One might find it hard to believe that the Muslims could possibly help the Zionist occupy Palestine.What- with all of the suffering that this occupation causes the Muslims throughout the world? How could the Muslims help the Zionists occupy not only Muslim land, but land where the third holiest place of worship in the Islamic world is located- Masjid Al-Aqsa? This seems quite hard to believe, but if we examine very closely and carefully what has happened, we’ll see that unfortunately it is the Muslims themselves who have made it very easy for the Zionists Jews to strip the Muslims of the land of Palestine.
Who are the Jews who have occupied Palestine? They are nothing more than European converts to Judaism who are in no way whatsoever related to the Hebrews and the Children of Israel.The Hebrews and the Children of Israel are, like the Arabs, descendants of Sam the son of Noah (Nuh). This is why the Hebrews are called the cousins of the Arabs. However, the European Jewish converts to Judaism are not the descendants of Sam the son of Noah. They are the Ashkenazi descendants of Japheth the son of Noah- the ancestor of the Europeans.The Ashkenazi Jews are the Jewish converts who are from Eastern Europe and Russia. They are the Zionist Jews who occupied Palestine.More than 90% of the Jews in the world today are Ashkenazi Jews. The Ashkenazis are the descendants of Gomer, the brother of Magog (more will be said about this Magog in another article inshaAllah), the sons of Japheth. As you can see, there is no Israel, Abraham, or Sam in their lineage.
There are certain physical characteristics that were given to European descendants of Japheth and other physical characteristics that were given to the Hebrew descendants of Sam. Of course the European descendants of Japheth are a light-skinned people with straight hair. I think we all agree on this point. To convince the world that they are the Hebrew descendants of Sam, the European descendants of Japheth had to attempt to make their appearance and the appearance of the Hebrews similar. For an example of how they are doing this, read the article at this link http://www.britam.org/anthropology.html.Read someone’s reply to the author’s ridiculous claim that the Hebrews were similar in appearance to the European Ashkenazi Jews who have occupied Palestine:
Reply to Challenge Concerning Israelites and Red Hair Question: Hi Yair,
You wrote: David the King of Israel and forefather of the future Messiah was also described as "Admoni" which is exactly the same term, meaning "reddish" as that applied to Esau. "Admoni" can mean blonde or someone with red hair and freckled skin.
Actually Yair, this does not refer to fair skin or hair in any way, we are talking about Israelites, a Semitic and Mediteranean people, who would have been swarthy. Fair skin is an adaptation to a colder northern climate. This "Admoni" actually refers to a dark reddish brown, not fair skin. These were Semitic people Yair. This word is related to Adam, and remember that Adam in the OT was created from the dust of the ground, and so this refers to the color of dirt, like I mentioned above a darkreddish brown. -M
What this respondent says here about the word adam meaning a dark complexion that is similar to the color of dirt is consistent with what the Arabs say that the Arabic word adam means. The respondent is explaining the Hebrew word admoni, which is the Hebrew equivalent of adam. In fact, the origin of the Hebrew word admoni is from the Arabic word adam. In Arabic adam means black-skinnedand Arab tradition says that Adam, the father of mankind, was named Adam because of his dark complexion or because he was created from dirt and his color resembled the color of dirt.
For another example of European Ashkenazi Jews attempting to make their appearance and the appearance of the Hebrews similar, read the article at this link: http://guywhite.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/the-looks-of-ancient-jews/
Nicholas Wade of the New York Times wrote an article entitled Y Chromosome Bears Witness to Story of the Jewish Diaspora.In this article he says:
“With a new technique based on the male or Y chromosome, biologists have traced the diaspora of Jewish populations from the dispersals that began in 586 B.C. to the modern communities of Europe and the Middle East.”
“The analysis provides genetic witness that these communities have, to a remarkable extent, retained their biological identity separate from their host populations, evidence of relatively little intermarriage or conversion into Judaism over the centuries”.
So what this person wants to say is that the Ashkenazi European Jews are unmixed, pure-blooded Hebrews. He’s implying that the appearance of the European Jews is the same as the appearance of the Hebrew Children of Israel. But our Prophet Mohamed (SAWS), the seal of all prophets, put that thought to rest when he said:
“I saw Musa (Moses) and he was a jet black-skinned man.”
Masnad Imam Ahmed Hadith # 3365
وَرَأَيْتُ مُوسَى أَسْحَمَ آدَم
Our Prophet Mohamed (SAWS) saw our Prophet Musa/Moses (AS) and he found it necessary to describe his color to us. It’s as if he was informed that there would be illegitimate claimants to Hebrew lineage.He (SAWS) came from the Seven Heavens and described to us the color of Musa/Moses (AS) and he even described Musa/Moses’ hair texture. He said:
“As for Musa/Moses, he is a black-skinned man with kinky hair.”
