tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49437479532610989122024-03-05T11:58:33.528-08:00Save the True ArabsTariq Berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136092819878228860noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4943747953261098912.post-42155790599920854722010-05-04T03:23:00.000-07:002010-05-07T15:30:04.540-07:00A Little Experiment<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CUser%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; direction:rtl; unicode-bidi:embed; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: left;" align="right"><span dir="LTR" style="">I would like for readers who do not have "mixed" or "interracial" marriages in their families to perform a little experiment with me. First of all, take a good look at yourselves…your complexion, your hair texture, your hair color, your type of nose. Now think of your first cousin – your father's brother's son. Are you thinking of him? Are his complexion and hair texture basically like yours or are they drastically different from yours? Now think of your father's brother. Are his complexion and hair texture basically like that of his son or are they drastically different? Now think of your father. How similar are his complexion and hair texture to that of his brother? Now think of your mother's cousin. How similar are her complexion and hair texture to that of her cousin?
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<br /><span dir="LTR" style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: left;" align="right"><span dir="LTR" style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: left;" align="right"><span dir="LTR" style="">OK. You guys who are married… Picture your wives in your minds…Her complexion, her hair texture. Got it? Now picture her brother and her brother's son.. Does her brother have the same complexion and hair texture as his son (your wife's nephew) or are they entirely different? <span style=""> </span>Now compare your wife's brother to your wife.<span style=""> </span>Does he have basically the same complexion and hair texture that your wife has or are his complexion and hair texture drastically different from the complexion and hair texture of your wife? Do you and your wife have a daughter? Take a good look at her complexion and hair texture. Are they basically similar to the complexion and hair texture of your wife's brother or are they drastically different? Now look at your wife's brother's son and look at your daughter. Are their looks drastically different or do they have basically the same complexion and hair texture?
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<br /><span dir="LTR" style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: left;" align="right"><span dir="LTR" style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: left;" align="right"><span dir="LTR" style="">I'm sure that you have all seen that, in general, there are no drastic differences in the complexion and hair texture of the people I asked you to compare (please let me know the results). Let's now put all of this into perspective. I first asked you to look at your first cousin – your father's brother's son. Let's now look at the Prophet Mohamed's (SAWS) first cousin - Ali ibn Abu Talib – the son of the Prophet Mohamed's father's brother. His complexion is described as black-skinned. The Prophet Mohamed's (SAWS) other first cousin – Abdellah ibn Al-Abbas – the son of the Prophet Mohamed's (SAWS) father's other brother is also described as black-skinned.
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<br /><span dir="LTR" style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: left;" align="right"><span dir="LTR" style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: left;" align="right"><span dir="LTR" style="">I also asked you to look at your wives' brother and his son. Let's now look at the Prophet Mohamed's (SAWS) wife Khadija's (RAA) brother's son Hakim ibn Huzaam. He was described as black-skinned. The Prophet Mohamed's (SAWS) wife Khadija's (RAA) other brother's son Al-Zubair ibn Al-Awwam was described as dark-skinned and his son Abdellah ibn Al-Zubair was described as black-skinned.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: left;" align="right">
<br /><span dir="LTR" style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: left;" align="right"><span dir="LTR" style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: left;" align="right"><span dir="LTR" style="">Fatima (RAA) is the daughter of the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS) and Khadija (RAA). Hakim ibn Huzaam and Al-Zubair ibn Al-Awwam (RAA) are <st1:place st="on">Fatima</st1:place>'s first cousins – the sons of her mother's brother.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: left;" align="right">
<br /><span dir="LTR" style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: left;" align="right"><span dir="LTR" style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: left;" align="right"><span dir="LTR" style="">Think about all of this very carefully. I'm waiting for your comments.<o:p></o:p></span></p> Tariq Berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136092819878228860noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4943747953261098912.post-38222717371048299012010-05-01T08:50:00.000-07:002010-05-03T02:22:50.485-07:00The Arab Crows<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6EeespIcXevl-rlJm9QXfJVq07LeOk4qm5TOXLF-v4HW-j87gnhZokD6PpN4X6x7Pp4e_e26eN_hBj_KFYibWcWrONSDwyekzGXhBJQU1yAg72lQlV3mcMddxmr3feZct20j0163sKGPR/s1600/Crow.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 208px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6EeespIcXevl-rlJm9QXfJVq07LeOk4qm5TOXLF-v4HW-j87gnhZokD6PpN4X6x7Pp4e_e26eN_hBj_KFYibWcWrONSDwyekzGXhBJQU1yAg72lQlV3mcMddxmr3feZct20j0163sKGPR/s320/Crow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466414536404638482" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:Arial;" >The Arab Crows (أ<span style="font-weight: bold;">غربة العرب</span>) are the famous Arab poets of the past who were so dark-skinned that their color resembled the color of a crow. Some of the Arab Crows lived in Pre-Islamic times and others lived during the period between Pre-Islamic times and Islamic times. </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:Arial;" > Ibn Mandhour says in his book Lisan Al-Arab that the Arab Crows are <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Antarah</span>, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Khafaf ibn Nadba</span> from the tribe of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sulaym</span>, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Abu Umair ibn Al-Hubaab</span> from the tribe of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sulaym</span>, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Sulaik ibn Sulaka</span>, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Hisham ibn Uqba ibn Abi Mu'eet</span>, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Abdellah ibn Khaazim</span> from the tribe of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sulaym</span>, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Umair ibn Abu Umair ibn Al-Hubaab</span> from the tribe of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sulaym</span>, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Hammaam ibn Mutarraf</span> from the tribe of Taghlib, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Muntashir ibn Wahb Al-Baahili</span>, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Matar ibn Awfaa Al-Mazini</span>, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Taabbata Sharra</span>, and <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Al-Shanfara</span>. Many people today make the mistake of assuming that since these <span style="font-style: italic;">"Arab Crows</span>" are so black-skinned, they must be descended from "Africans". For example, read what was said about Khaffaf ibn Nadba from the tribe of Sulaym:<br /><br />قال خفاف بن ندبة - وهي أمه، وكانت حبشية..."<br />"...<br /><br />"Khafaf the son of Nadba - and Nadba was an Ethiopian slave-girl - said..."<br /><br />This is what they say about Khafaf's mother, but the reality is his mother was a pure Arab from the tribe of Bani Al-Harith ibn Ka'ab. Ibn Sa'ad says in his book Al-Tabaqaat:<br /></span></span><div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:Arial;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">خفاف بن عمير </span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:Arial;" >ابن الحارث بن شريد واسمه عمرو بن رباح</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:Arial;" > بن يقظة بن عصية بن خفاف بن امرئ القيس بن بهثة بن سليم وكان شاعرا وهو</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:Arial;" > الذي يقال له خفاف بن ندبة وهي أمة بها يعرف <b>وهى ابنة الشيطان بن قنان سبية من بني الحارث بن كعب</b> ويقال إن ندية كانت سوداء وشهد خفاف فتح مكة مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وكان معه لواء بني سليم الأخر.</span><br /></span></div><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"Khafaf the son of Umair the son of Al-Harith the son of Amru (Shuraid) the son of Rabbah the son of Yaqidha the son of Asiyya the son of Khafaf the son of Imr Al-Qais the son of Bahtha the son of Sulaym. He was a poet and was called Khafaf the son of Nadba and Nadba is a slave-girl and Khafaf was known by her. She (Nadba) is the daughter of Al-Shaytan the son of Qanan and she was captured from the tribe of Bani Al-Harith ibn Ka'ab. It is said that Nadba was black-skinned. Khafaf was present with the Prophet (SAWS) during the conquest of Mecca and he carried the flag of the tribe of Sulaym."</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Ibn Hajar says in his book Al-Isaaba Fi Tamyeez Al-Sahaaba:</span><br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">خفاف بن عمير بن الحارث بن الشريد </span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:Arial;" >بن رياح بن يقظة بن عصية بن خفاف بن امرئ القيس بن بهثة بن</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:Arial;" > سليم وهو المعروف بابن ندبة بنون وهي أمه قال بن الكلبي شهد الفتح وكان</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:Arial;" > معه لواء بني سليم وكان شاعرًا مشهورا وقال الأصمعي شهد حنينًا وثبت على</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:Arial;" > إسلامه في الردة وبقي إلى زمن عمر وقال أبو عبيدة <b>أغار الحارث بن الشريد يعني جد خفاف هذا على بني الحارث بن كعب فسبي ندبة فوهبها لابنه عمير فولدت له خفافا</b> فنسب إليها قال المرزباني هي ندبة بنت أبان بن شيطان بن قنان بن سلمة.</span><br /></span></div><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;" ><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Khafaf the son of Umair the son of Al-Harith the son of Shuraid the son of Rabbah the son of Yaqidha the son of Asiyya the son of Khafaf the</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">son of Imr Al-Qais the son of Bahtha the son of Sulaym. He was a famous poet. Al-Asma'ee said that he was present at the battle of Hunain and that he remained a Muslim during period of apostasy and he was still alive during the reign of Umar. Abu Ubayda said that Al-Harith the son of Shuraid - the grandfather of Khafaf - raided the tribe of Bani Al-Harith ibn Ka'ab and captured Nadba and gave her to his son Umair and she gave birth to Khafaf through Umair and Khafaf was called the son of Nadba. Al-Mirzbaani says that she is Nadba the daughter of Abaan the son of Al-Shaytan the son of Qanan the son of Salama. Bani Al-Harith ibn Ka'ab is a large Arab tribe and Al-Harith ibn Ka'ab is the son of Amru the son of 'Illa the son of Khalid the son of Midhhaj.