as black as midnight or as black as the ebony tree. You guys are not white bcuz actually the term white was conceived in the 19th century in the USA of ofcuz. THE BIRTH OF A WHITE NATION BY JACQUELINE BRATOLLA on RUclips or you can buy the book. There's another thing I want everyone to get in their skull we Africans started the religion of monotheism. The so called middle-east is in fact North-East Africa and Israel aka CANAAN was founded by a Black African man plus it's still on the African tectonic plate which makes it part of Africa. Saudi Arabia used to be part of the African continent as well till the separation of the tectonic plates some 30,000 years ago to create what we call today as the Arabian tectonic plate. We Africans know who we are( the ones who know our true history). We started all this bcuz we were here when the beginning began. Lots of people don't know that only 8,000 years all the Europeans alive were dark skinned. And all so called white people alive today have a darker skin underneath all this "whiteness"they think they have but in reality they are no different from any albino. Here is 2 videos to further explain my point: THE EVOLUTION OF SKIN COLOUR BY DR. NINA JABLONSKI. (2) THE FEW THINGS MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT WHITE PEOPLE BY GOBLACKTOAFRICA both on RUclips. We are the fathers and mothers of y'all so if you hate on us you are actually hating on yourselves. AMOS 9-7. May Allah increase us all in knowledge and understanding and may Allah continue to bless Africa and Africans always. Salaam Aleikum 🙏🏿 PS: THE SIN OF RACISM WAS COMMITTED SUBHANNALLA IN FRONT OF ALLAH (SWT) HIMSELF. IT'S THE OLDEST SIN IN THE UNIVERS AND WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IT'S TARGET.
Hey and another thing about the Indians and Blackness: ANY WHERE YOU COME FROM AS LONG AS YOU ARE A BLACK MAN YOU ARE AN AFRICAN. This is bcuz we Africans were the first humans to explore the planet we call Earth.. So anywhere you find a Black person on this planet they originated originally from Africa no doubt about that. This is something you guys cannot rap your heads around bcuz of your inbred racism. We populated the world that's why there is no human being alive today who doesn't have the mark of the African skin deep. There's is in fact anti Blackness in all the so called Abrahamic religions even though Abraham was an African man who lived on the continent of Africa which we call today moronically the middle-east. This are the facts everyone is trying very hard to hide. May Allah increase us all in knowledge and understanding.
Hadeeth which says Ethiopian or raisin head has an anti-racist message behind it. Prophet (SAW) is indicating that a leader cannot be disobeyed just because of their race, social hierarchy or looks. In 23 years of his mission, racism was countered to great extent. It is not easy to rewire social order in such a short period, especially in tribal society. Especially when Muslim gained social power during the last 13 years.
Outstanding discussion. The subconscious pressure to whiten and lighten dark skin in the Muslim world and non-muslim parts of Africa is pervasive. This trend is a direct correlation to constantly reinforced negative images and perceptions about dark and black skin. The only way to reverse this trend is to consciously address it in discussions like this one and to accept the diversity of the human family as living proof of the power of Allah (swt). The concept of racism is an attribute of Iblis who was rejected for his own racist arrogance.
بارك الله فيكم... اللهم اغفر لوالدينا و ارحمهما و اجمعنا معهما في الفردوس الأعلى مع الأنبياء و الشهداء و الصالحين و جميع موتى المسلمين.. اللهم احقن دماء المسلمين و انصرهم على من عاداهم.. رب إني مسني الضر و أنت أرحم الراحمين... لا إله إلا أنت سبحانك إني كنت من الظالمين..... ...........
If you want an author who wrote on this same topic with way less baggage, I suggest you invite Mustafa Briggs. His book Beyond Bilal is wonderful & he carries himself with both dignity & class.
As Dave Chapelle once said "if you're an American, then you're racist". And to modify this quote slightly, "if you're an American then you're racial". And the reason is because America is a racial state. A state founded mainly on race unlike Europe where states are based on nation. America is like Europe but without the nations. It is a continent sized country where all European nationalisms and nationalities come to an end.
Euurope is also based on tribes. Please educate yourself, what do you think is a Germanic person ? Same goes for Araab countries, why do you think Kurds want their own land ? Palestiine wants isreali gone ? Triiballism is everywhere in the world. Stop singling out ameriica only.
In the US, the Amish / Mennonite Church (you know, some of whom ride horse and carriage, live on farms and don't use electricity) speak a language called Pennsylvania Dutch, and they call anyone else from the outside, 'English'. Regardless of if they were an African person, a Mexican or Asian person. They're all English, meaning non-Amish Dutch.
It was the famous Spanish author *_Miguel de Cervantes_* best known for his novel "Don Quixote," who was captured by pirates. In 1575, Cervantes was traveling from Italy to Spain on board the ship El Sol when it was attacked by Ottoman _pirates._ He and his brother Rodrigo were captured and taken to Algiers, where they were held as _slaves_ for five years. During his captivity, Cervantes attempted to escape several times but was always recaptured. Cervantes was eventually _ransomed_ in 1580, and he returned to Spain.
There is racism everywhere! The Islamic world is no exception. If you think there is any hint of racism in the scripture, i.e. the Qur'an, then you've most certainly misunderstood or misinterpreted it. If you think there is racism in the hadith, then congratulations, you've only found racism in the opinions of some men.
This is going to sound very superficial, but did anyone notice that this is a session on blackness with someone called Brown, who is white. Tickled pink!
Paul you should make a video about the negative affects Darwinism and it's racism had on society, i suggest the book "Darwinian Racism" by Richard Weikart it talks about how Darwinism influenced Nazism and White nationalism.
Old arabs call white horses blue, maybe exploring how arabs named horses coat colors can shed some light on the topic, They also call green pastures back, old arabic can be very confusing when it comes to colors :)
yes , dark blue night , when Egyptians offered the cover of ka'ba they offered green colour but nowadays KSA offered the black colour as thier culture represent the most valuable gems is the black opposite to Egyptians green and gold are more valuable so it depends a lot by people environment and culture
For a man who said he's been asked the reason for the book several times over, you'd think that he would have a better response than the rambling answer he gave. Brings to question the integrity of the author.
@41:50 Professor Brown said that most scholars in the early Islamic period would class Arabs as black as opposed to red, but @42:54 he says pre-Islamic Arabs in 200-300 AD depicted themselves in paintings not far from Mecca as red as opposed to black. How do we reconcile these two statements? Is it that the latter was just a less common view within the bipartite schema?
10 min into it I can’t digest that Islam scripture is inherently antiblack. I am Asian Muslim ( not Arab ) and what the message passed down to me has been contrary and actually this is the one of the few things I really like. Arabs may be arrogant but now Islam ☪️. Let’s see what I gather will I listen to whole thing !
I appreciate you interviewing people with beneficial knowledge, though you take he heat sometimes for them being controversial figures. This channel is academic and of higher caliber than other Islamic channels. If a person doesn't have a discerning eye, is easily swayed, or can't crticially think then your channel is not for them.
I suggest hosting these sheikhs who are knowledgeable people. 1. Sheikh Joe Bradford to talk about the rights of Muslim women and contemporary women's issues (he is a graduate of Islamic law from the Islamic University in Medina) 2. Dr. Sami Ameri is one of the most prominent professors in comparing religions and responding to suspicions about Islam. He has many books on that.