Bukhari Hadith #243
َأَمَّا مُوسَى فَرَجُلٌ آدَمُ جَعْد
But in order to make the words of our Prophet Mohamed (SAWS) effective at all times and at all places, Muslims were given the responsibility to spread his words and not conceal them. This is where the Muslims are seriously negligent in their duty toward Allah and His Prophet (SAWS).Didn’t the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS) give the physical description of Musa/Moses (AS) for us to know? All Muslims are aware of the fact that we must take ALL of the words of the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS) seriously and that whatever he said, we must spread to the world. The Prophet Mohamed (SAWS) said that the Prophet Musa/Moses (AS) was black-skinned with kinky hair. He said this for us to spread to the world. If we had spread these words as we were supposed to, it would have been (and still would be) common knowledge that the Hebrews were and are a black-skinned people with kinky hair. However, unfortunately the Muslims have been uncharacteristically silent about this hadith of the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS) and as a result, the European Zionist Jews have been able to convince the world that they are the Hebrew descendants of the Children of Israel. As a result of being able to convince the world that they are the Children of Israel, the European Zionist Jews were able to take the land of Palestine from the Muslims. Do you see the result of not spreading the word of the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS)? Just one hadith of the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS) could have prevented the occupation of Palestine and the many wars and deaths that this occupation has resulted in. However, the Muslims chose to and still choose to be silent about this hadith. Are the Muslims ready to be the Helpers of Allah and throw truth at this falsehood?
The term Sharif (nobleman) or Sayyid is used to describe a descendant of the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS) through his daughter Fatima (RAA). They are descendants of Al Hasan and Al Husein- the two sons of Ali ibn Abi Talib (RAA) and Fatima the daughter of the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS). The Prophet Mohamed (SAWS) and Ali ibn Abi Talib (RAA) are from the Bani Hashim branch of the tribe of Quraish. They are the noblest of the Arabs. The Prophet Mohamed (SAWS) and Ali ibn Abi Talib (RAA) were first cousins. Ali’s father, Abi Talib, was the brother of the Prophet’s (SAWS) father. Once it has been established that the Bani Hashim were a black-skinned people, there should be no need to prove that the pure Arabs of the past were, in general, a black-skinned people.
In discussing the appearance of the Sharifs, I believe that it is appropriate for me to begin with the father of the Sharifs- Ali ibn Abi Talib (RAA). In his book Tarikh Al-Khulafaa (The History of the Caliphs), Imam Al-Suyuti described Ali ibn Abi Talib as follows:
و كان علي شيخا سمينا أصلع كثير الشعر ربعة إلى القصر عظيم البطن عظيم اللحية جدا قد ملأت ما بين منكبيه بيضاء كأنها قطن آدم شديد الأدمة
Ali was a heavyset, bald, hairy man of average height which leaned toward shortness. He had a large stomach and a large beard which filled all that was between his shoulders. His beard was white as if it was cotton and he was a black-skinned man.
There are certain names that we usually hear when the Sharifs or Sayyids - the family of the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS) are mentioned. We have all probably heard of Ali Zein Al-Abidin the son of ِAl-Husein the son of Ali the son of Abu Talib. Though his mother was Persian, he is described as dark-skinned. Where did he get his dark complexion from? From his father's side of the family, of course. This Ali Zein Al-Abidin the son of ِAl-Husein the son of Ali the son of Abu Talib married Fatima the daughter of Al-Hasan the son of Ali the son of Abi Talib.
Mohamed Al-Baqir- another name we hear when there is mention of the Sharifs, the family of the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS) - was the eldest son of Ali Zein Al-Abidin and Fatima the daughter of Al-Hasan. He was nicknamed "He Who Resembles" because he looked so much like the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS). He was described as dark-skinned, kinky-haired, and of average height. Mohamed Al-Baqir married Umm Farwa, the great granddaughter of Abu Bakr Al-Saddiq and they had Jaafar Al-Saadiq. Jaafar Al-Saadiq is another name frequently heard when speaking of the family of the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS). He was described as black-skinned, kinky-haired, and average height.
Jaafar Al-Saadiq had a Berber slave-girl named Humaida and through her he had his son Musa Al-Kadhim - another well-known member of the family of the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS) whom many Sharifs claim descent from. Musa Al-Kadhim was described as very black-skinned.