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Read what is said about another </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Arab Crow</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> - Shanfara:</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">ويعني اسمه (غليظ الشفاه ) ، ويدل أن دماء حبشية كانت تجري فيه</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"And his name means 'thick-lipped', which shows that Ethiopian blood ran through his veins."</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Read what another person said is a reason that he hopes that Al-Shanfara is not from the Arab tribe of Shihr:</span><br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:Arial;" ><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">انه كان اسودا ونحن</span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:Arial;" ><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> جميعا لآدم ولا فضل لاحد على احد الا بالتقوى ولكنه كان كافرا وفوق هذا من</span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:Arial;" ><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> اصول افريقية اما من ناحية الاب او الام والعرب ليس فيهم السواد الوارد في </span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:Arial;" ><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">الشنفرى</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;" ><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;" ><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:Times New Roman;" >"...Because he (Al-Shanfara) was black-skinned - we are all from Adam and no one is any better than the next except according to piety - but he was an unbeliever and to make matters worse, he was of African origin</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> either from his father or from his mother and the Arabs are not black-skinned like Al-Shanfara was described".</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This is what they say about Al-Shanfara, but the truth of the matter is that his father was from the pure Arab tribe of Al-Azd and his mother was from the pure Arab tribe of Fahm. Read what Al-Shanfara said about himself:</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Simplified Arabic;" ><b>"<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">انا من خيار الحجر بيتاً ومنصباً ** وامي ابنة الاحرار لو تعرفينها"</span></b></span><b style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><br /></b><br />"I am from the best of the clan of Hujr (a clan of the tribe of Al-Azd) in origin and status. And my mother is the daughter of the freemen - if you only knew her!"<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:arial;font-size:180%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:180%;" >There is also the Arab Crow Taabbata Sharra. His real name is Thaabi the son of Jaabir the son of Sufyan the son of 'Umaythil the son of 'Udayy the son of Ka'ab the son of Hazin the son of Tamim the son of Sa'ad the son of Fahm the son of Amru the son of Qais 'Ailan the son of Mudar the son of Nizaar. His mother - Umayma - was from the Bani Qain branch of the Arab tribe of Fahm the son of Amru the son of Qais 'Ailan the son of Mudar the son of Nizaar.<br /><br />As you can see, Taabbata Sharra, too, was a pure Arab from the pure Arab tribe of Fahm.</span><br /></span></span></div>Tariq Berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136092819878228860noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4943747953261098912.post-37015841160910918392010-05-01T04:53:00.001-07:002010-05-03T02:37:55.676-07:00Mohamed Al-Nafs Al-Zakia - The Pure-Blooded QuraishiTo get a better idea of what the Arabs of the past looked like, let's take a close and careful look at the Prophet Mohamed's (SAWS) descendant Mohamed Al-Nafs Al-Zakia the son of Abdellah the son of Al-Hasan the son of Al-Hasan the son of Ali the son of Abu Talib.<br /><br />It is a known fact that Mohamed Al-Nafs Al-Zakia was a pure-blooded Arab from his father's side and his mother's side. This is why he was nick-named The Pure-Blooded Quraishi. This is why he said the following about himself:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"You know that no one has as close relations to or relations to anyone better than he whom I am very closely related to (meaning the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS))".<br /></div><br />What color would most people today expect a person who says such a thing to be? ِAl-Hafidh Al-Dhahabi says:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> Mohamed Al-Nafs Al-Zakia was "<span style="font-weight: bold;">black-skinned</span> and huge". <br /></div><br />Al-Tabari says:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"Mohamed Al-Nafs Al-Zakia was tall, jet-black-skinned and huge. He was nick-named <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Bituminous</span> because of his blackness and Abu Ja'afar Al-Mansour used to call him <span style="font-weight: bold;">Charcoal</span>".<br /></div><br />Bear in mind that the person called The Bituminous and Charcoal was a pure-blooded Arab closely related to the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS). Remember that this person called The Bituminous and Charcoal said:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"You know that no one has as close relations to or relations to anyone better than he whom I am very closely related to (meaning the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS))".<br /></div><br />Bituminous means like bitumen. Take a look at the color of bitumen:<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhImnbOntiGcG7vkr5ewZK5SHW9A5THOPVUsGz-owuSVLMg815qwoW00AtxPJ-exETYBTNPS-RoOOLWHB98wW-UsvY2fcnLuzdczHv5cUUiegFVeXZGdnUN693hbQMKD6B2Tdl2mC4lp1Zp/s1600/bitumen.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 161px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhImnbOntiGcG7vkr5ewZK5SHW9A5THOPVUsGz-owuSVLMg815qwoW00AtxPJ-exETYBTNPS-RoOOLWHB98wW-UsvY2fcnLuzdczHv5cUUiegFVeXZGdnUN693hbQMKD6B2Tdl2mC4lp1Zp/s320/bitumen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466293558579010034" border="0" /></a> Bitumen<br /></div><br />Mohamed Al-Nafs Al-Zakia was also called Charcoal. Here is the color of charcoal:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZcT-R5IMSKh1KE9r4ghdfBJGGf9Q0B_9OtMPogCOr3XLU85EPQtcLdm02B8_jlZAi6NRF7tk4XPynCrUyzFpoDqPHs0P9ca8qWf5p4YEHzjyfCxWOuJ28E7WsbfLFLB6qbqP6seDDtxO/s1600/Charcoal.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZcT-R5IMSKh1KE9r4ghdfBJGGf9Q0B_9OtMPogCOr3XLU85EPQtcLdm02B8_jlZAi6NRF7tk4XPynCrUyzFpoDqPHs0P9ca8qWf5p4YEHzjyfCxWOuJ28E7WsbfLFLB6qbqP6seDDtxO/s320/Charcoal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466294406050469538" border="0" /></a>Charcoal<br /></div><br />I believe that this should give readers a very clear picture of how dark-skinned Mohamed Al-Nafs Al-Zakia - the pure-blooded Arab direct descendant of the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS) was. Mohamed Al-Nafs Al-Zakia had a son named Al-Hasan. Ibn Hazim says:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"Al-Hasan (the son of Mohamed Al-Nafs Al-Zakia) was so black-skinned that he was nick-named <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Father of the Tar</span>. We all know how dark tar is.<br /></div><br />That is the description of Mohamed Al-Nafs Al-Zakia the son of Abdellah the son of Al-Hasan the son of Al-Hasan the son of Ali the son of Abu Talib. That is the blackness of Mohamed Al-Nafs Al-Zakia, who said about himself:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"I am descended from the Prophet (SAWS) from my mother's side AND my father's side. I am the purest of Bani Hashim (the branch of Quraish that the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS) is from) in genealogy and the noblest of them both paternally AND maternally. NO NON-ARAB BLOOD RUNS THROUGH MY VEINS!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Doesn't this say it all? I believe that this is the proof of all proofs that the original Arabs were a dark-skinned people.<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Tariq Berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136092819878228860noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4943747953261098912.post-66554617291324563952010-04-04T04:23:00.001-07:002010-04-04T15:40:51.008-07:00Black Sheep - White Sheep...How It All Happened<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456250292261915490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5RL-VMdYpBxCATGeiwgHtzesqaxNS64KBiphTUzlgrAWJjt_EI8sGldFY2scRUNaP1a8_VJBKiFsdZPwzxvfE9yWO8YsCu17_7JPsFIEm1vAltwUlckvBLQrJltcJ5Zky6IoWQoP0Of4J/s200/black+sheep+2.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuMtiYC8oZHBF6_nG4hUPRdG0xJHiDh5OJ4trsW-HnoTCjFOw8l5e33xdG3rzgNH_hxSsEE0pf5FYuVrca2CXCUGqCnlJu66BcJ0CHCzF5-WGsX1BaZulfxu5fcOcCQPsGSvaO4gN5rmjp/s1600/BlackSheep.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456244935591004498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuMtiYC8oZHBF6_nG4hUPRdG0xJHiDh5OJ4trsW-HnoTCjFOw8l5e33xdG3rzgNH_hxSsEE0pf5FYuVrca2CXCUGqCnlJu66BcJ0CHCzF5-WGsX1BaZulfxu5fcOcCQPsGSvaO4gN5rmjp/s200/BlackSheep.jpg" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456245795196313730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 133px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxRPtNE2cQuQOQ_FoSIqXKh-2NaUsnyJ0kpW_uTBu-qOFuecJRC3c9RO9SX2XeWJ37Cy52sH9QuRnA4rOMIcuI6FotjC_mCIfjn6BD0n9QCKhjkT6DMpbaX4b7RVO5gaOT_STTafIRZU7T/s200/white+sheep+2.jpg" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456248270360251026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 136px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM0qaMKXn36AKxJw5yX_GxhDm3ITfrN8ysUx_7ZeVl_wo49etL2TstcwZgAKobu0nWvopH6widw8m95R8WGJuR67jYj4TtKkyelX6akAY0HMlMU5Zfylwix5_JtQ0uCNFH8c_8hfgWZ9th/s200/one+white+sheep.bmp" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456246348642313362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUn1rWC_QZC449hcm1BaQXv1MDSxFvly1hNs3VXWR7SfwegS721-s4BbDIWhPMy8jJhcIucP7U0I8THWgvebTUnBhuU-3r1mJg_BmPuWRRAxgWfknlumZitNDpf2Qc2_g7AMB2JXtgEzTm/s200/2+white+sheep.jpg" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456243277566270034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl2Ehs0RLGb12c8p0U92EwJvtW8_c1tipDx4mDHPpWaUcIvqjiO5lnlqGq-QfubPOS4tRUKcSpwXDz1w7CexY5lKr286FiPKqsRnbyMvwr20425DG_doWBJN8mLwuTbKaQTXHsTqJsmC_o/s200/Black_sheep-1.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456246973393826386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJtG_xLv4qKd7yxmK3fanXF8ccJTXGCYZ4tzZy0oi-3dOVs2LaLZV6erN8HVBWOnruMs4J7Z7uF9fGNxSHIEVm4UkaJ-YYnOlpQqxlS0xz4dGNrrVj1vsAAaucQ-T8MnNdibVvBrNRoq0x/s200/one+black+sheep.