In Southeast Asia, at least from my locality in Sulawesi, Indonesia, we consider average Southeast Asians as somewhere between black to brown (sawo matang - id). When we said that someone's skin is white, usually when we refer to Chinese or Japanese, sometimes European. So, darker (black) - medium (brown) - lighter (white). By the way, I consider my color as a Malayan Tapir. Please google it to show some respect to my motorbike day... 😅
The link is about how the Roman church has trapped the 'christians' with the english language - something which they cannot do with others who use different language scripts
the "unity with Devine" thought of some of the extreme Sufies is Kufr and take you astray from the fold of Islam "تعالى الله عما يصفون" God is above all his creations
Yeah you have an ignorant understanding of language. I could also be very literal and say that you saying Allah is "above" his creation is anthropomorphic because "above" implies a body positioned in space. Learn how language works. Fanā is not becoming God it's the full realization that all besides God is an illusion in that it's existence is contingent upon Him
@@Alejandro-te2nt Are you a Muslim? i am talking about religion not language and he literally said "unity" with "Devine".. that is extreme Sufi thoughts and we studied about lots of those who believed in this false ideologue such as "Ebn arabi" they believed that "God is incarnate in every creations" أستغفر الله تعالى i will quote the quran "ليس كمثله شيء وهو السميع البصير"
@@Alejandro-te2nt i will answer in Arabic and you can google translate if you want.. الله سبحانه وتعالى يقول في القرآن الكريم "أم أمنتم من في السماء أن يرسل عليكم حاصبا" ويقول عز وجل "يد الله فوق أيديهم" ويقول عز وجل "وقالت اليهود يد الله مغلولة غلت أيديهم ولعنوا بما قالوا بل يداه مبسوطتان ينفق كيف يشاء" ولذلك فإن الفهم الصحيح أن الله سبحانه وتعالي منزه عن خلقه ولكنه موجود وليس كمثله شيء وهو السميع البصير ونثبت له ما جاء في كتابه الكريم من صفات فقط دون مغالاة كالصوفية أو إنكار كما فعل المعتزلة
None of the above, ie Crusoe or Stevenson were kidnapped by pirates or slave traders. It was the Spanish author Cervantes (author of Don Quixote) who was kidnapped by pirates.
The wesst is literally worshiiping black people nowadays meanwhile the easst is obsessed with whiite skin color. Please stop focusing on skin color and start focusing on character.
The West is not worshipping black people and many people have bought into the negative stereotypes about black people! The West has demonized black people. Black people are seen negatively all around the world because of the West. We face Racism no matter where we go because of the white Europeans! They are the ones who set the beauty standards and said white people are superior and taught their kids this and made sure all black people understood that they were inferior. Allah says all that matters is the deeds we are only better than another person based on piety. Skin color means nothing to Allah. But Racism has influenced humans in general everywhere in the world. The shaitan is very crafty racism was used to oppress black people. Racism is based off of three components systemic oppression, institutionalized power, and prejudice. Until people understand the meaning of Racism not many can really understand why racism exist and why it isn't going anywhere.
this talk was mostly about the author and his perspective writing it, but someone drawn by the title did not get to know what islam actually says about the subject
He did read the ultimate conclusion of his research out loud at the beginning of the video. I think with an interview of this length it's difficult to explain the entire topic in a cohesive way, I hope he gives a longer talk about it in the future. But the book is very good and detailed, he also references and recommends other works on this topic by black muslim scholars.
Dude, tell us something that we don’t already know! We know to separate the prejudices of people from Islam. Yet, (maybe unintentionally) you are mixing race and color with Islamic practices. This is also a ploy to keep black people focused on discussing race in Islam and living in trauma instead of seeing themselves on equal footing in the eyes of Allah.
If you look at who raised prophet Mohamed scw and he called mum was a black woman and the person the sahaba used to send to the prophet when everyone else was dared not was a black kids named osama ibnu zayd so how could he be a racist?
His most favourite usama bin zayd was half black and the prophet defended him, Abu dhar said something about bilal and the prophet defended him also the most famous hadith of no superiority between black and white
I had a debate with a Muslim about this on blogging theology the other day and he is telling me they don't speak about Racism in Islam because it doesn't really exist??and also trivialising people in the west speaking about the problem and protesting as well...I don't think it's correct that God does not want us to stand up and protest against injustice..in fact its the opposite..if we don't protest nothing will change...there is lots of racism among Muslims in countries such as Morocco Bangladesh Lybia Saudi and the rest...I have witnessed this with my own eyes many times...it is very sinful to call on the name of God but not live in brotherhood with your fellow beings so education is key...so all Mosques should address this...the Muslims are not alone in this sickness as Christians are even worse...Hypocrisy knows no ends it seems.
Yes, racism does exist in the Muslim community however it would be unfair to compare it with European/American racism because that is a class of its own. Racism in the Muslim Ummah, historically and contemporaneously speaking, exists as a human weakness or like an inner demon. However, Islam puts that genie in the bottle, so to speak, and strongly discourages anyone from opening the lid. Not only through its theoretical teachings but also through practical application like five daily prayers, Hajj (the Great Annual Pilgrimage to Mecca), fasting in the holy month of Ramadan and Zakath (obligatory charity) which is usually paid in the month of Ramadan in order to earn more blessings and rewards with God, Islam manages this human weakness which Satan always exploits it to destroy humankind. When the prophet (peace be upon him) said: "Arrange the rows in order, stand shoulder to shoulder, close the gaps, be accommodating to your brothers, and do not leave gaps for Satan". And when he 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).'' (Both of the hadiths mentioned in Abu Dawood). What he means is that these gaps, these separations between brothers-in-faith allow Satan to sow seeds of discord like racism, nationalism, tribalism etc.
@@Lavish1717 no one is forced to "race mix" in the west, its actually the opposite. The western world for the longest time has forbidden whites and non-whites to marry, while Islam has always allowed it. You thinking that mixing is something negative should be the thing to worry about.
@@Lavish1717 Yes, you're right, however, it doesn't stop race-mixing either. If a man and a woman mutually like another and intend to get married although each belonging to different race, then Islam doesn't forbid or stop them from doing so. Race is a secondary thing in Islam. It's mainly for identification purposes. Other than that, Islam places no importance on race, ethnicity and/or nationality. The Prophet (peace be upon him) himself married Maria al-Qibtiyyah who was a Coptic Egyptian (aka not an Arab). He also married Ṣafīyyah bint Ḥuyayy who was ethnically Jewish (aka not Arab). And prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him) himself had a wife named Haajar (aka Hagar) who was an Egyptian woman i.e. not an Arab. The point is race is never an important thing in Islam. To Allah, all races are equal as He's the Creator and Lord of all human races. In a hadith, the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Allah does not look at your faces and you wealth but He looks at your hearts and your actions.
@@user-lr2iy7mc7wincredible. The "western world" is not a single state. Anybody could and can marry anybody else in England, France, Holland etc through all of history, you simply don't understand Western culture. You're not supposed to just make stuff up.
Interesting speech by Dr. Brown. We should note that Islam and blackness are NOT mutually exclusive. There are millions of black Muslims in the world. Islam means Submission ONLY to God(Allah) without associating partners with Him in worship(e.g. Trinity) or worshipping other deities-Zeus, Apollo, Jupiter, Baal, Hanuman, Lat, Uzza, Manaat etc. The first Muslims were Adam(pbuh) and Eve(Gbph). Jesus(pbuh) is a Muslim, Moses(pbuh) is a Muslim, Abraham(pbuh) and all prophets and messengers of God(Allah) are Muslims. As such, it's kind of confusing to compare Islam and blackness. It's more appropriate to compare Arabs and blackness or Arab attitudes towards blacks. Islam came to eradicate these ailments and NOT to promote it. White folks racism towards blacks has been more intense than Arab Muslim racism. The latter is at least restrained by the demands of the faith and back-off fast except for those who are not religiously observant. But as humans both whites, Arabs and others of pale colours are mesmerized by the black colour which they wrongly consider bad omen or unattractive. They should ask God(Allah) why He Created black folks. White folks even changed Biblical texts to read that God(Allah) created black folks to be their slaves after they laughed at their naked father. Slavery in Africa was not started by Africans who sold their own people as wrongly portrayed by the West. It was a matter of demand and supply. The New World had high demand for labour. As usual, those in business found a new product- African slaves. If we observe carefully, the people in business today are the same ones who traded in slavery. Whites, Arabs, Jews(by faith) and Indians. Only few blacks are in business. For capitalization of letters, the Only letter we need to capitalize is the letter G for God(Allah) so that we can correctly translate the Shahada or Declaration of faith La ilaha ila Allah as No god but God.