Musa Al-Kadhim's son Ali Al-Rida is another well-known member of the family of the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS) whom many Sharifs claim descent from. He, too, was described as black-skinned. He was once standing in a bathhouse when a soldier entered and pushed him to the side and said, "Pour water on my head oh black one!" Ali Al-Rida began to pour water for the soldier and then someone who knew who Ali Al-Rida was entered the bathhouse and when he saw what was happening he shouted, "Oh soldier! Woe to you! Do you dare have the son of the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (SAWS) serve you?!" The soldier quickly began to kiss the feet of Ali Al-Rida and said, "Why didn't you disobey me when I ordered you?!"
Ali Al-Rida had a son named Mohamed Al-Jawaad also known as Mohamed Al-Taqi. Mohamed Al-Jawaad was also described as very black-skinned. Mohamed Al-Jawaad or Al-Taqi had a son named Ali Al-Hadi. Ali Al-Hadi, too, was described as dark-skinned.
The chart below was taken from this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayyid. Take a look at the link and the chart to get an even better idea of how the dark-skinned members of the Prophet Mohamed's family that I have just mentioned are the noble ancestors of those called Sharifs or Sayyids today.
You have all probably heard of Mohamed Al-Nafs Al-Zakia. He is Mohamed the son of Abdella the Pure-Blooded the son of Al-Hasan the son of Al-Hasan the son of Ali the son of Abi Talib. Mohamed Al-Nafs Al-Zakia was nicknamed the Pure-Blooded of Quraish because he was so unmixed. His father Abdella was also nicknamed the Pure-Blooded. Mohamed Al-Nafs Al-Zakia was from the Bani Hashim clan of Quraish from both his mother and his father. Remember that Bani Hashim is the clan of Quraish that the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS) and Ali (RAA) are from. Mohamed Al-Nafs Al-Zakia was described as very black-skinned and huge. He had a son named Hasan. His son Hasan was nicknamed The Father of the Tar because he was so black-skinned. This is the description of the pure-blooded descendants of the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS). Mohamed Al-Nafs Al-Zakia wrote a letter to the Abbasid ruler complaining to him that he had more right to be the ruler because he was so closely related to the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS). Amongst the things he said in his letter to the Abbasid ruler was, "We are in the right...Our father Ali was the Imam (leader). How did you inherit the rule which belongs to the children of Ali?! You know that no one who seeks this position (ruler) has a purer genealogy than I do or is more highborn than I am...You know that no one has as close relations or relations to anyone better than he whom I am very closely related to (He means the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS)). I am from the best of Banu Hashim in genealogy and the noblest of them both paternally and maternally. No non-Arab blood runs through my veins and I am not related to the slave-girls." Bear in mind that Mohamed Al-Nafs Al-Zakia, who is here talking about how pure his Arab blood is and how closely he is related to the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS), was very black-skinned.
Mohamed Al-Nafs Al-Zakia had a brother named Musa Al-Jawn (the Black). Musa Al-Jawn was also very black-skinned. He was nicknamed Al-Jawn (the Black) because of his blackness. The Sharifs called Banu Al-Akhaidar, who are found in Oman, Saudi Arabia, and other places, are descended from Musa Al-Jawn.
Mohamed Al-Nafs Al-Zakia and Musa Al-Jawn had another brother named Yahya the Possessor of Daylum. Yahya, too, was described as black-skinned. Mohamed Al-Nafs Al-Zakia, Musa Al-Jawn and Yahya the Possessor of Daylum were all the brothers of Idriss the 1st, the father of the Idrissi Sharifs and the founder of the city of Fes in Morocco.
Nineth century poet Abu Al-Hasan Ali ibn Al-Abbas ibn Jurayj, known as Ibn Al-Rumi, wrote a long poem to the Abbasids blaming them for the way that they treated the family of the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS). It should be understood that at that time, the Abbasids had become very mixed with the Romans, Greeks, and Persians. Here is part of what Ibn Al-Rumi said in his famous poem called Al-Jeemia:
"You insulted them (the family of the Prophet Mohamed) because of their blackness while there are still pure-blooded black-skinned Arabs. However, you are blue (eyed) - the Romans have embellished your faces with their color."
There you have it. These are the ancestors of the Sharifs or the Sayyids - the family of the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS) and as you have seen, they were all dark-skinned people. The question that remains to be answered is this - why aren't the masses aware of this fact?
Our father Adam is not the only prophet whose description is being concealed. People are also concealing the true color of the prophets Musa (Moses), Isa (Jesus), and the prophet Mohamed (peace be upon them all). If the appearance and color of the prophets wasn’t important, the prophet Mohamed (pbuh) wouldn’t have come from the Seven Heavens describing the color of Musa and Isa (peace be upon them).