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456247274126671442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 156px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn3ZdZe42HhKbORUbRbu23WK5oYSqrHaYm5epbez4gbbqU7-eIPkEb0jP-5fd4lI1MVwlcd5KMytmIJFzUJYAMzPIBN9CYvV_DdWKorxCxaOkldRAxtKNFMLnXZpJOloRvX8h2kYBwSPCc/s200/one+black+sheep+2.jpg" border="0" /> </div><div>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.</div><div><br />Zaid ibn Aslam related that the prophet (SAWS) saw a vision and told his companions about it. He said, "I saw a group of black sheep and a group of white sheep then mixed with the black sheep. I interpreted it to mean that the non-Arab Persians will enter Islam and then share with you your genealogy and your wealth." The companions became surprised by what he (SAWS) said. Then one said, "The non-Arab Persians will enter our land, Oh Messenger of Allah?!" The Prophet (SAWS) then said, "Yes. By He Who Has my soul in His Hand, if the religion was hanging on the distant star, men from the non-Arab Persians would reach it and the luckiest of them would be the people of Faris. </div><div><br /></div><div>The Prophet Mohamed spoke the truth and this is why there is this misconception concerning the appearance of the original Arabs. This is why the original dark-skinned Arabs are not clearly visible today. </div><div></div><div><br /><a href="http://www.savethetruearabs.com/"><span style="color:#ffffff;"><strong>http://www.savethetruearabs.com/</strong></span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;"><strong><br /></strong></span><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Tariq Berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136092819878228860noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4943747953261098912.post-4978874135229008552010-03-30T09:25:00.000-07:002010-03-31T05:24:28.494-07:00Where Are The Descendants of Ubada ibn Al-Samit (RAA)I think that it is quite clear now what Ubada ibn Al-Samit looked like and how black-skinned he was. I think that it is also clear how pure-blooded an Arab he was. Let's now take a look at a tribe in Saudi Arabia that takes pride in being a descendant of Ubada ibn Al-Samit. That tribe is called Aal Ubaid. The following is a picture of members of this tribe:<br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454466015769821954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMCF1cmJeWCnYHhCwPT8vcbSvz3c6PCpxLEyIvO9_LjPwBcjtcI7IEvhyx0UWxbILoRdO9RdW17ldBHS2o0JLqeF5pMjTjBne70abvTRyLLRtp8PPoUW96Z9p8vzhHn9zZZJVEe13SzyZ7/s200/%D8%A2%D9%84+%D8%B9%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><br />As you can see, their complexion is nothing like that of Ubada ibn Al-Samit. The problem is that the general idea today is that their complexion is the complexion of Ubada ibn Al-Samit and the pure Arabs of the past. Now look at the Saudi Arabs in the picture below. They are originally from Hadramout, Yemen.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454550661952516594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 128px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHY2x1qpw1xWcV8O-m5AsuhJYxT1dew63kabUZtPeFv1JnGjqM3yary581PcpBnOK7ZCpNukBnHHQh79caqbpjeki0D1a7tY4nRdKQVRMbj4Fl2MoYDENiN8w6ZSRbmgcYe1ub9nk8JICs/s200/%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A8+%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3.jpg" border="0" /><br />Who looks more like the description of Ubada ibn Al-Samit - the people in the first picture or the people in the second picture? The problem is that people think that the people in the first picture look like the pure Arabs of the past and that the people in the second picture are not pure Arabs, but descendants of "African" slaves. The person on the left in the above picture is Abdel Rabb Idriss. Look at what someone on one of the Arabic forums said about him:<br /><br /><div align="center">ثاني: اخر شي تقول مارايك في عبد الرب ادريس؟ جوابي: هو احد العبيد الزنوج المتحضرمين</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">"You ask me my opinion about Abdel Rabb Idriss? My answer is: He is one of the Negro slaves who pretend to be from Hadramout."</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="http://www.hdrmut.net/vb/t243289.html">http://www.hdrmut.net/vb/t243289.html</a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="left">Do you see the serious misconception that people have about who is an Arab and who isn't and what the original Arabs looked like?</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div>Tariq Berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136092819878228860noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4943747953261098912.post-57477640132237361522010-03-27T18:40:00.001-07:002010-03-28T09:59:36.939-07:00GET THIS BLACK MAN AWAY FROM ME! – And Who Was That Black Man?<div align="left">As I mentioned in my previous post, when Muqawqis, the 7th century Greek ruler of Egypt, saw the extreme blackness of Ubada ibn Al-Samit's complexion when he stepped forward to speak as the leader of the delegation sent at Muqawqis's request, he shouted: "Get this black man away from me and send forward someone else to speak!" Let's take a closer look at who Ubada ibn Al-Samit was. He is Ubada the son of Al-Samit the son of Qais the son of Asram the son of Fihr the son of Tha'alaba the son of Ghanim the son of 'Auf the son of Amru the son of 'Auf the son of <strong>Al-<strong>Khazr</strong>aj</strong> the son of Al-Haritha the son of <strong>Amru the son of 'Aamir</strong> the son of Haritha the son of Amr al Qais the son of Tha'laba the son of <strong>Mazin</strong> the son of <strong>Al-Azd</strong> the son of Al-Ghawth the son of Nabt the son of Malik the son of Zaid the son of <strong>Kahlan </strong>the son of <strong>Saba</strong> the son of Yashjab the son of Ya'arub the son of <strong>Qahtan</strong>. His mother was Qurrat Al-Ain the daughter of <strong>Ubada the son of Nadla </strong>the son of Malik the son of Ajlaan the son of Zaid the son of Ghanim the son of Saalim the son of 'Auf the son of Amru the son of 'Auf the son of <strong>Al-Khazraj </strong>the son of Al-Haritha the son of <strong>Amru the son of 'Aamir</strong> the son of Haritha the son of Amr al Qais the son of Tha'laba the son of <strong>Mazin</strong> the son of <strong>Al-Azd </strong>the son of Al-Ghawth the son of Nabt the son of Malik the son of Zaid the son of <strong>Kahlan</strong> the son of <strong>Saba</strong> the son of Yashjab the son of Ya'arub the son of <strong>Qahtan</strong>.<br /><br />As you can see, Ubada ibn Al-Samit is a descendant of Saba from both his father's side and his mother's side. There is a chapter of the Quran which speaks of the people of Saba and the name of the chapter is Saba.<br /><br />************************************************************<br /><br />Allah says in Surat Saba of the Quran:<br /><br />34:15<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">لَقَدْ كَانَ لِسَبَإٍ فِي مَسْكَنِهِمْ آيَةٌ جَنَّتَانِ عَن يَمِينٍ وَشِمَالٍ كُلُوا مِن رِّزْقِ رَبِّكُمْ وَاشْكُرُوا لَهُ بَلْدَةٌ طَيِّبَةٌ وَرَبٌّ غَفُورٌ<br /></span><br /><br />There was for [the tribe of] Saba' in their dwelling place a sign: two [fields of] gardens on the right and on the left. [They were told], "Eat from the provisions of your Lord and be grateful to Him. A good land [have you], and a forgiving Lord."<br /><br />Tafsir al-Jalalayn<br /><br />Verily there was for Sheba (Saba’, declined [as li-Saba’in] or left as indeclinable [li-Saba’a], is [the name of] a tribe that took its name from one of their Arab ancestors) in their dwelling-place, in Yemen, a sign: indicating God’s power, exalted be He, two gardens (jannatān, a substitution [for āyatun, ‘a sign’]) to the right and to the left, in other words, on the right side of their valley and on its left side. And it was said to them: ‘Eat of your Lord’s provision and give thanks to Him, for the graces He has bestowed on you in the land of Sheba. A good land — in which there was no dung, gnats, flies, fleas, scorpions, or snakes, and in which when a stranger passed through with his clothes lice-infected, these [lice] would be killed off because of the purity of its air — and, God is, a forgiving Lord.’<br /><br />34:16<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">فَأَعْرَضُوا فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَيْلَ الْعَرِمِ وَبَدَّلْنَاهُم بِجَنَّتَيْهِمْ جَنَّتَيْنِ ذَوَاتَى أُكُلٍ خَمْطٍ وَأَثْلٍ وَشَيْءٍ مِّن سِدْرٍ قَلِيلٍ</span><br /><br /><br /><br />But they turned away [refusing], so We sent upon them the flood of the dam, and We replaced their two [fields of] gardens with gardens of bitter fruit, tamarisks and something of sparse lote trees.<br /><br />Tafsir al-Jalalayn<br /><br />But they were disregardful, of giving thanks to Him and became disbelievers, so We unleashed upon them the flood of the Dam (al-‘arim is the plural of ‘arima, which is a structure or something similar that holds water back [to be stored] for when it is needed), in other words, [We unleashed upon them] the flood-waters of their valley which had been held back by the mentioned [structure] so that they engulfed their two gardens together with all their property. And We gave them in place of their two gardens two gardens bearing (dhawātay, a dual form of [feminine plural] dhawāt; usually [the form dhātay from] the singular [would have been used]) bitter fruit, bitter and vile (ukul may be read as a genitive annexation [ukulin khamtin] in the sense of ‘that which is eaten [thereof being bitter]; or it may be read without [as ukuli khamtin]; and this [phrase] is supplemented [by the following, wa-athlin wa-shay’in min sidrin qalīl) and tamarisk and sparse lote trees.<br /><br />34:17<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">ذَلِكَ جَزَيْنَاهُم بِمَا كَفَرُوا وَهَلْ نُجَازِي إِلَّا الْكَفُورَ<br /></span><br /><br />[By] that We repaid them because they disbelieved. And do We [thus] repay except the ungrateful?<br /><br />Tafsir al-Jalalayn<br /><br />That, replacement [of what they had], is what We requited them with for their ingratitude: and is anyone but the ingrate ever [so] requited? (read hal yujāzā illā’l-kafūru; or read as hal nujāzī illā’l-kafūra, ‘Would We requite anyone but the ingrate?’), in other words, it is only the like of such who is called to account.<br /><br />34:18<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ الْقُرَى الَّتِي بَارَكْنَا فِيهَا قُرًى ظَاهِرَةً وَقَدَّرْنَا فِيهَا السَّيْرَ سِيرُوا فِيهَا لَيَالِيَ وَأَيَّامًا آمِنِينَ</span><br /><br />And We placed between them and the cities which We had blessed [many] visible cities. And We determined between them the [distances of] journey, [saying], "Travel between them by night or day in safety."<br /><br />Tafsir al-Jalalayn<br /><br />And We set between them, between Sheba, who were in Yemen, and the towns which We had blessed, with [abundance of] water and trees — these being the towns of Syria, to which they used to travel for commerce — prominent towns, continuous [along the route] from Yemen to Syria, and We facilitated [for travellers] the journeying through them, such that they would rest for the afternoon in one and spend the night in the next, [and so on] until the end of their travel, having no need of any supplies or water along the way; and We said, ‘Travel through them night and day safely’, having no fear by night or by day.