It is impossible to consider anything, I mean anything that the prophet SA said or did can be racist or considered to be so. So what if the head or hair is like raisin? I visited masjid in Roxbury in Boston and the Imam who is black and me who is even darker than him have no problem with the Hadith when we discussed it. If you don't comb your wet hair, that is what you get. Jewish people have same type of hair with bigger looser curl. The comedian carrot head has this type of hair. My grandson has such hair with bigger looser curl.
Next book is “Islam and Whiteness”. Discusses Muslims throughout history needing a white savior and colonizer for acceptance. American Muslims, while having great scholars in islam, look to a white scholar with lesser knowledge to lead the people to look at islam through the lens of “civilized” white man. Right to the point where they find that they have lost their deen.
at 28:20, about the mutilation part, were slaves not mutilated as a punishment? and once they were mutilated they would loose their value (selling them would become hard), so when i heard the hadith for me it meant that a slave who was a disobedient/lazy/worthless person somehow ended up in-charge, then you must obey him as he is not less than you in the eye of God and it will lead to problems in society as everybody will start claiming it to be their place to rule/lead etc
@@imammamunu9537 he was always in support of the traditional Sunni position but he said that in the American context we Muslims should support the LGBT cause insofar as they support the Muslims against anti-muslim far right hate. He then retracted and now support the mainstream Sunni position that we should never ally ourselves with qawm Lut under any circumstances.
Islam is NOT racist, BUT racism entered into Islam, in full force, under the Abbasid (White Folks: Persian, Turks, and Byzantines) Dynasty. PHASE I: Pre-Quranic Islam (> 1000 BCE-610 CE) - Black Sheep (people) PHASE II: Muhammad and the Caliphs (610-661) - Black Sheep (people) PHASE III: The Umayyad Dynasty (661-750) - Black Sheep (people) PHASE IV: The Abbasid Dynasty (750-1258) Black, Brown, Largely white (Persian) PHASE V: Turkish Islam (1055-1924) - White sheep (people) PROPHET MUHAMMAD’S VISION OF BLACK SHEEP vs. WHITE SHEEP : It is reported that the Prophet Mohamed (pbuh) said, (In a dream) I saw myself following a herd of black sheep. Then a group of white sheep came (and mixed with the black sheep) until they (the white sheep) became so many that the black sheep could no longer be seen in the herd of sheep." Abu Bakr, the companion of the Prophet (pbuh) and the interpreter of dreams, said, "Oh Messenger of Allah. As for the black sheep, they are the Arabs. They will accept Islam and become many. The white sheep are the non-Arab Persians, etc. They will accept Islam and become so many that the Arabs will not be noticed amongst them." The Prophet Mohamed (pbuh) then said that an angel had interpreted the dream the same way.
@@4riri. No sir, Bilal father was an Arab, not black. Jabir (Allah be pleased with him) reported: There came a slave and pledg- ed allegiance to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) on migration; he (the Holy Prophet) did not know that he was a slave. Then there came his master and demanded him back, whereupon Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) said: Sell him to me. And he (The Prophet) bought him (The Slave) for two Black Slaves, and he did not afterwards take allegiance from anyone until he had asked him whether he was a slave (or a free man) Sahih Muslim 10:3901 ☹️
@@lahleholivia7398 Bilal is black. He was African. And as much as you are disappointed about that, it was normalised back then, however that doesn't imply that the religion itself promotes it. "O people, your Lord is one and your father Adam is one. There is no favor of an Arab over a foreigner, nor a foreigner over an Arab, and neither white skin over black skin, nor black skin over white skin, except by righteousness. Have I not delivered the message?" -Musnad Aḥmad 22978 It will be disturbing everywhere but that's history.
@@4riri. No sir his father was an Arab his mother from Ethiopia. Abu bakr bought him using a black Slave from the prophet Very sad for black Slave. And prophet used his 2 black Slaves for one Arab slave like Bilal. And on the day of resurrection you shall see those who lied against Allah; their faces shall be blackened. Is there not in hell an abode for the proud? Qur'an 39:60. Why do they have to be black. Why not red or purple. This very racist and disappointing.
This doesn’t change the fact that the houri’s of paradise are described as faiir skiin color. Most guys around the world are attracted to lighter or whiiter skiin on ladies. When afriican guys become riich in the wesst, they tend to choose light skiin or whiite ladies instead of dark ones. Even Araab rich guys choose light whiite looking levant girls for wives in the gulf. How can you take out this desire for whiite skiin from the hearts of guys around the world ?
The ORIGINAL ARABS TOOK PRIDE IN THEIR BLACKNESS!!! You insulted (the family of the Prophet) because of their blackness (bi-l-sawad), while there are still deep black, pure-blooded Arabs. However, you are white - the Romans (Byzantines) have embellished your faces with their color. The color of the family of Hashim was not a bodily defect (aha).[From poem of Abu al-Hasan Ali b. al-Abbas b. Jurayj (Ibn al-Rumi) (d. 896), apud Abu al-Faraj al-Isbahani, Maqatil al-tãalibiyyin, 759] (Williams, 2009, p. 32).
The first thing I thought when as saw this duo is why is this debate about blackness so white. Then I listened, didn't learn anything new and my question was still valid. This might as well be a debate between two trustfund babies talking about poverty and every other sentence is about how they have never known poverty.
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As an African American of the diaspora, I’ve heard this Hadith during a khutbah from an African American imam. He worded it like this, the prophet (s.a.w.) said, obey your leader even if he’s an Ethiopian slave with hair like raisins. None of us were offended or even bothered in any way at all about the Hadith. When I was a small boy my oldest sister used to call me a peasy head rascal. My brother would say my head looks like a parking lot!!! Basically what I’m saying is Allah (s.w.t.) and His messenger are not racist. How could He be when we know Him as The Just!!!
My sister was not being racist when she said that to me. And my brother was right, when I didn’t comb my hair it would roll up and become a lot with parked cars! I wasn’t offended then and I’m not now. I think the problem is, people lack understanding.
Agreed
Assalamualaikum brother muti racial American here kinda the same with me. I was the darkest of my family members and the youngest boy so I got the worst of it, my only question from them till now is why, and how did dark skin equate to lowness or "bad".
@@nonesname1979 In my case, me and my siblings loved each other but sometimes we would clown each other. There was no dislike or hatred for each other only jokes. They meant no harm.
So basically I’m just pointing out that we have people among us with hair that resemble peas or raisins and that doesn’t offend us because it’s a true description of some of us. ✌🏾👍🏿✌🏾
@@mr.stranger4951 right on I agree pretty much but how did this enter the zeitgeist?
Most ethnicities around the world have a dislike distrust or hatred for those darker than them.
هذا حديث مرفوض وغير صحيح كان يمكنك أن ترفضه وتنهي المهزلة بدل الدخول في ماراتون من التبريرات حتى تنقطع انفاسك النبي عليه السلام في حجة الوداع قال كلكم لآدم وادم من تراب لا فرق بين عربي واعجمي ولا اسود و ابيض إلى اخر الحديث الافضلية للتقوى في النهاية عليك الاختيار واحدا فقط
Few weeks ago I was in the türkisch shop with my son to buy some halal meat. I observed something disturbing. They had a new worker. He was a young black man, maybe 18 years old. He was comandet around and treated so respectless from the türkisch workers there. My blood was boiling, when I saw that. I was angry at those türkisch workers. I thought, how dare you to treat any human like that. I felt so sorry for this young man. I didn't know what to say to this ppl, but I had the urge to do something. So I went to this young man and said, excuse me, what's your name, young man. He looked frightened and thought a little, before he said, his name is John. I smiled to him and said, that he is doing a great job. I thanked him and wished him a nice day. He was surprised. I wanted go, but then I turned again to him and said, I will make Dua for you brother John. Hes face lighted up and he thanked me. I made Dua for him and I hope so much that ppl don't mistreat black ppl. I was more upset about that, because they were Muslims, who should know better.