There are many hadith that say that when the prophet Mohamed (pbuh) returned from his ascent to the Seven Heavens, he described the color of some of the prophets. If this information wasn’t important, the prophet Mohamed (pbuh) wouldn’t have mentioned it. The prophet Mohamed (pbuh) didn’t speak nonsense or idle speech. The prophet Mohamed (pbuh) described the prophet Musa (Moses) as black-skinned and kinky-haired. Imam Ahmed ibn Hanbal related in his Masnad (hadith number 3365) the following description that the prophet Mohamed (pbuh) gave of Musa’s (Moses’) color:
وَرَأَيْتُ مُوسَى أَسْحَمَ آدَمَ
Musa (Moses) was jet-black skinned.
Muslim relates in his Sahih Muslim (hadith numbers 239 and 243) that Ibn Abbas said that the prophet Mohamed (pbuh) described Musa’s (Moses’) appearance as follows:
َأَمَّا مُوسَى فَرَجُلٌ آدَمُ جَعْدٌ
As for Musa (Moses), hewas black-skinned and kinky-haired. (hadith 243)
He (Ibn Abbas) said that the prophet (pbuh) mentioned the time he was ascended to the Heavens and he said that Musa (Moses) was black-skinned and tall as if he was from the tribe of Shanuaa. (hadith 239)
And he drew forth his hand (from his bosom): and lo! it was white for the beholders. [El-Aaraaf- verse 108]
· El-Quortobi says in his tafsir of the verse:
وكان موسى أسمر شديد السمرة
Musa (Moses) was black-skinned.
· The authors of Tafsir El-Jalalain say in their tafsir of the verse:
(ونزع يده) أخرجها من جيبه (فإذا هي بيضاء) ذات شعاع (للناظرين) خلاف ما كانت عليه من الأدمة
‘He took out his hand’ means that he took his hand out of his pocket. ‘And it was white for the beholders’ means that it was radiant and was no longer black like it was originally.
· El-Tabari says in his tafsir of the verse:
وكان موسى، فيما ذكر لنا، آدم، فجعل الله تحول يده بيضاء من غير برص، له آية
According to what we were told, Musa (Moses) was black-skinned and Allah made Musa’s hand turning white, without being affected by leprosy, a sign for him.
· El-Baidawi says in his tafsir of the verse:
روي : أنه عليه السلام كان آدم شديد الأدمة ، فأدخل يده في جيبه أو تحت إبطه ثم نزعها فإذا هي بيضاء نورانية غلب شعاعها شعاع الشمس
Itis related that Musa (pbuh) was jet-black-skinned. He put his hand in his pocket or under his armpit and took it out and it was white.
· El-Baghawi says in his tafsir of the verse:
وكان موسى آدم ، ثم أدخلها جيبه فصارت كما كانت
Musa (Moses) was black-skinned. Then (after withdrawing his hand from his pocket white) he put his hand back in his pocket and it turned back to the color that it was.
There are many other hadith that say the same thing about Musa’s (Moses’) appearance. Why are Muslims silent about this? Why aren’t Muslims striving to make this common knowledge? Why aren’t Muslims spreading these words of the prophet (pbuh)? Because these words of the prophet Mohamed (pbuh) are not common knowledge, the Muslims have lost Palestine, the land where the third holiest mosque is found. If it were common knowledge that Musa (Moses) was black-skinned with kinky hair, the European descendants of Japheth who have taken over Palestine would never have claimed that they were Hebrews and claimed that Palestine was theirs. Do you see the result of concealing the words of Allah and His prophet? Everyone on Earth today is descended from Sam, Ham, or Japheth, the three sons of Nuh (Noah). The Arabs and the Hebrews are descendants of Sam. That’s why they are called Semites. Europeans, Turks, Ashkenazi, and Persians, for example, are descendants of Japheth. Many people in the area called Africa are descendants of Ham. The people who occupied Palestine and claimed it as theirs are, in reality Ashkenazi descendants of Japheth. Ibn Abbas said that Allah made the descendants of Sam and the descendants of Ham black-skinned and He made the descendants of Japheth white-skinned. By not making this and what the prophet Mohamed (pbuh) said about the appearance of Musa (Moses) common knowledge, the Muslims have, in effect, helped the Ashkenazi Japhetic Jews take the land of Palestine from the Muslims. Like I said, if it were common knowledge that Musa (Moses) and the Hebrews were black-skinned, Palestine and the land of the third holiest mosque would be in the hands of the Muslims. The mere fact that the prophet Mohamed (pbuh) came from the Heavens describing the appearance of Musa (Moses) should show us that he felt that this was important information.