<br /><br />34:19<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">فَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا بَاعِدْ بَيْنَ أَسْفَارِنَا وَظَلَمُوا أَنفُسَهُمْ فَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ أَحَادِيثَ وَمَزَّقْنَاهُمْ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّكُلِّ صَبَّارٍ شَكُورٍ</span><br /><br />But [insolently] they said, "Our Lord, lengthen the distance between our journeys," and wronged themselves, so We made them narrations and dispersed them in total dispersion. Indeed in that are signs for everyone patient and grateful.<br /><br />Tafsir al-Jalalayn<br /><br />But they said, ‘Our Lord, make far apart (ba‘‘id: a variant reading has bā‘id) the stages of our travel’, to Syria: make these [stages through] deserts, so that they could glory before the poor in riding their camels and bearing their supplies and water, and so they behaved wantonly with the graces [bestowed on them by God], and they wronged their souls, through disbelief, and so We made them bywords, [of wrongdoing] in this respect, for those who came after them, and We caused them to disintegrate totally, We scattered them all over the lands. Surely in that, which is mentioned, there are signs, lessons, for every [servant who is] steadfast, [in refraining] from acts of disobedience, grateful, for [God’s] graces.<br /><br /><br />************************************************************<br /><br /><br />Imam Ahmed relates that Ibn Al-Abbas said: "A man asked the Prophet (SAWS) about Saba – was it a man, a woman, or a land – and the Prophet (SAWS) said it was a man and he had 10 sons, 6 of them lived in Yemen and 4 of them lived in the area of Syria (Sham). Those who lived in Yemen are the tribes of Midhhaj, Kinda, <strong>Al-Azd</strong>, Al-Ash'ariyeen, Al-Anmaar, and Himyar. As for those who lived in Syria, they are the tribes of Lakhim, Judhaam, 'Aamila, and <strong>Ghassaan</strong>."<br /><br />Ubada ibn Al-Samit was one of the chiefs of the Ansar. The Ansar are the two Yemenite tribes - Al-Aus and Al-Khazraj - that occupied Yathrib after the flooding of the Aram Dam. They (the Al-Aus and Al-Khazraj tribes – the Ansar) helped the Prophet Mohamed (SAWS) when he and the other Muslims were being persecuted in Mecca. Ubada was from the Al-Khazraj tribe of Ansar.<br /><br />The Prophet Mohamed (SAWS) commanded the Ansar to choose 12 of their chiefs to pledge allegiance to him – 9 from the Al-Kharaj and 3 from the Al-Aus. Ubada ibn Al-Samit was one of the 9 chiefs that were chosen to represent the Al-Khazraj tribe. This pledge was called the 1st Pledge of Aqaba. The following were the terms of the pledge:<br /><br />We shall not associate anyone with Allah (The One God): whether in worship, His attributes, His power or His authority.<br />We shall not indulge in adultery, fornication, and practice or propagate any other indecency.<br />We shall not steal or rob anyone’s property in any manner or under any pretense.<br />We shall not practice the custom of killing children.<br />We shall not falsely accuse or backbite anyone.<br />We shall not disobey you in good deeds and just cause.<br />We shall always follow you, be it hard or easy, to our liking or not, and we shall act according to your commands. We shall follow and obey your decisions even if it be against ourselves and in favor of others.<br />We shall not participate in opposing the deserving persons of authority or positions.<br />We shall support the truth and justice and stand firm under all circumstances. In matters of Allah’s religion, we shall not be afraid for our name, disrepute, disgrace, or blame.<br /><br />The following year during the Pilgrimage season, there was the 2nd Pledge of Aqaba. This 2nd pledge of Aqaba consisted of 75 members of Ansar who traveled to Mecca and Ubada ibn Al-Samit was one of the leaders of the delegation and one of the chiefs of the Ansar. Concerning this pledge, Ka‘b bin Malik Al-Ansari said:<br /><br />We set out for pilgrimage and struck a rendezvous in mid Tashreeq Days. We were accompanied by a celebrity and a notable of ours called ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr bin Haram, who was still a polytheist. We disclosed to him our intention of meeting Muhammad [pbuh] and exhorted him to join our ranks and give up polytheism lest he should serve as wood for Hell in the Hereafter. He promptly embraced Islam and witnessed the serious meeting at Al-‘Aqabah.<br /><br />That very night we slept with our people in our camps. After a third of the night had elapsed, we began to leave stealthily and met in a hillock nearby. We were seventy three men and two women Nusaibah bint Ka‘b from the Najjars and Asma’ bint ‘Amr from Bani Salamah. We waited for the Messenger of Allâh [pbuh] until he came in the company of his uncle Al-‘Abbas bin ‘Abdul Muttalib who (though himself not a Muslim), adjured us not to draw his nephew away from the protection of his own kindred unless we were fully prepared to defend him even at the risk of our lives. He was the first to speak:<br /><br />"O you people of the Khazraj — the Arabs used to call the Ansâr (Helpers) Khazraj, whether from Khazraj or Aws — you all know the position that Muhammad holds among us. We have protected him from our people as much as we could. He is honoured and respected among his people. He refuses to join any party except you. So if you think you can carry out what you promise while inviting him to your town, and if you can defend him against the enemies, then assume the burden that you have taken. But if you are going to surrender him and betray him after having taken him away with you, you had better leave him now because he is respected and well defended in his own place." [Ibn Hisham 1/440-442]<br /><br />Ka‘b replied: "We have heard your words, and now O Messenger of Allâh, it is for you to speak and take from us any pledge that you want regarding your Lord and yourself."<br />The Messenger of Allâh then preached the Faith, and the pledge was taken. Al-Imam Ahmad, on the authority of Jabir, gave the following details:<br /><br />The Ansâr (Helpers) asked the Messenger of Allâh about the principles over which they would take a pledge. The Prophet answered:<br />1. To listen and obey in all sets of circumstances.<br />2. To spend in plenty as well as in scarcity.<br />3. To enjoin good and forbid evil.<br />4. In Allâh’s service, you will fear the censure of none.<br />5. To defend me in case I seek your help, and debar me from anything you debar yourself, your spouses and children from. And if you observe those precepts, Paradise is in store for you. [Mukhtasar Seerat Ar-Rasool p.155; Ibn Hisham 1/454]<br /><br />In another version narrated by Ka‘b, he said:<br /><br />The Prophet [pbuh] began to speak, recited some Qur’ânic verses, called people unto Allâh, exhorted them to enter the fold of Islam and concluded saying: "I give you my pledge that you debar me from whatever you debar your women and children from." Here Al-Bara’ bin Ma‘rur, caught him by hand, and said: "Oh yes, we swear by Allâh, Who sent you as a Prophet in Truth, that we will debar you from whatever we debar our women from. Have confidence in us, O Messenger of Allâh. By Allâh, we are genuine fighters and quite reliable in war, it is a trait passed down to us from our ancestors."<br /><br />Then ‘Abul Haitham At-Taihan interrupted and said: "O Prophet of Allâh! Between us and the Jews, there are agreements which we would then sever. If Allâh grants you power and victory, should we expect that you would not leave us, and join the ranks of your people (meaning Quraish)?" The Prophet [pbuh] smiled and replied:<br />"Nay, it would never be; your blood will be my blood. In life and death I will be with you and you with me. I will fight whom you fight and I will make peace with those with whom you make peace." [Ibn Hisham 1/442]<br /><br />After the negotiations concerning the conditions of allegiance had ended, and all of the audience were unanimously agreed to ratify it, two men of the early generation of converts who had embraced Islam in the eleventh and twelfth years rose to their feet to apprise the others of the serious step they were about to take so that they could give their pledge fully aware of the whole affair and consequently be ready for the sacrifice they were expected to make. <strong>Al ‘Abbas bin Ubada bin Nadlah</strong>, in this context, remarked: "O you people of Khazraj! Do you know the significance of the pact that you are entering into with this man? You are in fact avowing that you will fight against all and sundry (the expression he used in Arabic was the Red People and the Black People – meaning the non-Arabs (the Red People) and the Arabs (the Black People)). If you fear that your property will be at stake or the lives of your nobles will be endangered, then leave him now, because if you do this after the pledge, it will be degrading for you both in this world and the world to come. But if you think that you can carry out what you are called upon to do in spite of the loss of precious lives and property, then undertake this heavy responsibility, and I swear by Allâh, that herein lies the good of this world and that of the next."<br />They replied, "We have already considered the loss of property and the murder of our notables, yet we pay him allegiance. But what is our reward if we observe all the items of this pact?" The Prophet replied: "Paradise is in store for you." Then they asked him to stretch out his hand, and they all stretched out their hands and took the pledge. Only at that time did As‘ad bin Zurarah come to realize the people’s readiness for sacrifice in the cause of Allâh. [Ibn Hisham 1/446]<br /><br />On the authority of Jabir, who said: "When we started to pay allegiance to the Prophet [pbuh], As‘ad bin Zurarah stood up and gave the following short address: "Take it easy people of Yathrib! We have not covered that long distance except because we have had deep belief that he (Muhammad [pbuh]) is the Messenger of Allâh. We are already convinced that following him entails departure from the pagan Arabs even if it were at the risk of our life. Should you preserve in this course, holdfast to it, and your great reward is placed in the Hand of Allâh, but if you are caught in fear, I admonish you to give it up just now, and then you would be more excusable by Allâh." [Musnad Ahmad]<br /><br />With respect to the two women, the pledge was taken orally for the Prophet [pbuh] had never shaken hands with a strange lady. [Muslim 2/131]<br /><br />The Prophet [pbuh] then asked the group to appoint twelve deputies to preach Islam to their people in Madinah, to shoulder the responsibility of implementing the articles of this pledge and to guide the respective men of their own tribes in matters relating to the propagation of Islam. The deputies elected were nine from Al-Khazraj: As‘ad bin Zurarah bin ‘Ads, Sa‘d bin Ar-Rabi‘ bin ‘Amr, ‘Abdullah bin Rawahah bin Tha‘labah, Rafi‘ bin Malik bin Al-‘Ajlan, Al-Bara’ bin Ma‘rur bin Sakhr, ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr bin Haram, <strong>‘Ubadah bin As-Samit bin Qais</strong>, Sa‘d bin ‘Ubadah bin Dulaim and Al-Mundhir bin ‘Amr bin Khunais. Three others were from Al-Aws: Usaid bin Hudair bin Sammak, Sa‘d bin Khaithamah bin Al-Harith and Rifa‘a bin ‘Abdul Mundhir bin Zubair. Once again, those twelve men were sworn to act as surety over the affairs of their people just as the Christ’s disciples did, and the Prophet would act as surety over his people, meaning all the Muslims.