My mother is has German ancestors and she is a racist and I listened many racist statements in home. But I always rebelled against this sentiment. It triggers me really when I see racism on display. As German Muslim I myself was too target of racism. I was told to go home, told to wear German appropriate clothing and other suttel discrimination. But anyway we Muslims should know better and not discriminate.
You have a beautiful soul. May Allah love you! And may He protect our black brothers/sisters and any other muslims from any oppression.
@@IngramSnake Amin 🤲
Let it be known to all:
Through the Holy Spirit, God has put it on me to preach to those lost in the devil's deceit!
I tell ye, truly, Jesus of Nazareth is the propitiation for the whole world's sins. He is the anointed one, for he is, Jesus Christ. God the Father has raised him from the dead; who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God! Angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life: no one comes to the Father, but by him. They who believe and are baptized with the Holy Spirit shall be saved; but they who believe not shall be damned. For they who believe not on him, shall die in their sins!
I tell ye now to repent of your sins, accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, and you'll receive the gift of the Holy Spirit upon asking the Father!
There are *NO* sub-divisions of Christianity. You're either a disciple of Christ or not. A Christian is someone who follows God's word, not a religion. Who obey the Father and follow his will; not man's nor their own heart's. Unless you keep Jesus' commandments, think not the Holy Spirit will dwell within you!
They who heed this message and did what was stated with an open heart to God...
Read the Holy Bible (KJV) daily and every time before you read, pray to the Father and ask:
"Lord I ask that you give me understanding of your word, that I interpret it the way you want me to, and none of my own. I ask you in Jesus' name, amen."
1 John 2:2 KJV
2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
Acts 13:26-33 KJV
26 Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, *and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.*
27 *For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.*
28 And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.
29 *And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.*
30 *But God raised him from the dead:*
31 And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.
32 *And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,*
33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
1 Peter 3:22 KJV
22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
John 14:6 KJV
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Mark 16:16 KJV
16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
John 8:24 KJV
24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
Acts 2:38 KJV
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Luke 11:13 KJV
13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
John 14:21-24 KJV
21 *He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.*
22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
23 Jesus answered and said unto him, *If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.*
24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and *the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.*
@@Call_Upon_YAH If we want to read the Bible, we just take it from our shelves and read it. One question to the Christian preachers. Just want to know, because it annoys me so much. I would like to know, why you Christian preachers preach in such penetrant way. What's your goal actually? And why did you choose this way to convey your message? Do you have other ways and did you consider them?
@@abuzolfiqar2122 'Race' is a social myth and not a biological reality. Scientific/biological racism is discredited as invalid in the light of modern genetic research.
Closing in on 200K Paul!
Lol no one expected to see you here
It's awesome to hear word "Kashmiri" from the professor because I am from Indian Occupied Kashmir. I wish there was a conversation on Kashmir and Islam on this channel انشاء اللہ
Thanks!
Many thanks!
Thanks for addressing the elephant in the room from the very beginning. Im sure there have been books written on this topic by black Muslims but if you feel you can add to the discourse in a productive way then more power to you. I plan on reading it at the earliest opportunity.
Salams Paul :) a very good subject:) I’m here after the video regarding Seerah that was rather unsettling only to come here and feel calmness enveloping me :) Alhamdulillah:)
Ustad Mustafa Briggs author of “Beyond bilal” also great on this subject matter. I would love to see him on your show as well
I've seen many black Muslim scholars and black Sufi spiritual masters whose radiant faces were enlighted by their saintly character and soul, no matter how dark their skin color is.
While I've also met many light skinned Arabs whose faces were darkened by their evil character and impureness in their soul.
I say this as a Hejazi Arab from Makkah region.
True beauty and value is in actions and character not in skin color!
those arab are anti sufi , anti zuhud , what u expect ? they are worship allah for jannah and stay away from hell , not because allah is their creator , that is the result by worshiping WORD instead ALLAH . i guess they will shock if they heard about wahdatul wujud or ittihad or even hulul by al halaj
He is HUMAN. NOT PERFECT. He did more for Islam than those who criticize him. Everyone makes mistake including those attacking Dr. Brown. Islam doesn't teach you that. Even Allah is All Merciful. We guide him with utmost kindest.
just a munafiq defending a munafiq.
@@gaber42424 whether he is a munafiq or not, only Allah knows. Dont become a takfiri bro
What did he do wrong?
@@MotuBiral
throwing random words won't terrorize me from saying that he's a munafiq and a murtad.
supporting qawm lut in any way get you out from islam, that's known by necessity and won't be shut by some munafiqeen nor madkhalis nor random robots.
@@brofrombrum8502 supporting modern day qawm lut and calling muslims to protest and support their right to marry. after "studying a half book of fiqh".
Jonathan Brown is a very interesting character who I would love to learn more from. May Allah SWT bless him with more knowledge.
He is not one you should take knowledge from, please my dear brother or sister in Islam, take from the scholars of Islam, who are not people of desires. Take from them, they are the inheritors of the prophets عليه السلام , they are the righteous. This man is a man of desires just look at his face, he shaves his beard, that’s a major sin, and that’s enough to tell you he’s a man of desires
@@abdulwadood.8 What source do you have to prove that shaving the beard is a major sin?
@@atiphwyne5609 Shaving the beard is haram because of the sahih ahadith that clearly state this, and because of the general application of texts that forbid resembling the unbelievers.
Ibn ‘Umar narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Be different from the polytheists; let your beards grow and trim your moustaches.” According to another report: “Trim your moustaches and let your beards grow .”
There are other hadith which convey the same meaning, which is to leave the beard as it is and let it grow long, without shaving, plucking or cutting any part of it.
Ibn Hazm reported that there was scholarly consensus that it is an obligation to trim the moustache and let the beard grow . He quoted a number of ahadith as evidence, including the hadith of Ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) quoted above, and the hadith of Zayd ibn Arqam in which the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Whoever does not remove any of his moustache is not one of us.” (Classed as sahih by al-Tirmidhi).
Ibn Hazm said in al-Furu’: “This formula according to our colleagues [i.e., the Hanbalis] means that it is haram to shave the beard .”
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
“The Quran, Sunnah and ijma’ (scholarly consensus) all indicate that we must differ from the unbelievers in all aspects and not imitate them, because imitating them on the outside will make us imitate them in their bad deeds and habits, and even in beliefs, which will result in befriending them in our hearts, just as loving them in our hearts will lead to imitating them on the outside. Al-Tirmidhi reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “He is not one of us who imitates people other than us. Do not imitate the Jews and Christians.” According to another version: “Whoever imitates a people is one of them. ” (Reported by al-Imam Ahmad)
‘Umar ibn al-Khattab rejected the testimony of the person who plucked his beard. Al-Imam Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr said in al-Tamhid: “It is forbidden to shave the beard, and no one does this except men who are effeminate” i.e., those who imitate women. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) had a thick beard (reported by Muslim from Jabir). It is not permitted to remove any part of the beard because of the general meaning of the texts which forbid doing so.”
Also, shaving the beard is a public sin everyone will see your face and look at it,
Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Everyone from my nation will be forgiven except those who sin in public.
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6069, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2990
Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Muslim
And Allah knows best.
@@abdulwadood.8 You make assumptions of people whom you have never met in your life. That's already a red flag. Why should I believe what you're saying?
@@hanaazqazi what’s apparent isn’t an assumption, use your eyes and mind and look at his actions. الله المستعان
May Allah عز وجل guide us all to the straight way
The beauty of the Arabic language or scripts is that there is no dilemma of capitalising words :)
Very humbling to watch 2 great muslim minds engage in very interesting discussion.