َThere are also many hadith that describe Isa (Jesus) as black-skinned. Bukhari relates that Ibn Umar said, “No! I swear by Allah that the prophet (pbuh) didn’t say that Jesus was light-skinned, but he said ‘While I was asleep, I was walking around the Kaaba when I saw a black-skinned man with non-kinky hair between two men. I asked who the man was and I was told that he was Isa (Jesus) the son of Meryem.’…”
There are many other hadith related by Bukhari, Muslim, Imam Ahmed, and others that describe Isa (Jesus) as black-skinned. I ask those who claim that it is not necessary to talk about the physical description of the prophets why it is that Ibn Umar found it important enough for him to swear by Allah that the prophet Mohamed (pbuh) said that Isa (Jesus) was black-skinned. Why are we avoiding this subject instead of striving to make it common knowledge? Why are we hiding the truth about the appearance of the prophets? Why are we diminishing the importance of that which Allah spoke about and gave importance to? Why are we diminishing the importance of that which the prophet Mohamed (pbuh) and his companions spoke about and gave importance to? Avoiding this topic is innovation in Islam. Allah mentioned the topic. The prophet Mohamed (pbuh) and his companions mentioned the topic. If they had felt that there was good in avoiding the topic, they would have avoided it. Is there anyone today who feels that he/she knows what is good for Islam and mankind better than Allah? Is there a Muslim today who feels that he/she knows what is good for Islam and mankind better than the prophet Mohamed (pbuh) and his companions?
It is related that the prophet Hud, who was from the ancient Arab tribe of Aad, was also described as jet-black skinned? The prophet Hud was from the tribe of Aad the son of Aus the son of Iram the son of Sam. Iram, Arfakshadh, Ashudh, and Lodh were the brothers of Elam the son of Sam. It is a known fact that the Elamites were a black-skinned people.
It is related that ibn Al-Kalbi, the famous genealogist/transmitter of hadith/linguist/Arab historian who died in 763 A.D., said:
وروى ابن الكَلبي عن رجاله، عن الأصْبْغَ بن نباتة، قال: كنّا عند علي بن أبي طالب رضي الله عنه وفي خلافة عمر، فسأَلَ رجلاً عن حَضْرَ مَوْت، فقال أعَالِمٌ أنتَ بحضر موت؟ قال: إذا جهلتُها فما أعلمُ غيرها. قال: أتعرف مَوضِع الأحقاف؟ قال: كأنَّك تسأل عن قَبْرهُود. قال: نعم. قال: خرجتُ وأنا غُلاَمٌ في أُغيْلمةٍ من الحيّ، نريد أن نَأْتي قَبْرهَ، لبُعْدِ صيته، فسِرْنا في وادي الأحقاف أيّاماً، وفينا من قد عَرَف الموضع: حتى انْتَهَيْنَا إلى كثيبٍ أَحْمَر، فيه كهوف، فانْتَهَى بنا ذلك الرجل إلى كَهفٍ منها، فدَخَلْناه، فأَمْعَنَّا فيه، فانْتَهَيْنَا إلى حَجَرَيْنِ قد أُطْبِقَ أَحدُهما فوق الآخر، وفيه خَلَلٌ يدْخُل منه (الرجل) النحيفُ متجانفاً فرَأيْتُ رجلاً على سرير، شديدَ الأُدْمة، كَثَّ اللحية، قد يَبِسَ على سريره، وإذا لمستُ شيئاً من جسده وَجَدْتُه صُلْباً، وعند رأسه كتابٌ بالعربيّةّ:
أنا هُودٌ (النبيّ) الذي آمنتُ بالله، وأَسِفْتُ على عاد لكُفْرُها، وما كان لأمْر الله من مَرَد
قال علي: كذا سمعتُه من أبي القاسم، صلى الله عليه وسلم
Ibn Al-Kalbi related from his sources that El-Asbagh ibn Nabaata said, “We were with Ali ibn Abi Talib (RAA) during the caliphate of Umar and he (Ali) asked a man about Hadramout. He (Ali) asked, ‘Do you know about Hadramout?’ The man said, ‘If I don’t know about Hadramout, I don’t know anything.’ Ali said, ‘Do you know where El-Ahqaaf is?’ The man said, ‘It seems that you are asking about the grave of Hud.’ Ali said, ‘Yes, that’s right.’ The man said, ‘I and some boys from the neighborhood went out in search of his grave because we heard so much about him. We traveled for days through the valley of El-Ahqaaf. There was a person with us who knew the exact location of the grave. We then reached a red sand dune where there were caves. The man who knew the exact location of the grave took us to one of the caves and we entered it and looked around in it. We then came across two stones, one on top of the other, and there was an opening that a thin person could fit through from an inclined position. I saw (in the opening) a jet-black skinned man with a thick beard lying stiffly on a bed. I touched a part of his body and it was stiff. Near his head was Arabic writing which said:
I am Hud, who believed in Allah and felt sorry for Aad because of their disbelief. Allah’s decree cannot be averted.