<br /><br />Somehow or other, the news of these secret desert meetings with the Madinese leaked out. The Prophet immediately knew that it was a certain pudgy ugly devil, inhabited in Al-‘Aqabah, who discovered their meeting, and he threatened to settle his account with him as soon as possible.<br /><br />On hearing this, <strong>Al-‘Abbas bin Nadlah </strong>said "By Allâh, Who has sent you in Truth, we are powerful enough to put the people of Mina (the Quraishites) to our swords tomorrow, if you desire." The Prophet [pbuh] said "We have not been commanded to follow that course. Now, back to your camps." They went back to sleep till morning. [Ibn Hisham 1/448]<br /><br />Do you know who the above-mentioned <strong>Al-Abbas ibn Ubada ibn Nadla</strong> is? Remember that Ubada ibn Al-Samit's mother is Qurrat Al-Ain the daughter of <strong>Ubada the son of Nadla</strong>, so Al-Abbas ibn Ubada ibn Nadla is the maternal uncle of Ubada.<br /><br />When Umar ibn Al-Khattab told Amru ibn Al-Aas that he was going to send 4000 soldiers to help him complete the conquest of Egypt, he told him that he was going to put at the head of every 1000 men, a man who is equal to 1000 men. One of these men who equaled 1000 men and who was assigned to lead 1000 of the 4000 men was Ubada ibn Al-Samit.<br /><br />When the Muslims were at Yarmouk (near present-day border between Syria and Jordan) waiting to fight the Romans in Syria and after they had beaten the Romans in a number of battles and had taken Syrian territories occupied by the Romans, Constantine the son of Heraclius sent an envoy to the different kings encouraging them to fight the Muslims. When the envoy reached Mahan, the king of Armenia, Mahan called the kings and Roman generals and read to them the letter of Constantine the son of Heraclius and ordered them to march forth and the Roman armies marched forth in the direction of Yarmouk one after the other and every time they passed through a territory that the Muslims had taken from the Romans, they rebuked the citizens by saying: "Woe to you! You have left the people of your religion and have favored the Arabs!" And the citizens of the former Roman territories would respond by saying: "You are more worthy of blame than we are. You ran away from them (the Arabs) and left us at their mercy, so we reached a settlement with them for ourselves!"<br /><br />When the Roman forces all reach Yarmouk and settled at a place near Golan, a scout was sent to observe the Muslim army. The assembled army consisted of contingents of Romans, Greeks, Slavs, Franks, Georgians, Armenians and Christian Arabs. This force was organized into five armies, whose commanders were: Mahan, King of Armenia who commanded a purely Armenian army; Qanateer, a Slavic prince commanded all the Slavs; Jabla bin AI Aiham, King of the Ghassani Arabs, commanded an exclusively Christian Arab force. The remaining contingents (all European) were placed under Gregory and Dairjan. Mahan was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the entire Imperial army.<br /><br />The Ghassani Arabs, as I mentioned earlier, were Yemeni Arab descendants of Saba who settled in the area of Syria. The ancestor of the Ghassanids is Imr Al-Qais the son of <strong>Mazin</strong> the son of <strong>Al-Azd</strong> and the ancestor of Al-Khazraj is Imr Al-Qais's brother Tha'alaba the son of <strong>Mazin</strong> the son of <strong>Al-Azd,</strong> so the Ghassanids and Al-Khazraj are cousins. The Ghassanids were a Roman vassal state and the Romans found them (the Ghassanids) a powerful ally in Syria. They (Ghassanids) were the buffer zone against the other Bedouins penetrating Roman territory.<br /><br />Jabla ibn Al-Aiham was at the head of 60,000 Christian Arabs from the tribes of Ghassan, Lakhim, and Judhaam. They stood in front of Mahan. The total number of Roman troops numbered 200,000 and the number of Muslim troops was only 24,000. When the Muslims saw the huge number of Roman troops, they said "There is no power or strength except with Allah The Exalted The Great!" Atia ibn 'Aamir said, "I swear by Allah, the Roman soldiers of Yarmuk were so numerous that they looked like a swarm of locust! Their numbers were so large that they covered the entire valley! I looked at the Muslims and they appeared to be alarmed and they kept repeating ' There is no power or strength except with Allah The Exalted The Great!' and Abu Ubaida ibn Jarrah said ' Our Lord, pour down steadfastness upon us, make our feet firm, and help us against this unbelieving people' (Surat al-Baqara, 250). So the Muslims prepared themselves and Abu Ubaida sent spies to bring him information about the enemy – their numbers, their weapons, their equipment – and he said 'I hope Allah makes it all spoils for us.'"<br /><br />Heraclius sent a messenger to Mahan ordering him not to start the war with the Muslims until he sends to the Muslims a messenger promising that he would send annually much money and gifts to their Commander Umar ibn Al-Khattab and to all their Amirs and that they can have all that is between Al-Jaabiya and Al-Hejaz. Al-Jabiya is situated approximately 80 km. south of Damascus. Mahan said to the messenger that it was absolutely out of the question that the Muslims would ever agree to that. Jerjeer, one of the Roman kings in the army, said: "You lose nothing by just doing what Emperor Heraclius mentioned." Mahan then said to Jerjeer, "You go to them and ask them to send forward an intelligent man for you to speak earnestly to about what you have just heard."<br /><br />So Jerjeer then wore clothes of silk brocade, placed a jeweled headband on his head, and rode a high horse with a golden saddle adorned with pearls and jewels. One thousand horsemen rode with him until they overlooked the camp of the Muslims. Jerjeer then stopped those with him and then approached the Muslims and said, "Oh you Arabs! I am a messenger from King Mahan. Let your Commander in charge come forward so that I can tell him what I have to offer so that we may possibly come to an agreement and avoid spilling each other's blood."<br /><br />The Muslims heard him and then informed their Commander Abu Ubaida and Abu Ubaida went to him personally wearing a garment made of cotton and a black turban and a sword around his waist. When he reached Jerjeer, his horse kicked after the neck of his horse touched Jerjeer's horse's neck. Abu Ubaid (RAA) said, "Oh disbeliever. Say what you have to say and ask what you want to ask!" Jerjeer then said, "Oh you Arabs! Don't let your saying that you defeated the Roman soldiers in many battles and that you conquered many Roman territories and have taken much of their land deceive you! Look at the armies that have come to you now. We have formed a coalition and the Romans have made an alliance to not turn away and not be defeated and to stand until the last man. And as you can see, you don't have the power to face us. So go back to your land. You have taken what you have taken from the lands of Emperor Heraclius. The Emperor has decided to let you keep his lands that you have taken during these three years and keep the weapons and gold and silver that you have taken. When you entered Syria you were destitute, so accept what has been offered to you. Otherwise, you will be destroyed".<br /><br />Commander Abu Ubaida (RAA) then said: "Concerning what you said about the Roman armies making an alliance to not turn away and not be defeated, surely when the Romans see the edge of our swords, they will run away in retreat. As for your trying to scare us with talk about your large numbers, you have seen our small numbers and our feeble bodies and how we met your troops with their large numbers and powerful weapons and equipment. The most beloved thing for us is the day we go to war with you and fight you until it can be known who is the most firm and steadfast at war."<br /><br />Jerjeer then returned to Mahan and informed him what happened and suggested that he send one of the Christian Arabs to go and speak to the Arabs. He said, "Those Arabs incline toward each other." Mahan agreed and he sent for Jabla ibn Al-Aiham the Ghassanid and said to him, "Oh Jabla. Go to them and frighten them by telling them how large our numbers are. Place fear in their hearts." So Jabla set out and when he approach the camp of the Muslims, he shouted in a loud voice, "Oh Arabs! Send forward someone from the Children of <strong>Amru the son of 'Aamir</strong> so that I can speak to him about what I was sent for". Look above at the ancestors of Ubada ibn Al-Samit to remember who <strong>Amru ibn 'Aamir</strong> is.<br /><br />When Abu Ubaida (RAA) heard what Jabla ibn Al-Aiham said, he said to the others, "They have sent someone from our race. They want to deceive us through family ties and kinship. Send them someone from the Ansar from the Children of <strong>Amru ibn 'Aamir</strong>. Ubada ibn Al-Samit (RAA) quickly came forward and said, "Oh Commander. I'll go to him and see what he has to say and answer him". So Ubada ibn Al-Samit mounted his horse and set out in Jabla's direction until he was in front of him. Jabla ibn Al-Aiham looked at a tall, very black-skinned man as if he is from the tribe of Shanua in front of him and he (Jabla) stood in awe and his heart became full of fear from the man's massiveness. Jabla then said to the tall, massive, very black-skinned man in front of him, "Oh young man. Who are you from?" Ubada ibn Al-Samit said, "I am from the Children of <strong>Amru ibn 'Aamir</strong>." Jabla said, "Greetings. And who are you?" Ubada said, "I am Ubada ibn Al-Samit, the Companion of the Messenger of Allah. Ask what you want to ask." Jabla then said, "Oh cousin. I have come forward to speak to you because I know that most of you are my family and kin. I have come to give you advice. These people who are in front of you have come with armies the like of which you have never seen before. These people have behind them soldiers and citadels and fortresses and riches. Don't think that you have defeated the forces of the Romans. There are ups and downs in war. If these people defeat you, there will be no refuge for you except death, but if they are defeated, they will return to their lands, their camps, their treasures, and their citadels. Take whatever you have obtained until now and return to your homes safely." Ubada ibn Al-Samit said, "Oh Jabla. Don't you know how we faced your advanced forces at Ajnadain and other places and how Allah granted us victory over you and how your tyrant ran away? We know who remains from your forces and they are easy for us. We are not afraid of these forces that have come. We have tasted blood and we haven't found blood sweeter than the blood of the Romans! Jabla, I call you to the religion of Islam and to enter our religion with your people and keep your honor in this life and the next life. Don't be a servant of these uncouth Romans and put your life on the line to save them from destruction. You are from the chiefs of the Arabs and a king. Verily our religion has appeared. Follow the path of those who have repented and returned to Allah and believe in Him and say: There is no God but Allah and Mohamed is the Messenger of Allah…"<br /></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><br />GET THIS BLACK MAN AWAY FROM ME! – And Who Was That Black Man?