Lovely video! Jazakhallah khayr paul!❤
Inasmuch as I disagree with Dr. Brown on alot of issues, I'd have to admit, his work on slavery and blackness is very nice. And I'd say those works are purely academic with alot of references and citations, hence giving you as a reader the freedom to make up your mind.
An important distinction in his books is stressing the importance of how Islam is different from Muslims, Islam is perfect, Muslims are not.
Sura 30:22, “And among His Signs is the creation of the Heavens and the earth, and the variations in your languages and your colors: verily in that are Signs for those who know.” Alhumdullilah
day by day I'm seeing you and just impressed
I laughed a lot when Dr brown said he has never met someone as black as this book cover. You haven't seen the dinka people from South Sudan. They are very dark skinned & very tall. They are our neighbors as Ugandans 🇺🇬.
I’ve only read the first 50 or so pages of Dr Brown’s book but so far it has been great
Be it known:
Through the Holy Spirit, God has put it on me to preach to those lost in the devil's deceit!
I tell ye, truly, Jesus of Nazareth is the propitiation for the whole world's sins. He is the anointed one, for he is, Jesus Christ. God the Father has raised him from the dead; who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God! Angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life: no one comes to the Father, but by him. They who believe and are baptized with the Holy Spirit shall be saved; but they who believe not shall be damned. For they who believe not on him, shall die in their sins!
I tell ye now to repent of your sins, accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, and you'll receive the gift of the Holy Spirit upon asking the Father!
There are *NO* sub-divisions of Christianity. You're either a disciple of Christ or not. A Christian is someone who follows God's word, not a religion. Who obey the Father and follow his will; not man's nor their own heart's. Unless you keep Jesus' commandments, think not the Holy Spirit will dwell within you!
They who heed this message and did what was stated with an open heart to God...
Read the Holy Bible (KJV) daily and every time before you read, pray to the Father and ask:
"Lord I ask that you give me understanding of your word, that I interpret it the way you want me to, and none of my own. I ask you in Jesus' name, amen."
1 John 2:2 KJV
2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
Acts 13:26-33 KJV
26 Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, *and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.*
27 *For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.*
28 And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.
29 *And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.*
30 *But God raised him from the dead:*
31 And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.
32 *And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,*
33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
1 Peter 3:22 KJV
22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
John 14:6 KJV
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Mark 16:16 KJV
16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
John 8:24 KJV
24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
Acts 2:38 KJV
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Luke 11:13 KJV
13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
John 14:21-24 KJV
21 *He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.*
22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
23 Jesus answered and said unto him, *If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.*
24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and *the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.*
Salaam Aleikum Brother Paul I feel terribly sorry for you and your host when both of you started to insinuate that there are no Black people who are actually black in colour. Well brother Paul I must say that is not only a very ignorant statement it's also a bit of bigotry going on here. Brother Paul bcuz you so called "white" people are not actually white both of you ignorantly and with a pinch of arrogance want to wrongly insinuate that we Black people are not in fact Black and Brown skinned human beings. Your guest might be a scholar but he is just as ignorant as any bloke on the street when it comes to this matter. Brother Paul in all the lands of Africa we have Africans who are ( am sure you have never heard of this phrase before) ebony black. In the South of Sudan we have lots of Black Africans who are Midnight Black and like the Qur'an will confirm in sura 15-26 AND WE DID CERTAINLY CREATE MAN OUT OF CLAY FROM AN ALTERED BLACK MUD. This verse actually confirms something brother Paul and that something is if white people were the first humans, there won't be a Black or Brown skinned human beings around today. And the reason for that is white people are genetically deficient of the chemical that makes the black colour of our skin. In other words a melanin deficient white couple cannot or are genetically incapable of having a Black/Brown baby, you see. That's why when Allah said we all came from One Male and One Female couple everything becomes very clear indeed. You see, we Black and Brown people of Africa have this genetic ability to give birth to a perfectly healthy albino baby with blond hair and blue eyes, you see. And this albino baby of ours can perfectly pass as a white baby boy/girl in any European country. So the fact is even you guys are perpetrating the same racist bigotry y'all have learned since you were kids. So brother Paul the fact is some of us Black people are as black as midnight or as black as the ebony tree. You guys are not white bcuz actually the term white was conceived in the 19th century in the USA of ofcuz. THE BIRTH OF A WHITE NATION BY JACQUELINE BRATOLLA on RUclips or you can buy the book. There's another thing I want everyone to get in their skull we Africans started the religion of monotheism. The so called middle-east is in fact North-East Africa and Israel aka CANAAN was founded by a Black African man plus it's still on the African tectonic plate which makes it part of Africa. Saudi Arabia used to be part of the African continent as well till the separation of the tectonic plates some 30,000 years ago to create what we call today as the Arabian tectonic plate. We Africans know who we are( the ones who know our true history). We started all this bcuz we were here when the beginning began. Lots of people don't know that only 8,000 years all the Europeans alive were dark skinned. And all so called white people alive today have a darker skin underneath all this "whiteness"they think they have but in reality they are no different from any albino. Here is 2 videos to further explain my point: THE EVOLUTION OF SKIN COLOUR BY DR. NINA JABLONSKI. (2) THE FEW THINGS MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT WHITE PEOPLE BY GOBLACKTOAFRICA both on RUclips. We are the fathers and mothers of y'all so if you hate on us you are actually hating on yourselves. AMOS 9-7.
May Allah increase us all in knowledge and understanding and may Allah continue to bless Africa and Africans always. Salaam Aleikum 🙏🏿
PS: THE SIN OF RACISM WAS COMMITTED SUBHANNALLA IN FRONT OF ALLAH (SWT) HIMSELF. IT'S THE OLDEST SIN IN THE UNIVERS AND WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IT'S TARGET.
Hey and another thing about the Indians and Blackness: ANY WHERE YOU COME FROM AS LONG AS YOU ARE A BLACK MAN YOU ARE AN AFRICAN. This is bcuz we Africans were the first humans to explore the planet we call Earth.. So anywhere you find a Black person on this planet they originated originally from Africa no doubt about that. This is something you guys cannot rap your heads around bcuz of your inbred racism. We populated the world that's why there is no human being alive today who doesn't have the mark of the African skin deep. There's is in fact anti Blackness in all the so called Abrahamic religions even though Abraham was an African man who lived on the continent of Africa which we call today moronically the middle-east. This are the facts everyone is trying very hard to hide.
May Allah increase us all in knowledge and understanding.
Hadeeth which says Ethiopian or raisin head has an anti-racist message behind it. Prophet (SAW) is indicating that a leader cannot be disobeyed just because of their race, social hierarchy or looks. In 23 years of his mission, racism was countered to great extent. It is not easy to rewire social order in such a short period, especially in tribal society. Especially when Muslim gained social power during the last 13 years.
The prophet didn’t even say Ethiopians have raisen heads he give a specific stereotype to emphasis the message
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Most of them do have raisin heads, it’s not a bad thing. It’s just a description like how Russian people have flag lolipop head
@@IYeleven and most of Europeans or white people in general look like Neanderthals
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I noticed blaq guys love those neanderthal looking whiite ladies
Outstanding discussion. The subconscious pressure to whiten and lighten dark skin in the Muslim world and non-muslim parts of Africa is pervasive. This trend is a direct correlation to constantly reinforced negative images and perceptions about dark and black skin. The only way to reverse this trend is to consciously address it in discussions like this one and to accept the diversity of the human family as living proof of the power of Allah (swt). The concept of racism is an attribute of Iblis who was rejected for his own racist arrogance.
We want a session with D.Brown on hadith science vs hcm.
Safina Society just made a video covering alot of this topic recently,
@@Yazan8565 I watched it, but Dr. Jonathan is an expert on this.
@@youssssef yes we want this session to happen!