Ali then said, ‘I heard it the same way from Abu El-Qasim (the prophet Mohamed pbuh)’”
Scholars of hadith do not consider Ibn Al-Kalbi and Asbagh ibn Nabata reliable sources for hadith. However, I‘ve mentioned what Ibn Al-Kalbi and Asbagh ibn Nabata said about Hud’s appearance because though the hadith may be unsound, the meaning is true. Also, it shows that the Arabs of the past were a black-skinned people because Asbagh wouldn’t have described Hud ibn Abdella ibn Rabah ibn Jaloud ibn Aad ibn Aus ibn Iram ibn Sam ibn Nuh as jet-black-skinned if the Arabs weren’t black-skinned.
People are also not giving a correct description of the prophet Mohamed (pbuh) in particular and the Arabs in general. If people had a better idea of what the Arabs looked like, it would be easier for them to understand the descriptions of the prophet Mohamed (pbuh). Remember that Ibn Abbas said that Allah made the descendants of Sam and the descendants of Ham black-skinned and He made the descendants of Japheth white-skinned. The Arabs are descendants of Sam. The Arabs of the past used the term “red” to describe a complexion that we call white today. Lisan El-Arab (an old Arabic dictionary) mentions Shamar’s explanation of the hadiths that say that the prophet Mohamed (pbuh) said that he was sent to the blacks and the reds. Shamar explains the hadiths as follows:
قال شمر: يعنـي العرب والعجم والغالب علـى أَلوان العرب السُّمرة والأُدْمَة وعلـى أَلوان العجمالبـياض والـحمرة،
“He means (by the blacks and the reds) the Arabs and the non-Arabs and the complexion of most Arabs is brown and jet-black and the complexion of most non-Arabs is white and red.”
Shams El-Din Mohamed ibn Ahmed ibn Othman El-Dhahabi (died 1374 A.D.) explains the hadith that mentions that a man was “red-skinned as if he was one of the slaves” as follows:
يريد ألقائل أنه في لون ألموالي ألذين سبوا من نصارى ألشام وألروم و ألعجم
“The speaker means that the man was the color of the slaves who were captured from the Christians of Syria and from the Romans and the Persians.”
It was common for the Arabs of the past to describe a light-skinned person as having the color of the slaves. This is a known fact.
Ibn Mandhor (1232-1311 A.D.) says in his book Lisan El-Arab:
سبوطة الشعر هي الغالبة علـى شعور العجم من الروم والفرس. و جُعودة الشعر هي الغالبة علـى شعور العرب
“Non-kinky hair is the kind of hair that most non-Arabs like the Romans and Persians have while kinky hair is the kind of hair that most Arabs have.”
The Arabs of the past also used the word green to mean black. El-Fadl ibn El-Abbas ibn ‘Utba El-Lahabi said:
وأَنا الأَخْضَرُ، من يَعْرِفُنـي؟
أَخْضَرُ الـجِلْدَةِ فـي بـيتِ العَرَبْ
I am the green one. Who knows me?
My skin is green. I am from the family of the Arabs.
Ibn Mandhor, the author of Lisan El-Arab says this about the verse:
يقول: أَنا خالص لأَن أَلوان العرب السمرة
“He says that he is a pure Arab because the color of the Arabs is brown (dark).”
In Lisan El-Arab, Ibn Mandhor also quotes the author of El-Tahdhib, Saad El-Din Masud ibn Umar El-Taftaazaani (1312-1389 A.D.) as saying the following about the verse:
فـي هذا البـيت قولان: أَحدهما أَنه أَراد أَسود الـجلدة؛ قال: قاله أَبو طالب النـحوي، وقـيل: أَراد أَنه من خالص العرب وصميمهم لأَن الغالب علـى أَلوان العرب الأُدْمَةُ،
“There are two sayings about this verse. One is that he meant that he had black skin. This is what Abu Talib El-Nahwi said. It is also said that he meant that he is a pure unmixed Arab because most Arabs are black-skinned.”