<br />He was Ubada ibn Al-Samit.</div>Tariq Berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136092819878228860noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4943747953261098912.post-39396077025764112152010-03-26T07:20:00.000-07:002010-03-26T07:29:50.508-07:00Arabic Post إنقاذ العرب السمر<div style="text-align: right;"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CUser%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> 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style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">السلام عليكم و رحمةالله و بركاته،</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: right; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">اسمح لي أن أفتح معكم موضوعا أجده هام جدا و لا بد من اثارته.<span style=""> </span>هو موضوع تجاهله الناس على مر السنين حتى أصبح الحق هو الباطل و الباطل هوالحق في نظرالعالم وقد أسفر ذلك عن إلحاق ظلم كبير للكثير من الناس في الماضي و الحاضر. فقد حان وقت مجابهة هذا الموضوع لإرجاع الحق لأهله وإعادة الأمر إلى نصابه</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: right; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">الموضوع الذي أريد التطرق إليه هو الصفة<span style=""> </span>الحقيقية للعرب الاصليين. فلا بد أن يعرف الجميع كيف كان العرب القدامى يصفون أنفسهم. و ما نرى و نسمع الآن هو ظلم في حقهم و ظلم للعرب الذين ما زالوا يحملون صفتهم الحقيقية</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: right; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">لقد روى زيد بن اسلم أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم رأى رؤيا وقصها على أصحابه ، فقال رأيت غنما سوداء خالطتها غنم بيض ، فتأولتها ان العجم يدخلون الاسلام فيشتركونكم في أنسابكم ، واموالكم ، فتعجبوا من ذلك ، فقال : العجم يدخلون بلادنا يا رسول الله ! فقال : أي ، والذي نفسي بيده لو أن الدين تعلق بالثريا لنالته رجال من العجم ، واسعدهم به أهل فارس</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: right; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">و قال وكيع في تفسيره<span style=""> </span>لقول رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم " أن تلد الأمة ربتها" يعني تلد العجم العرب</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: right; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">لو سئل احد عن صفة العربي المحض فلا شك سيجيب بأنه ذو لون قمحي و شعر ناعم و مسترسل. تماما مثل أغلبية العرب الذين نراهم على التلفاز اليوم</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: right; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">أما إذا سئل عن العربي ذو البشرة السوداء فسيجيب بأنه مختلط<span style=""> </span>ب"الأفارقة". إن هذه الفكرة السائدة هي فكرة خاطئة تماما. وهذا ما نحن<span style=""> </span>بصدد توضيحه<span style=""> </span>لكى يرد هذا الأمر الى نصابه و يعطى كل ذي حق حقه</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: right; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">إن ما يجب معرفته هو ان الغالب على ألوان العرب الأصليين كان السواد. و ان اللون الأسود كان دليلا على خلوص انساب العرب</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: right; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">قبل ان اشرع بتقديم دليل على ما أقول ينبغي ان أوضح معاني بعض الكلمات التي أصبحت غير معروفة لدى معظم عرب هذا العصر</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: right; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">اذا وصفت احدا و قلت انه "رجل آدم"، فالعديد لن يفهم ما الذي قصدته بكلمة "آدم".ان هذه الكلمة كانت كثيرة الاستعمال عند العرب قديما. لكن للأسف الشديد هي أصبحت غير معروفة اليوم. أليس من الغريب ان تكون كلمة "آدم" غير معروفة و بها سمي أبونا آدم عليه السلام؟ ان كلمة "آدم" تعني اسود اللون و "شديد الأدمة" تعني شديد السواد. قال الثعالبي في كتابه فقه اللغة :"فإذا زاد سواد الإنسان على السمرة فهو آدم" . و قال العلامة في التفسير و الحديث و الفقه و الأصول و اللغة أبو السعادات مجد الدين المبارك بن محمد بن الاثير في كتابه النهاية في غريب الحديث و الاثر :"الأدمة في الناس هي السمرة الشديدة". قال ابن منظور في لسان العرب: "و اختلف في اشتقاق اسم آدم فقال بعضهم: سمي آدم لأنه خلق من أدمة ألأرض (باطن ألأرض)، و قال بعضهم: لأدمة(سواد اللون) جعلها الله تعالى فيه". قال الخازن: "سمي (ابونا آدم ) آدم لأنه خلق من أديم الأرض (وجه الأرض) . و قيل لانه كان آدم اللون". فهذا القول الاخير يوافق قول الله تعالى: "لقد خلقنا الإنسان من صلصال من حمأ مسنون". قال القرطبي في تفسيره: "الحمأ الطين الأسود". و قالا المحلي و السيوطي في تفسيرهما تفسير الجلالين: "حمأ طين اسود". و قال الطبري في تفسيره: "أما قوله 'من حمأ مسنون' فان الحمأ جمع حمأة و هو الطين المتغير الى السواد". قال الشوكاني في تفسيره: "و الحمأ الطين الأسود المتغير او الطين الأسود من غير تقييد بالمتغير". قال البيضاوي في تفسيره: " 'من حمأ' و الحمأ الطين الأسود". و قال البغوي في تفسيره: "و الحمأ الطين الأسود". وقال البغوي أيضا: "و في بعض الآثار: ان الله عز و جل خمر طينة آدم و تركه حتى صار متغيرا اسود، ثم خلق منه آدم عليه السلام". قال الجوهري : "قيل (ان أبونا آدم) سمي آدم بل من أدمة (سواد اللون) جعلت فيه"</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">ينبغي علينا أن نعرف معاني هذه الكلمات و لا نمر عليها مر الكرام لكى نفهم قول ربنا سبحانه و تعالى و قول نبينا محمد صلى الله عليه و سلم. قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم في وصفه لموسى عليه السلام: "و رأيت موسى أسحم آدم". اذا لم نفهم كلمة "آدم" فكيف نفهم قول رسولنا صلى الله عليه و سلم؟ و كلمة "أسحم" في الحديث تعني شديد السواد. قال ابن منظور في كتابه لسان العرب : "السحم و السحام و السحمة (تعني)السواد، و قال الليث، 'السحمة سواد كلون الغراب الأسحم، و كل أسود أسحم'". </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">من قال لليهود الأوروبيين الذين استولوا على فلسطين و ادعوا انهم من بني اسرائيل أن موسى عليه السلام كان أسود اللون؟ لا أظن أنني سمعت احدا يقول هذا الكلام. لماذا؟ ربما السبب يكون جهل المسلمين بهذا الامر. و سبب جهلهم بالامر هو جهلهم لمعاني هذه الكلمات. لا شك أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم لم يصف موسى عليه السلام بدون سبب أو لمجرد الكلام لأنه لا ينطق عن الهوى إن هو إلا وحى يوحى. لماذا نكتم قول رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم؟ لو كان وصف نبينا محمد صلى الله عليه و سلم لموسى عليه السلام معروفا لدى الجميع، لما تجرأ هؤلاء و ادعوا أنهم من بني اسرائيل و بالتالي المشاكل التي نراها اليوم في العالم لم تكن. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">كلمة "اصفر" كذلك أصبحت مجهولة المعنى. العرب كانت تسمي الأسود "اصفر". قال ابن منظور في كتابه لسان العرب : "و الصفرة أيضا السواد...و قال الفراء في قوله تعالى 'كانه جمالات صفر' قال الصفر سود الابل" و يقول صاحب القاموس المحيط، مجد الدين محمد بن يعقوب الفيروز آبادي، ان الصفرة هي السواد من الاضداد. و قال الجوهري في الصحاح "و ربما سميت العرب الاسود اصفر. قال الاعشي:</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;">'<span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA"><span dir="RTL"></span>تلك خيلي منه و تلك ركابي</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">هن صفر اولادها كالزبيب'</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>"<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: right; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span dir="RTL" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="RTL"></span> و كذلك كلمة أصفر تحمل معنى أسود في الحديث التالي: "قال ابن دأب: فاخبرني صالح بن كيسان أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم سأله: هل أنكر عليه احد ما صنع؟ فقال: نعم، رجل أصفر ربعة و رجل أحمر طويل. فقال عمر: أنا و الله يا رسول الله أعرفهما، أما الأول فهو ابني و صفته، و أما الثاني فهو سالم مولى أبي حذيفة. و كان خالد قد أمر كل من أسر أسيرا أن يضرب عنقه، فأطلق عبدالله بن عمر و سالم مولى أبي حذيفة أسيرين كانا معهما." فانه من المعروف ان عبد الله بن عمر كان أسود اللون. قال أبو اسحاق السبيعي: "رأيت ابن عمر آدم جسيما ازاره الى نصف الساقين". كما نرى فقد وصف بن عمر بأصفر في الحديث الأول و بآدم في الحديث الثاني لأن كلمة أصفر تعني أسود</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: right; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span dir="RTL" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="RTL"></span>و كلمة اخرى كانت تستعملها العرب قديما هي كلمة "أدلم" . هذه الكلمة تعني الطويل الشديد السواد. قال ابن منظور في لسان العرب: "ألأدلم (هو) الشديد السواد من الرجال و الاسد و الحمير و الجبال و الصخر". و قال ابن منظور أيضأ: "و في الحديث: أميركم رجل طوال أدلم، الأدلم الأسود الطويل، و منه الحديث: فجاء رجل أدلم فاستأذن النبي صلى ألله عليه و سلم، قيل: هو عمر بن الخطاب". و يذكر ابن منظور ان صاحب التهذيب محمد ابن احمد ابن طلحة الازهري قال: "الادلم من الرجال الطويل الاسود". قال بن منظور "قيل أن بني ضبة بن أد بن طابخة بن اليأس بن مضر سموا ديلما لدغمة في ألوانهم. و يقال هم ضبة لأنهم أو عامتهم دلم"</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">و كلمة "ابيض" كانت تحمل معنى اخر في الماضي. اليوم اذا قرأ احد وصف شخص بالبياض فسيفهم من الكلمة اللون الفاتح المعروف في هذا العصر. ولكن كانت العرب تقصد شيئ اخر عندما تصف أحدا بأبيض اللون.<span style=""> </span>و الدليل على ذلك قول الحافظ الذهبي في كتابه سير أعلام النبلاء : "ان العرب اذا قالت فلان أبيض فانهم يريدون الحنطي اللون بحلية سوداء ". و حلية الانسان هي ما يرى من لونه أو مظهره. اذا ظاهر الانسان الذي كان يوصف بالأبيض هو السواد. لذا نجد انه ربما يوصف أحد احيانا باللون الأبيض و احيانا باللون الآدم أو اللون الأسمر لأن العرب كانت تقصد باللون الأبيض "الحنطي اللون بحلية سوداء". لذلك ورد ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم كان ابيض اللون و كذلك ورد انه كان أسمر اللون. قال ابو امامة الباهلي: "كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم رجلا ابيض تعلوه حمرة". و قالا سعيد بن منصور و خلف بن الوليد اخبرنا خالد بن عبد الله عن حميد عن انس بن مالك قال: "كان رسول الله صلى عليه و سلم أسمر و ما شممت مسكة و لا عنبرة أطيب ريحا من رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم". و ايضا الحديث الذي في الجامع الصحيح للترمذي: حدثنا حميد بن مسعدة حدثنا عبد الوهاب الثقفي عن حميد عن أنس قال "كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم ربعة ليس بالطويل و لا بالقصير حسن الجسم أسمر اللون و كان شعره ليس بجعد و لا سبط" . اللون الأبيض المذكور في هذه الأحاديث ليس اللون الأبيض الذي نقصده اليوم.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span dir="RTL" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="RTL"></span>اما اذا ارادت العرب اللون الذي نقصده اليوم عندما نقول ابيض فانهم لا يقولون ابيض بل يقولون أحمر. قال الحافظ الذهبي في سير أعلام النبلاء: "في الحديث رجل أحمر كأنه من الموالي يريد القائل أنه في لون الموالي الذين سبوا من نصارى الشام و الروم و العجم". قال بن منظور في لسان العرب: "الحمراء العجم لبياضهم و لأن الشقرة أغلب الألوان عليهم، و كانت العرب تقول للعجم الذين يكون البياض غالبا على ألوانهم مثل الروم و الفرس و من صاقبهم أنهم الحمراء". و قال أيضأ: "العرب اذا قالوا فلان أحمر و فلانة حمراء عنوا بياض اللون، و العرب تسمي الموالي الحمراء". </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span dir="RTL" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="RTL"></span>قال هشام بن محمد أن عوانة بن الحكم أخبره أن مغيرة بن شعبة سأل أعرابي من بني تيم الله بن ثعلبة، "فما تقول في بني يشكر؟ " فقال الأعرابي، "صريح. تحسبه مولى بمنظره". قال هشام، "لأن في ألوانهم حمرة".