HCM = Historical critical method?
He's written extensively on it on Yaqeen, though
Another great topic... Amazing, thanks...
I deeply like that man.
I hope I meet him one day.
Thank you for hosting him Paul.
Thank you.
The only way to fight ignorance is with sound knowledge.
Islam is a knowledge based religion.
May Allah bless the heirs of the Prophets.
بارك الله فيكم...
اللهم اغفر لوالدينا و ارحمهما و اجمعنا معهما في الفردوس الأعلى مع الأنبياء و الشهداء و الصالحين و جميع موتى المسلمين..
اللهم احقن دماء المسلمين و انصرهم على من عاداهم..
رب إني مسني الضر و أنت أرحم الراحمين...
لا إله إلا أنت سبحانك إني كنت من الظالمين.....
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Brother Jonathan has been so brave in this interview. May Allah protect him. And may he stay strong in all areas.
Full of Insights. Thanks.
If you want an author who wrote on this same topic with way less baggage, I suggest you invite Mustafa Briggs. His book Beyond Bilal is wonderful & he carries himself with both dignity & class.
Super beneficial episode and phenomenal work of Dr Brown mashallah
As Dave Chapelle once said "if you're an American, then you're racist". And to modify this quote slightly, "if you're an American then you're racial". And the reason is because America is a racial state. A state founded mainly on race unlike Europe where states are based on nation. America is like Europe but without the nations. It is a continent sized country where all European nationalisms and nationalities come to an end.
Euurope is also based on tribes. Please educate yourself, what do you think is a Germanic person ? Same goes for Araab countries, why do you think Kurds want their own land ? Palestiine wants isreali gone ? Triiballism is everywhere in the world. Stop singling out ameriica only.
In the US, the Amish / Mennonite Church (you know, some of whom ride horse and carriage, live on farms and don't use electricity) speak a language called Pennsylvania Dutch, and they call anyone else from the outside, 'English'. Regardless of if they were an African person, a Mexican or Asian person. They're all English, meaning non-Amish Dutch.
Interesting point thank you
It was the famous Spanish author *_Miguel de Cervantes_* best known for his novel "Don Quixote," who was captured by pirates. In 1575, Cervantes was traveling from Italy to Spain on board the ship El Sol when it was attacked by Ottoman _pirates._ He and his brother Rodrigo were captured and taken to Algiers, where they were held as _slaves_ for five years. During his captivity, Cervantes attempted to escape several times but was always recaptured. Cervantes was eventually _ransomed_ in 1580, and he returned to Spain.
Must be the reason why ''Don Quixote'' has many Islamic elements in it
Miguel de Cervantes must have had Algerian teachers
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Was he captured because he was whiite ? Why they kept enslavving him ??why do so many musliims prize whiite skiin ??
There is racism everywhere! The Islamic world is no exception.
If you think there is any hint of racism in the scripture, i.e. the Qur'an, then you've most certainly misunderstood or misinterpreted it.
If you think there is racism in the hadith, then congratulations, you've only found racism in the opinions of some men.
This is going to sound very superficial, but did anyone notice that this is a session on blackness with someone called Brown, who is white. Tickled pink!
Hopefully won't denigrate his fair name
This video is very engaging and interesting
I hope to buy this book.
Paul you should make a video about the negative affects Darwinism and it's racism had on society, i suggest the book "Darwinian Racism" by Richard Weikart it talks about how Darwinism influenced Nazism and White nationalism.
Slough is a lovely place to visit
بسم الله ما شاء الله.
Excellent talk.
Old arabs call white horses blue, maybe exploring how arabs named horses coat colors can shed some light on the topic,
They also call green pastures back, old arabic can be very confusing when it comes to colors :)
yes , dark blue night , when Egyptians offered the cover of ka'ba they offered green colour but nowadays KSA
offered the black colour as thier culture represent the most valuable gems is the black opposite to Egyptians green and gold are more valuable so it depends a lot by people environment and culture
Cervantes, The author of don Quijote was captured in Algiers and enslaved for five years before his ransom was paid out. Fantastic topic.
For a man who said he's been asked the reason for the book several times over, you'd think that he would have a better response than the rambling answer he gave. Brings to question the integrity of the author.
A great and timely book
It is a milestone in underdtsnding how badly the church and white destroyed all their zeal and good will as immigrants
Assalamualaikum
I would like you to make a video about the most useful books for knowledge from ur library
Yes I was waiting for this alhamdulillah 👍🏾😁
Hope you enjoyed it!
@41:50 Professor Brown said that most scholars in the early Islamic period would class Arabs as black as opposed to red, but @42:54 he says pre-Islamic Arabs in 200-300 AD depicted themselves in paintings not far from Mecca as red as opposed to black. How do we reconcile these two statements? Is it that the latter was just a less common view within the bipartite schema?
I wish I could find his book as an ebook. It sounds quite interesting.
10 min into it I can’t digest that Islam scripture is inherently antiblack. I am Asian Muslim ( not Arab ) and what the message passed down to me has been contrary and actually this is the one of the few things I really like. Arabs may be arrogant but now Islam ☪️. Let’s see what I gather will I listen to whole thing !
I appreciate you interviewing people with beneficial knowledge, though you take he heat sometimes for them being controversial figures. This channel is academic and of higher caliber than other Islamic channels. If a person doesn't have a discerning eye, is easily swayed, or can't crticially think then your channel is not for them.
Shoutout to Kashmir Karahi in Slough, such a good spot!
I suggest hosting these sheikhs who are knowledgeable people.
1. Sheikh Joe Bradford to talk about the rights of Muslim women and contemporary women's issues (he is a graduate of Islamic law from the Islamic University in Medina)
2. Dr. Sami Ameri is one of the most prominent professors in comparing religions and responding to suspicions about Islam. He has many books on that.
In Southeast Asia, at least from my locality in Sulawesi, Indonesia, we consider average Southeast Asians as somewhere between black to brown (sawo matang - id). When we said that someone's skin is white, usually when we refer to Chinese or Japanese, sometimes European.
So, darker (black) - medium (brown) - lighter (white).
By the way, I consider my color as a Malayan Tapir. Please google it to show some respect to my motorbike day... 😅
“Mzungu” is a Swahili word for a foreign person or Westerner, and many times refers to a white person.
At least that’s how I use it when we speak.
In my country Mzungu refers to white people and "Mmanga" et western person. But Mzungu can be extended to western people as well.
What do you call araabs ?
@@IYeleven Arabs in Swahili would be “Waarabu”.
May Allah bless you all
The link is about how the Roman church has trapped the 'christians' with the english language - something which they cannot do with others who use different language scripts
West never given up slavery, human trafficking is slavery.
man I haven’t wanted to read a book this bad in years. but I’m broke. can anyone find a pdf😅
Try to borrow it from a library if you can brother
the "unity with Devine" thought of some of the extreme Sufies is Kufr and take you astray from the fold of Islam "تعالى الله عما يصفون" God is above all his creations
Yeah you have an ignorant understanding of language. I could also be very literal and say that you saying Allah is "above" his creation is anthropomorphic because "above" implies a body positioned in space. Learn how language works. Fanā is not becoming God it's the full realization that all besides God is an illusion in that it's existence is contingent upon Him
@@Alejandro-te2nt Are you a Muslim? i am talking about religion not language and he literally said "unity" with "Devine".. that is extreme Sufi thoughts and we studied about lots of those who believed in this false ideologue such as "Ebn arabi" they believed that "God is incarnate in every creations" أستغفر الله تعالى i will quote the quran "ليس كمثله شيء وهو السميع البصير"
@@Alejandro-te2nt i will answer in Arabic and you can google translate if you want.. الله سبحانه وتعالى يقول في القرآن الكريم "أم أمنتم من في السماء أن يرسل عليكم حاصبا" ويقول عز وجل "يد الله فوق أيديهم" ويقول عز وجل "وقالت اليهود يد الله مغلولة غلت أيديهم ولعنوا بما قالوا بل يداه مبسوطتان ينفق كيف يشاء" ولذلك فإن الفهم الصحيح أن الله سبحانه وتعالي منزه عن خلقه ولكنه موجود وليس كمثله شيء وهو السميع البصير ونثبت له ما جاء في كتابه الكريم من صفات فقط دون مغالاة كالصوفية أو إنكار كما فعل المعتزلة
The unity with divine atleast among the non misguided sufis means to make your will congruent with the will of Allah.