Abdella ibn Berry (1106-1187 A.D.), the “King of the Grammarians” as he was called, said the following about the verse:
قال ابن بري: نسب الـجوهري هذا البـيت للهبـي، وهو الفضل بن العباس بن عُتْبَةَ بن أَبـي لَهَبٍ، وأَراد بالـخضرة سمرة لونه، وإِنما يريد بذلك خـلوص نسبه وأَنه عربـي مـحض، لأَن العرب تصف أَلوانها بالسواد وتصف أَلوان العجم بالـحمرة. وفـي الـحديث: بُعثت إِلـى الأَحمر والأَسود؛ وهذا الـمعنى بعينه هو الذي أَراده مسكين الدارمي فـي قوله
أَنا مسكِينٌ لـمن يَعْرِفُنـي،
لَوْنِـي السُّمْرَةُ أَلوانُ العَرَبْ
“El-Jawhari attributed this verse to El-Lahabi and he is El-Fadl ibn El-Abbas ibn ‘Utba ibn Abi Lahab and he meant by green the brownness (darkness) of his complexion and he meant by that the purity of his genealogy and that he was an unmixed Arab because the Arabs describe their color as black and they describe the color of the non-Arabs as red. Like the hadith says, ‘I was sent to the red and the black. And this is exactly what Miskeen El-Darimi meant when he said:
‘I am Miskeen, for those who know me.
My color is brown (dark), the color of the Arabs’”.
Miskeen said this verse to a woman who refused to marry him because of his blackness and his poorness. Miskeen was a pure Arab from the tribe of Darim and he was black-skinned.
As you can see, the true appearance of the Arabs of the past is entirely different from the appearance most people today think that the Arabs had. As a result, most people today have an inaccurate conception of what the prophet Mohamed’s (pbuh) color was. The reason for this misconception is because some people either don’t have a correct understanding of the Arabic words that were used to describe the prophet Mohamed (pbuh) and others in the past or they know and they don’t want to say the reality. I explain many misunderstood Arabic terms in detail in my book The Unknown Arabs.
Read again the description above that the Arabs of the past gave of the appearance of a pure Arab and then look at the picture that today’s Arab producers give of what a pure Arab looks like.
Today’s Arab producers show the pure Arabs as white-skinned and anyone who actually looks like a pure Arab, is not shown as an Arab but as a non-Arab slave. Where did Arab producers get this false idea? This is another reason people today have a false idea about what a pure Arab looks like. Are today’s Arab producers purposely misinforming the masses or are they innocently ignorant of the appearance of the Arabs of the past? Ali ibn Abi Talib (RAA), the cousin and son-in-law of the prophet Mohamed (pbuh) and the ancestor of all people who are called sharifs (noble descendants of the prophet Mohamed pbuh), was described as jet-black skinned and so were his descendants (see The Unknown Arabs pages 60-63). Look at how today’s Arab producers portrayed Ali’s father Abi Talib (the brother of the prophet Mohamed’s (pbuh) father) in the film The Messenger.
Most hadith describe the prophet Mohamed (pbuh) as not very black-skinned and not light-skinned, with hair that was not extremely kinky and not non-kinky. Another hadith describes the prophet’s (pbuh) color as brown, which, as I explain in The Unknown Arabs, means a color darker than the color that the term is used for today. The hadith that describes the prophet’s (pbuh) color as brown is related by Tirmidhi (hadith number 1676). Some hadith describe the prophet’s (pbuh) color as “white”. However, the meaning that the Arabs intended for the term “white”, when used to describe people, was completely different from the usual meaning of white.
It’s important that people understand that when the Arabs of the past described someone’s color as “white”, they meant a color much different from the color that the term is usually used to describe. The Arabs had a special meaning for the term white when describing each other. The Arabs usually described the non-Arab descendants of Japheth as red. When they described the non-Arab descendants of Japheth as white, it had the meaning that it has today. However, when the Arabs described each other’s complexion as white, they meant the complexion that I will explain to you now.
“When the Arabs said that a man or a woman was ‘white’, they meant that the person was honorable. They weren’t talking about his/her complexion. When they (the Arabs) said that a man or a woman was ‘red’, they meant that his/her complexion was white.
The famous, old Arabic dictionary Lisan El Arab also quotes the author of El-Tahdhib, Saad El-Din Masud ibn Umar El-Taftaazaani (1312-1389 A.D.) as saying:
التهذيب: إِذا قالت العرب فلان أَبْـيَضُ وفلانة بَـيْضاء فالـمعنى نَقاء العِرْض من الدنَس والعيوب... لا يريدون به بَـياضَ اللون ولكنهم يريدون الـمدح بالكرم ونَقاءِ العِرْض من العيوب، وإِذا قالوا: فلان أَبْـيَض الوجه وفلانة بَـيْضاءُ الوجه أَرادوا نقاءَ اللون من الكَلَفِ والسوادِ الشائن
“When the Arabs said that a man or a woman was white, they meant that the person had a faultless honor…they didn’t mean white skin. What they meant by this was to praise the person for his/her generosity and faultless honor. When they said that a man or woman had a white face, they meant that the person had a complexion free of blemishes and free of an unattractive blackness.”