</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span dir="RTL" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="RTL"></span> هناك كلمة اخرى اصبحت مجهولة المعنى و هي كلمة "اخضر". فقد كانت العرب تطلق كلمة "اخضر " على الاسود. قال ابن منظور في لسان العرب: "و يقال للأسود أخضر". و قال الجاحظ: "السود عند العرب الخضر". و قبيلة خضر، القبيلة العريقة المشهورة التي تنحدر من قيس ثم من مضر، سميت خضر لسواد لونهم. قال أبو الفرج الأصفهاني في كتابه كتاب الأغاني: "و الخضر ولد مالك بن طريف بن محارب بن خصفة بن قيس عيلان بن مضر. و قال (صخر بن الجعد ألخضري) : سمي ولد مالك بن طريف الخضر لسوادهم و كان مالك شديد الأدمة. و خرج ولده اليه فقيل لهم الخضر و العرب تسمي الأسود الأخضر." و قال بن منظور في لسان العرب: "و خضر (قبيلة) غسان و خضر (قبيلة) محارب ، يريدون سواد لونهم."</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">كانت العرب تفخر بسواد لونها لأنه كان دليلا على خلوص نسبها. يذكر الجاحظ أن المحاربي قال و هو يفخر بأنه من الخضر: "في خضر قيس نماني، كل ذي فخر". و قال الجاحظ أيضا: "و خضر غسان بنو جفنة الملوك. قال الغساني، 'ان الخضارمة الخضر الذين ودوا أهل البريص نماني منهم الحكم'". </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: right; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">و قال ابن منظور: "و مثله قول معبد بن أخضر و كان ينسب الى أخضر، و لم يكن أباه بل كان زوج أمه، و انما هو علقمة المازني</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;">'<span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA"><span dir="RTL"></span></span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">سأحمي حماء الأخضريين،</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span dir="RTL" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="RTL"></span> انه أبى الناس الا أن يقولوا ابن أخضرا</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">و هل لي في الحمر الأعاجم نسبة</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">فآنف مما يزعمون و أنكرا</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>'</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">والفضل بن العباس بن عتبة بن ابي لهب بن عبد العزى بن عبد المطلب بن هاشم بن عبد مناف كان يفخر بسواده حين قال:</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span dir="RTL" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="RTL"></span> انا الاخضر، من يعرفني</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span dir="RTL" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="RTL"></span> اخضر الجلدة في بيت العرب</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span dir="RTL" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="RTL"></span> من يساجلني يساجل ماجدا</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span dir="RTL" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="RTL"></span> يملأ الدلو الى عقد الكرب</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">انما عبد مناف جوهر زين الجوهر عبد المطلب</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">كل قوم صيغة من فضة و بنو عبد مناف من ذهب</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">نحن قوم قد بنى الله لنا شرفا فوق بيوتات العرب</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">بنبي الله وابنى عمه و بعباس بن عبد المطلب</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">ذكر ابن منظور في لسان العرب أن صاحب التهذيب قال: "في هذا البيت قولان. أحدهما أنه أراد أسود الجلدة. قاله أبو طالب النحوي. و قيل أراد أنه من خالص العرب و صميمهم لأن الغالب على ألوان العرب الأدمة". و قال ابن منظور أيضأ: قال ابن بري، "نسب الجوهري هذا البيت للهبي و هو الفضل بن العباس بن عتبة بن أبي لهب و أراد بالخضرة سمرة لونه و انما يريد بذلك خلوص نسبه و أنه عربي محض لأن العرب تصف ألوانها بالسواد و تصف ألوان العجم بالحمرة". قال المبرد:<span style=""> </span>"المراد بقوله و أنا الأخضر أي الأسمر و الأسود و العرب كانت تفتخر بالسمرة و السواد و كانت تكره الحمرة و الشقرة و تقول انها من ألوان العجم".</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">كذلك قول العربي الأصيل مسكين الدارمي. "مسكين" لقبه و اسمه ربيعة بن عامر بن أنيف بن شريح بن عمرو بن عدس بن زيد بن عبدالله بن دارم بن مالك بن حنظلة بن زيد مناة بن تميم. خطب مسكين فتاة من قومه فكرهته لسواد لونه و قلة ماله، و تزوجت بعده رجلا من قومه ذا يسار ليس له مثل نسب مسكين، فمر بهما مسكين ذات يوم و تلك المرأة جالسة مع زوجها و قال:</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span dir="RTL" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="RTL"></span>"أنا مسكين لمن يعرفني</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span dir="RTL" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="RTL"></span> لوني السمرة ألوان العرب</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>"<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span dir="RTL" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="RTL"></span> كما ترى كانت العرب تصف ألوانها بالسواد و كانت تفخر باللون الأسود.<span style=""> </span>و قال ابن منظور: "ألوان العرب السمرة و الأدمة الا قليلا".</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: right; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">و أما في ما يتعلق بصفة شعر العرب الأصليين فقد قال ابن منظور: "الجعد اذا ذهب به مذهب المدح فله معنيان مستحبان: أحدهما أن يكون معصوب الجوارح شديد الأسر و الخلق غير مسترخ و لا مضطرب، و الثاني أن يكون شعره جعدا غير سبط لأن سبوطة الشعر هي الغالبة على شعور العجم من الروم و الفرس. و جعودة الشعر هي الغالبة على شعور العرب، فاذا مدح الرجل بالجعد لم يخرج عن هذين المعنيين"</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: right; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span dir="RTL" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="RTL"></span> سأعطيكم الآن بعض النماذج لوصف بعض أشراف العرب الأصليين. و سوف أبدأ برأس الشرفاء علي بن أبي طالب (كرم الله وجهه) و أحفاده</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">قال جلال الدين السيوطي في كتابه تاريخ الخلفاء: "و كان علي (بن ابي طالب )شيخا، سمينا، أصلع، كثير الشعر، ربعة الى القصر، عظيم البطن، عظيم اللحية جدا، قد ملأت ما بين منكبيه، بيضاء كأنها قطن، آدم شديد الأدمة". و قال بن سعد في كتابه الطبقات الكبرى: "أخبرنا محمد بن عمر قال اخبرنا ابو بكر بن عبد الله بن ابي سبرة عن اسحاق بن عبد الله بن ابي فروة قال سألت ابا جعفر محمد بن علي قلت ما كانت صفة علي(بن ابي طالب)قال رجل آدم شديد الأدمة ثقيل العينين عظيمهما ذو بطن اصلع الى القصر اقرب". هذه صفة علي بن ابي طالب الهاشمي الأبوين، ابن عم رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">و وصف أحفاد علي بن ابي طالب ايضأ بسواد اللون. فقد قال الحافظ الذهبي في كتابه العبر في خبر من غبر: "و كان (محمد بن عبد الله بن الحسن بن الحسن بن علي بن ابي طالب) شديد الأدمة ضخما فيه تمتمة". نعم فقد كان محمد بن عبد الله بن الحسن بن الحسن بن علي بن ابي طالب اسود اللون و كان معروفا بأنه من أشرف العرب. وكان يقال له صريح قريش، لأن أمه وجدّاته لم يكن فيهن أم ولد. فقد كتب رسالة لأبو جعفر المنصور يقول فيها:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: center; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;" align="center"><span dir="RTL" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="RTL"></span>"وأنا أعرض عليك من الأمان ما عرضتَه فإنَّ الحقَّ معنا وإنما ادعيتم هذا الأمر بنا وخَرجتم إليه بشِيعتنا وحَظيتم بفضلنا وإن أبانا عليا رحمه الله كان الإمام فكيف ورثتم ولايةَ ولده وقد علِمتُم أنه لم يطلب هذا الأمر أحدٌ بمثل نَسَبنا ولا شرفنا وأنا لسنا من أبناء الظِّئار ولا من أبناء الطُّلقاء وأنه ليس يَمُتُّ أحدٌ بمثل ما نَمُتّ به من القرابة والسابقة والفضل وأنا بنو أم أبي رسول اللهّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فاطمة بنت عمرو في الجاهلية وبنو فاطمة ابنته في الإسلام دونكم وأنّ الله اختارنا واخْتار لنا فولدنا من النبيّين أفضلُهم ومن الألف أوّلهم إسلاماً علي بن أبي طالب ومن النّساء أفضلُهن خديجة بنت خُويلد و أول مَن صلّى إلى القبلة منهن و من البنات فاطمة سيِّدة نساء أهل الجنة ولدت الحَسن والحُسين سيدَي شباب أهل الجنة صلواتُ الله عليهما و أنَ هاشماً وَلد عليا مرتين و أنَّ عبد المطلب وَلد حسناً مرتين و أنّ النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ولدني مرتين و أني من أوسط بني هاشم نَسباً وأشرفهم أباً و أمّاً لم تُعْرِق فيّ العجم ولم تُنازع فيّ أمهاتُ الأولاد</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>".</span><span dir="RTL" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: center; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;" align="center"><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">و هنا احب ان أذكر ان محمد بن عبد الله بن الحسن بن الحسن بن علي بن ابي طالب الذي يتكلم هنا عن خلوص نسبه و شرفه و قرابته للنبي صلى الله عليه و سلم كان أسود اللون. كذلك كان شقيقه موسى بن عبد الله بن الحسن بن الحسن بن علي بن ابي طالب. فقد جاء في كتاب اللأغاني للأصفهاني ان الزبير بن بكار قال: "كان موسى آدم شديد الأدمة". كذلك كان شقيقه الآخر يحي بن عبدالله بن الحسن بن الحسن بن علي بن أبي طالب آدم اللون . و كل هؤلاء أشقاء لادريس الأول الذي بناء مدينة فاس بالمغرب. و هو ادريس بن عبد الله بن الحسن بن الحسن بن علي بن ابي طالب. و هذا محمد بن عبدالله كان له ولد اسمه الحسن. و يذكر ابن حزم في كتابه جمهرة أنساب العرب ان الحسن بن محمد بن عبد الله بن الحسن بن الحسن بن علي بن ابي طالب كان يلقب أبا الزفت لشدة سمرته.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: right; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">كذلك وصف محمد الجواد بن علي الرضا بن موسى الكاظم بن جعفر الصادق بن محمد الباقر بن علي زين العابدين بن الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب بسواد اللون.<span style=""> </span>و وصف أبوه علي الرضا بن موسى الكاظم بن جعفر الصادق بن محمد الباقر بن علي زين العابدين بن الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب بسواد اللون أيضا. و وصف موسى الكاظم بن جعفر الصادق بن محمد الباقر بن علي زين العابدين بن الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب بسواد اللون. و وصف جعفر الصادق بن محمد الباقر بن علي زين العابدين بن الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب بأدمة اللون. و وصف محمد الباقر بن علي زين العابدين بن الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب بسمرة اللون و جعودة الشعر. و<span style=""> </span>وصف أيضا<span style=""> </span>زين العابدين بن الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب بسمرة اللون.<span style=""> </span>و كما ذكرت آنفا، وصف علي بن أبي طالب بالأدمة الشديدة.<span style=""> </span>هؤلاء هم الشرفاء، علي بن ابي طالب و أحفاده ، و كانوا ذووا بشرة سوداء.</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: right; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">و هناك عربي اصيل اخر ذو بشرة سوداء أريد ان أذكره و هو سعد بن ابي وقاص، خال رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم. قال الحافظ الذهبي في سير اعلام النبلاء: عن اسماعيل بن محمد بن سعد قال "كان سعد جعد الشعر اشعر الجسد آدم افطس طويلا". كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم مع أصحابه ذات يوم اذ اقبل خاله سعد فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم: "هذا خالي فليرني امرؤ خاله"</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: right; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">و حكيم بن حزام الذي كان من سادات قريش كان ذو بشرة سوداء ايضأ. حكيم بن حزام ابن اخ خديجة بنت خويلد رضي الله عنها. و هو حكيم بن حزام بن خويلد بن أسد بن عبد العزى بن قصي بن كلاب أبو خالد القرشي الأسدي. قال فيه الذهبي: "كان من أشراف قريش و عقلائها و نبلائها و كانت خديجة عمته و كان الزبير ابن عمه". و قال الذهبي ايضأ ان الزبير قال: "كان حكيم شديد الأدمة خفيف اللحم"</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: right; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">و الزبير بن العوام كان أسمر اللون. هوالزبير بن العوام بن خويلد بن أسد بن عبد العزى بن قصي بن كلاب، أبو عبد الله.