Assalamuãlikum Brother Paul
Please invite brother revert former priest Hilario Heagey.
54:06 *Daniel Defoe.* I thought every Englishman in the world knew this! 🤣
Robert Louis Stevenson was the author of "Treasure Island".
None of the above, ie Crusoe or Stevenson were kidnapped by pirates or slave traders. It was the Spanish author Cervantes (author of Don Quixote) who was kidnapped by pirates.
The wesst is literally worshiiping black people nowadays meanwhile the easst is obsessed with whiite skin color. Please stop focusing on skin color and start focusing on character.
Everyone is obsessed with skiiin color
The West is not worshipping black people and many people have bought into the negative stereotypes about black people! The West has demonized black people. Black people are seen negatively all around the world because of the West. We face Racism no matter where we go because of the white Europeans! They are the ones who set the beauty standards and said white people are superior and taught their kids this and made sure all black people understood that they were inferior. Allah says all that matters is the deeds we are only better than another person based on piety. Skin color means nothing to Allah. But Racism has influenced humans in general everywhere in the world. The shaitan is very crafty racism was used to oppress black people. Racism is based off of three components systemic oppression, institutionalized power, and prejudice. Until people understand the meaning of Racism not many can really understand why racism exist and why it isn't going anywhere.
You should stay were you are at and don't came to the West where this supposed mythological black worship is taking place.
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this talk was mostly about the author and his perspective writing it, but someone drawn by the title did not get to know what islam actually says about the subject
He did read the ultimate conclusion of his research out loud at the beginning of the video. I think with an interview of this length it's difficult to explain the entire topic in a cohesive way, I hope he gives a longer talk about it in the future. But the book is very good and detailed, he also references and recommends other works on this topic by black muslim scholars.
You can buy that book or do gurther reading :)
When uk became muslim?!😮
Jonathan Brown, is someone I am unsure I doubt his religiosity.
Dude, tell us something that we don’t already know! We know to separate the prejudices of people from Islam. Yet, (maybe unintentionally) you are mixing race and color with Islamic practices. This is also a ploy to keep black people focused on discussing race in Islam and living in trauma instead of seeing themselves on equal footing in the eyes of Allah.
If you look at who raised prophet Mohamed scw and he called mum was a black woman and the person the sahaba used to send to the prophet when everyone else was dared not was a black kids named osama ibnu zayd so how could he be a racist?
His most favourite usama bin zayd was half black and the prophet defended him, Abu dhar said something about bilal and the prophet defended him also the most famous hadith of no superiority between black and white
I had a debate with a Muslim about this on blogging theology the other day and he is telling me they don't speak about Racism in Islam because it doesn't really exist??and also trivialising people in the west speaking about the problem and protesting as well...I don't think it's correct that God does not want us to stand up and protest against injustice..in fact its the opposite..if we don't protest nothing will change...there is lots of racism among Muslims in countries such as Morocco Bangladesh Lybia Saudi and the rest...I have witnessed this with my own eyes many times...it is very sinful to call on the name of God but not live in brotherhood with your fellow beings so education is key...so all Mosques should address this...the Muslims are not alone in this sickness as Christians are even worse...Hypocrisy knows no ends it seems.
Yes, racism does exist in the Muslim community however it would be unfair to compare it with European/American racism because that is a class of its own. Racism in the Muslim Ummah, historically and contemporaneously speaking, exists as a human weakness or like an inner demon. However, Islam puts that genie in the bottle, so to speak, and strongly discourages anyone from opening the lid. Not only through its theoretical teachings but also through practical application like five daily prayers, Hajj (the Great Annual Pilgrimage to Mecca), fasting in the holy month of Ramadan and Zakath (obligatory charity) which is usually paid in the month of Ramadan in order to earn more blessings and rewards with God, Islam manages this human weakness which Satan always exploits it to destroy humankind. When the prophet (peace be upon him) said: "Arrange the rows in order, stand shoulder to shoulder, close the gaps, be accommodating to your brothers, and do not leave gaps for Satan". And when he 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).'' (Both of the hadiths mentioned in Abu Dawood). What he means is that these gaps, these separations between brothers-in-faith allow Satan to sow seeds of discord like racism, nationalism, tribalism etc.
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Islaam allows us to be around our own kind. Islaam doesn’t force us to race miix like the wesst is trying to do.
@@Lavish1717 no one is forced to "race mix" in the west, its actually the opposite. The western world for the longest time has forbidden whites and non-whites to marry, while Islam has always allowed it. You thinking that mixing is something negative should be the thing to worry about.
@@Lavish1717 Yes, you're right, however, it doesn't stop race-mixing either. If a man and a woman mutually like another and intend to get married although each belonging to different race, then Islam doesn't forbid or stop them from doing so. Race is a secondary thing in Islam. It's mainly for identification purposes. Other than that, Islam places no importance on race, ethnicity and/or nationality. The Prophet (peace be upon him) himself married Maria al-Qibtiyyah who was a Coptic Egyptian (aka not an Arab). He also married Ṣafīyyah bint Ḥuyayy who was ethnically Jewish (aka not Arab). And prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him) himself had a wife named Haajar (aka Hagar) who was an Egyptian woman i.e. not an Arab. The point is race is never an important thing in Islam. To Allah, all races are equal as He's the Creator and Lord of all human races. In a hadith, the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Allah does not look at your faces and you wealth but He looks at your hearts and your actions.
@@user-lr2iy7mc7wincredible. The "western world" is not a single state. Anybody could and can marry anybody else in England, France, Holland etc through all of history, you simply don't understand Western culture. You're not supposed to just make stuff up.
Daniel Defoe wrote Robinson Crusoe
The first cover of this book had a picture of stereotypical necklace worn by Black Rappers which was very offensive! The cover change is better!
1:08:40 he's probably referring to either Dr. Marc Lamont Hill or Dr. Cornell West
Interesting speech by Dr. Brown. We should note that Islam and blackness are NOT mutually exclusive. There are millions of black Muslims in the world. Islam means Submission ONLY to God(Allah) without associating partners with Him in worship(e.g. Trinity) or worshipping other deities-Zeus, Apollo, Jupiter, Baal, Hanuman, Lat, Uzza, Manaat etc. The first Muslims were Adam(pbuh) and Eve(Gbph). Jesus(pbuh) is a Muslim, Moses(pbuh) is a Muslim, Abraham(pbuh) and all prophets and messengers of God(Allah) are Muslims. As such, it's kind of confusing to compare Islam and blackness. It's more appropriate to compare Arabs and blackness or Arab attitudes towards blacks. Islam came to eradicate these ailments and NOT to promote it. White folks racism towards blacks has been more intense than Arab Muslim racism. The latter is at least restrained by the demands of the faith and back-off fast except for those who are not religiously observant. But as humans both whites, Arabs and others of pale colours are mesmerized by the black colour which they wrongly consider bad omen or unattractive. They should ask God(Allah) why He Created black folks. White folks even changed Biblical texts to read that God(Allah) created black folks to be their slaves after they laughed at their naked father. Slavery in Africa was not started by Africans who sold their own people as wrongly portrayed by the West. It was a matter of demand and supply. The New World had high demand for labour. As usual, those in business found a new product- African slaves. If we observe carefully, the people in business today are the same ones who traded in slavery. Whites, Arabs, Jews(by faith) and Indians. Only few blacks are in business. For capitalization of letters, the Only letter we need to capitalize is the letter G for God(Allah) so that we can correctly translate the Shahada or Declaration of faith La ilaha ila Allah as No god but God.