Shams El-Din Mohamed ibn Ahmed ibn Othman El-Dhahabi (died 1374 A.D.) said:
العرب إذا قالتّ: فلان أبيض فإنهم يريدون الحنطي أللون بحلية سوداء
“When the Arabs said that a person was white, they meant that he/she had a black complexion with a wheat-colored undertone.”
So, as you can see, when the Arabs described each other’s complexion as “white”, they actually meant a dark complexion; a nice, dark, even complexion with a wheat-colored undertone.
This description that the Arabs of the past gave of a pure Arab should help give people today a better understanding of the meanings of the terms used to describe the prophet Mohamed (pbuh). It’s time for people to stop hiding the truth about the appearance of the prophet Mohamed (pbuh), his family, and his people. As I said, Ali ibn Abi Talib, the first cousin and son-in-law of the prophet Mohamed (pbuh) was described as jet-black skinned. Ali’s father was the prophet’s uncle (his father’s brother). In my book, The Unknown Arabs, I mention many other noble, pure-blooded Arabs who were described as jet-black skinned. Many of the noble, pure-blooded, jet-black-skinned Arabs that I mention were from the prophet Mohamed’s (pbuh) tribe.
There are some who try to avoid this topic by saying Allah’s words
O mankind! Lo! We have created you male and female, and have made `you nations and tribes that ye may know one another. Lo! the noblest of you, in the sight of Allah, is the best in conduct. Lo! Allah is Knower, Aware. (Hujaraat-verse 13)
I ask all who try to use this verse as an excuse for concealing Allah’s words and the prophet Mohamed’s (pbuh) words what this verse has to do with what I am talking about here. How could giving a correct description of the prophets and certain peoples possibly be construed as being racist? Allah described the color of the mud that Adam was created from. The prophet Mohamed (pbuh) described the color of Musa (Moses) and Isa (Jesus). The companions of the prophet Mohamed (pbuh) described the color of people. When did it become a forbidden or taboo subject? Who made this subject taboo in Islam? Does one really believe that this verse means that we are supposed to conceal truths that Allah made clear in His book? Does this verse mean that we are supposed to conceal the fact that Allah said that He created our father Adam from black mud? Does this verse mean that we are supposed to conceal the fact that the prophet Mohamed (pbuh) said that Musa (Moses) and Isa (Jesus) were black-skinned? One should be careful of using Allah’s verses to justify one’s sins. In fact, by avoiding this topic, one is going against what the verse says that we are supposed to do. Allah says that He created us nations and tribes لِتَعَارَفُوا “that ye may know one another”. If we don’t know what our father Adam looked like, what the Arabs looked like, what the Hebrews looked like, who is a descendant of Japheth, who is a Hebrew, who is a European, we are not doing what Allah says that we are supposed to do. Allah says that He made us nations and tribes لِتَعَارَفُوا “that ye may know one another”. The scholars say that this means so that we can know who is the son of whom and who is from whom. Am I asking any more than this?
People have to stop hiding the truth about the appearance of our father Adam, the appearance of the prophet Mohamed (pbuh), and the appearance of the other prophets that I mentioned in this book. People must also correct the widespread wrong idea about the appearance of the original pure Arabs. It’s not enough to simply say that what I am saying is true and leave it at that. We must take serious steps to correct this misconception. We must start a campaign to correct this misunderstanding by using various means such as the media, the educational systems, books, movies, TV programs, etc. We must not stop this campaign until the true appearance of the prophets that I mentioned in this book, the true appearance of the Arabs, and the true appearance of the Hebrews become common knowledge. It’s time for true lovers of the truth to show their unconditional love for the truth by taking steps to make the truth known and by continuing to take steps until the truth is once again known to the general public. We must fix things and reveal the truth as Allah commanded us to do in verse 160 of surat El-Baqara.
Except such of them as repent and amend and make manifest (the truth). These it is toward whom I relent. I am the Relenting, the Merciful. [Baqara-verse 160].
We must do as the prophet Mohamed (pbuh) commanded us to do and tell the truth even if the truth is bitter and we must not fear the blame of those who blame. This is Islam, the religion of truth. Allah says:
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