Especially now how the African are attacked in Tunisia.
You don't understand the inside situation
It is impossible to consider anything, I mean anything that the prophet SA said or did can be racist or considered to be so. So what if the head or hair is like raisin? I visited masjid in Roxbury in Boston and the Imam who is black and me who is even darker than him have no problem with the Hadith when we discussed it.
If you don't comb your wet hair, that is what you get. Jewish people have same type of hair with bigger looser curl. The comedian carrot head has this type of hair. My grandson has such hair with bigger looser curl.
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Next book is “Islam and Whiteness”. Discusses Muslims throughout history needing a white savior and colonizer for acceptance. American Muslims, while having great scholars in islam, look to a white scholar with lesser knowledge to lead the people to look at islam through the lens of “civilized” white man. Right to the point where they find that they have lost their deen.
Why i do agree with your point i don't think Dr Brown has any ill intentions.
at 28:20, about the mutilation part, were slaves not mutilated as a punishment? and once they were mutilated they would loose their value (selling them would become hard), so when i heard the hadith for me it meant that a slave who was a disobedient/lazy/worthless person somehow ended up in-charge, then you must obey him as he is not less than you in the eye of God and it will lead to problems in society as everybody will start claiming it to be their place to rule/lead etc
Zenj-Zenji is a word that means Black and or the well-known "N" word.
Not really. The zanj in Iraq are remnants from war and no one considers them inferior because of their black skin
Even though his position on LGBT issue is controversial, you can't take anything away from his Islamic scholarship.
Comes to think of it!, I was thinking about the colorful stripes in his shirt could it be supportive of them.😜
You have his position on LGBT completely wrong, there’s nothing controversial about it.
@@vinbakeshow8709 do tell
@@imammamunu9537 he was always in support of the traditional Sunni position but he said that in the American context we Muslims should support the LGBT cause insofar as they support the Muslims against anti-muslim far right hate. He then retracted and now support the mainstream Sunni position that we should never ally ourselves with qawm Lut under any circumstances.
9:39 He wrote the book cause Umar Lee called him racist years ago and he’s never gotten over it.
That's a shallow thing to say
Did he tell you that or do you read minds?
@@karimb972 actions speak louder than word 😉
@@mistermaykul empty talk. All you got is speculation and back biting.
Whereas Umar Lee has "gotten over" being Muslim and is now a zionist wannabe yahudi
I would appreciate it also if you can connect me with Dr. Ali Ataie. Thanks.
3:10 Well he certainly looks like the perfect person to have written this book.
Mzungu is the word they use for whites. Someone can be called mzungu in Africa, yet in America he is called black.
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Islam is NOT racist, BUT racism entered into Islam, in full force, under the Abbasid (White Folks: Persian, Turks, and Byzantines) Dynasty.
PHASE I: Pre-Quranic Islam (> 1000 BCE-610 CE) - Black Sheep (people)
PHASE II: Muhammad and the Caliphs (610-661) - Black Sheep (people)
PHASE III: The Umayyad Dynasty (661-750) - Black Sheep (people)
PHASE IV: The Abbasid Dynasty (750-1258) Black, Brown, Largely white (Persian)
PHASE V: Turkish Islam (1055-1924) - White sheep (people)
PROPHET MUHAMMAD’S VISION OF BLACK SHEEP vs. WHITE SHEEP : It is reported that the Prophet Mohamed (pbuh) said, (In a dream) I saw myself following a herd of black sheep. Then a group of white sheep came (and mixed with the black sheep) until they (the white sheep) became so many that the black sheep could no longer be seen in the herd of sheep." Abu Bakr, the companion of the Prophet (pbuh) and the interpreter of dreams, said, "Oh Messenger of Allah. As for the black sheep, they are the Arabs. They will accept Islam and become many. The white sheep are the non-Arab Persians, etc. They will accept Islam and become so many that the Arabs will not be noticed amongst them." The Prophet Mohamed (pbuh) then said that an angel had interpreted the dream the same way.
Ok everyone take your Dramamine it’s JB time.
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Would’ve been funny if Elon said “Wait… this fake”
It disturbing there are over 70 Sahih hadiths describing the prophet black slaves 😕
Which he bought to emancipate. FAIL.
you mean Bilal RA?
@@4riri. No sir, Bilal father was an Arab, not black.
Jabir (Allah be pleased with him) reported: There came a slave and pledg- ed allegiance to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) on migration; he (the Holy Prophet) did not know that he was a slave. Then there came his master and demanded him back, whereupon Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) said: Sell him to me. And he (The Prophet) bought him (The Slave) for two Black Slaves, and he did not afterwards take allegiance from anyone until he had asked him whether he was a slave (or a free man)
Sahih Muslim 10:3901 ☹️
@@lahleholivia7398 Bilal is black. He was African.
And as much as you are disappointed about that, it was normalised back then, however that doesn't imply that the religion itself promotes it.
"O people, your Lord is one and your father Adam is one. There is no favor of an Arab over a foreigner, nor a foreigner over an Arab, and neither white skin over black skin, nor black skin over white skin, except by righteousness. Have I not delivered the message?"
-Musnad Aḥmad 22978
It will be disturbing everywhere but that's history.
@@4riri. No sir his father was an Arab his mother from Ethiopia. Abu bakr bought him using a black Slave from the prophet Very sad for black Slave. And prophet used his 2 black Slaves for one Arab slave like Bilal.
And on the day of resurrection you shall see those who lied against Allah; their faces shall be blackened. Is there not in hell an abode for the proud?
Qur'an 39:60.
Why do they have to be black. Why not red or purple. This very racist and disappointing.
Why is Paul having this dude on?
He supports LGBT
"Hi" is that his greeting? And btw Assalamu aleikum.🤔
22min Lol mzungu means white person in swahili
This doesn’t change the fact that the houri’s of paradise are described as faiir skiin color. Most guys around the world are attracted to lighter or whiiter skiin on ladies. When afriican guys become riich in the wesst, they tend to choose light skiin or whiite ladies instead of dark ones. Even Araab rich guys choose light whiite looking levant girls for wives in the gulf. How can you take out this desire for whiite skiin from the hearts of guys around the world ?
Light and fair doesn't mean light skin. Light is also nur. Fair may also mean pleasing to the eye
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The houri are described as having skin so fair and white you could see their bone marrow. You can not see bone marrow through dark skiin.
You are a weird guy.
@@IYeleven You can't see bone marrow through light scene too. The word you are looking is transparent.
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Transparent doesn’t mean b l ack. The entire point is that guys don’t like d ark sk in on ladies
The ORIGINAL ARABS TOOK PRIDE IN THEIR BLACKNESS!!! You insulted (the family of the Prophet) because of their blackness (bi-l-sawad), while there are still deep black, pure-blooded Arabs. However, you are white - the Romans (Byzantines) have embellished your faces with their color. The color of the family of Hashim was not a bodily defect (aha).[From poem of Abu al-Hasan Ali b. al-Abbas b. Jurayj (Ibn al-Rumi) (d. 896), apud Abu al-Faraj al-Isbahani, Maqatil al-tãalibiyyin, 759] (Williams, 2009, p. 32).
So who are the raisin heads...
I don't like him neither I respect him.
Well you felt it was necessary to click on the video as well as comment on the video. Maybe ignoring would be a better option for you
@@thenotoriousm0e852 you are right.
The first thing I thought when as saw this duo is why is this debate about blackness so white.
Then I listened, didn't learn anything new and my question was still valid.
This might as well be a debate between two trustfund babies talking about poverty and every other sentence is about how they have never known poverty.
Not a fan of that deviant
O Muslim men grow the beard and differ from Jews by dying the whiteness, but avoiding black.