<span style=""> </span>أمه صفية بنت عبد المطلب بن عبد مناف, عمة رسول الإسلام. عمته السيدة خديجة أم المؤمنين رضي الله عنها. كان خفيف اللحية أسمر اللون، كثير الشعر، طويلاً</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>. </span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: right; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: right; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">و عبد الله بن الزبير ايضأ كان ذو بشرة سوداء . فهو عبد الله بن الزبير ابن العوام بن خويلد بن أسد بن عبد العزى بن قصي بن كلاب بن مرة. ذكر الحافظ الذهبي ان أبي الدنيا قال: "كان ابن الزبير آدم نحيفا ليس بالطويل"</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">كان طلحة بن عبيد الله اسود اللون كذلك. هو طلحة بن عبيد الله ابن عثمان بن عمرو بن كعب بن سعد بن تيم بن مرة بن كعب بن لؤي بن غالب بن فهر بن مالك بن النضر بن كنانة القرشي التيمي المكي. قال أبو عبد الله بن مندة: "كان طلحة رجلا آدم كثير الشعر ليس بالجعد القطط ولا بالسبط حسن الوجه".</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: right; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">و أبو ذر الغفاري كذلك كان أسود اللون و هو كان من قبيلة غفار القبيلة المشهورة التي تنحدرمن كنانة. و أبو ذر هو الذي عير بلال بن رباح بأمه. فكثير من الناس يعتقدون ان أبا ذر عير بلال للونه و لكن هذا غير صحيح. فقد كان لون أبو ذر مثل لون بلال.<span style=""> </span>قال مكحول: "حدثني من رأى بلالا رجلا<span style=""> </span>آدم شديد الأدمة نحيفاً طُوالاً أجنأ له شعر كثير وخفيف العارضين به شمط كثير وكان لا يغير. و أما صفة أبو ذر فعن ابن بريدة قال "لما قدم أبو موسى لقي أبا ذر فجعل أبو موسى يكرمه وكان أبو موسى قصيرا خفيف اللحم وكان أبو ذر رجلا أسود كث الشعر فيقول أبو ذر إليك عني ويقول أبو موسى مرحبا بأخي فيقول لست بأخيك إنما كنت أخاك قبل أن تلي."<span style=""> </span>وقال حميد بن هلال حدثني الأحنف بن قيس قال قدمت المدينة فدخلت مسجدها فبينما أنا أصلي إذ دخل رجل طوال آدم أبيض الرأس واللحية محلوق يشبه بعضه بعضا فاتبعته فقلت من هذا قالوا أبو ذر</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: right; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">قال أبو ذر حاكيا قصة سبه لبلال: "كان بيني وبين صاحب لي)بلال) كلام وكانت أمه أعجمية فنلت منها فقال لي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ساببت فلانا قلت نعم قال ذكرت أمه قلت من ساب الرجال ذكر أبوه وأمه فقال إنك امرؤ فيه جاهلية</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>". <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: right; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">و هذه فقط أمثلة يسيرة لبعض العرب الأصليين الذين وصفوا بسواد البشرة. و لو أردت أن أذكر كل عربي محض كان ذا بشرة سوداء لما استطعت لأن عددهم لا يحصى</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">المشكلة هي أنه إذا رأى أحد، في هذا الزمان، شخصا ذا بشرة كبشرة هؤلاء الذين ذكرت هنا، لا شك أنه سيعتقد أنه ليس عربيا محضا.<span style=""> </span>سيظن أنه مختلط بالأفارقة و سيظن أيضا أن أصله من العبيد. ان الفكرة السائدة اليوم هي أن الشرفاء الحقيقيين هم ذوي بشرة فاتحة. أليس هذا ظلم لعلي بن أبي طالب و أحفاده؟ أليس هذا ظلم لكل عربي ذي بشرة سوداء في الماضي و في الحاضر؟ أنظر الى سؤال طرح في موقع على الانترنت:</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: center; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;" align="center"><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;">"</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">منذ ان وعينا على الدنيا ونحن نسمع بفصيلتين للقبيلة دوسرالا وهي</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">دواسر(سمر) او ما يطلقون العامة عليهم لقب ( عبيد) ودواسر (بيض) ويطلق عليهم احرار</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span> ........<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">السؤال الذي يتراود في ذهني يا اخوان ما الفرق بين الدواسر البيض والسمر وهل فعلا الدواسر السمر هم عبيد للبيض .. الم ينتهي زمن العبودية مع الجاهليه ؟؟؟؟؟</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">اتمنى ممن لدية معلومات في تاريخ القبيلة ان يفيدني؟؟؟؟ "</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">أنظر الى ما قاله شخص آخرفي موقع آخر و في زمن آخرعن الدواسر</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: center; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;" align="center"><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;">"</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">دواسر المنطقة الشرقية</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;">________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: center; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;" align="center"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">معروف لدى جميع الدواسر من وادي الدواسر الاصول طبعا ان دواسر الشرقية هم ليسو دواسر انما هم كانو عبيد لديهم عندما حررهم الدواسر الاصليين انتسبو لنفس الدواسر الاصول ومعروف لدى الدواسر من هو الاصل ومن هو المنتسب لديهم ومعروف ان لون بشرتهم سمراء تميل لسواد اما الدواسر الاصول اغلبهم قمحي وبيض هذا حسب كلام دواسر اعرفهم من الاصول ، وياريت الدواسر الأصول الي في الموقع يؤكد هذا الكلام لو هو صحيح او ينفي لو هو موصحيح ولكم تحياتنا</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>"<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: right; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">أنظر إلى رد شخص ما على هذا الكلام</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;">________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: center; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;" align="center"><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;">"</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">إخوتي لقد تابعت و بشغف مجموعة الردود التي وردت عن موضوع هام يخص اخوة لنا و بعد الشكر والتقدير لكل من أدلى بدلوه في الموضوع وبحكم معرفتي بدواسر الشرقية ومعايشتي لهم في منطقتهم لفتره من الزمن ناقشت فيها الكبير والصغير منهم في مثل هذا الموضوع الهام الذي يمسهم في الصميم و إستطعت من خلال ذلك أن أخرج بالتالي</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span> :<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;">1)<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA">ينتمي دواسر الدمـــام والخبر في أكثر من فخذ ( كالعثمان ) و ( المهنا ) وغيرهم .. مما لايتسع المجال لذكر ذلك الى فخذ ( الجاسر ) أحد فروع دواسر العمور و لدي في ذلك أكثر من دليل منها</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> :<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">أ)مطبوعة هجرة الدواسر من البحرين ( 1923-1928م ) لأستاذ التاريخ بجامعة الكويت الدكتور فتوح الخترش</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span> .<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">ب) كتاب دليل الخليج لمؤلفه الإنجليزي ج ج لوريمر ومتوفر نسخة منه في جامعة الملك فهد بالظهران</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span> .<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">ت) كتاب الجزيرة العربية في الوثائق البريطانية للأخوين ( نوار</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span> ) .<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">ث) كتاب السيرة والمذكرات للمستشار الإنجليزي آنذاك في الخليج تشارلز بلجريف</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span> .<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;">2) <span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA">كان أحد أبناء مهنا أو ( المهنا ) ويدعى حمود يمتلك من ضمن ممتلكاته مجموعة كبيرة من العبيد يسمى الواحد منهم ( عبد حمود ) وقد عتقهم فيما بعد لوجه الله تعالى فكيف لدواسر الشرقية إن كانوا عبيداً في أصولهم أن يمتلكوا عبيداً تابعين لهم</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> .<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;">3) <span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA">إتضح لي من خلال الحديث والمتابعة عن قرب أن أولئك الدواسر لديهم من الوثائق فيما يخص أصولهم أكثر مما توقعت ويتوقع غيري ولأنهم في غالبيته يظهرون عدم المبالاة في الرد عن كل مايكتب عنهم في موضوع أصولهم بحجة صعوبة الحياة وإنشغالهم بلقمة العيش تاركين الخوض في مثل تلك المواضيع لغيرهم مما جعل البعض يفسر سكوتهم على أنه رضى وإعتراف منهم بما يقال عنهم . وكمثال على وجود بعض الوثائق إليك هذا الرابط كدليل بسيط</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> ...<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;">http://www.ansab-online.com/modules....&query=<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA">العثمان</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: center; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;" align="center"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">اخوتي أوصي الجميع وأبدأ بنفسي بتوخي الدقة في كل مايكتب ويقال وعدم الإعتماد على قول ( سمعت و يقولون ) لأننا نتكلم هنا في هذا الموقع في مواضيع هامة في الأنساب تحتاج الى ضمائر وذمم حية وفقنا الله سبحانه لما يحب ويرضى والسلام ختام</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>."<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: right; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">أنظر كيف يصفون العربي المحض و أنظر كيف كان العرب يصفون أنفسنهم في الماضي. أنظر كيف يظلمون الدواسر السمر. لا بد أن نقول الحق و نظهر الصدق و ننصر المظلومين</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: right; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span></span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">فكيف أصبح العرب ذوي البشرة السوداء هم الأقلية؟ جواب هذا السؤال نجده واضحا في الأحاديث التالية</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: right; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">عن عمر بن شرحبيل قال "قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم رأيتني أردفت غنم سود ثم أردفتها غنم بيض حتى ما ترى السود فيها فقال أبو بكر يا رسول الله أما الغنم السود فانها العرب يسلمون و يكثرون و الغنم البيض الأعاجم<span style=""> </span>يسلمون حتى لا يرى العرب فيهم من كثرتهم فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم كذلك عبرها الملك سحرا". صدق رسول الله<span style=""> </span>صلى الله عليه و سلم. فعلا دخلت الأعاجم الجزيرة العربية أفواجا مع الفتوحات الاسلامية و بعدها<span style=""> </span>فاختلطوا بالعرب اختلاطا شديدا حتى لا يرى العرب من كثرة الأعاجم. و يأيد هذا الحديث الحديث التالي</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>:<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: right; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">روى زيد بن اسلم ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم رأى رؤيا وقصها على أصحابه ، فقال رأيت غنما سوداء خالطتها غنم بيض ، فتأولتها ان العجم يدخلون الاسلام<span style=""> </span>فيشتركونكم في أنسابكم ، واموالكم ، فتعجبوا من ذلك ، فقال : العجم يدخلون بلادنا يا رسول الله ! فقال : أي ، والذي نفسي بيده لو أن الدين تعلق بالثريا لنالته رجال من العجم، واسعدهم به أهل فارس</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: right; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">نرجو أن نضع هذا الأمر في نصابه راجين الأجر من الله تعالى. ان هدفنا هو رفع الظلم عن العرب الحقيقيين، قديما و حديثا، و توعية العالم بالصفة الحقيقية<span style=""> </span>للعربي المحض لكي لا يحصل الأختلاط في الأنساب و لكي يعطى كل ذي حق حقه</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: right; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">يقول الله تعالى</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span dir="RTL" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;"><span dir="RTL"></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: center; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;" align="center"><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;">"</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:100%;">إلا الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات وذكروا الله كثيرا وانتصروا من بعد ما ظلموا وسيعلم الذين ظلموا أي منقلب ينقلبون</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:14pt;"><span dir="LTR" style="font-size:100%;"></span>"</span><span lang="AR-EG" style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div>Tariq Berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136092819878228860noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4943747953261098912.post-88343555669860957832010-03-20T13:15:00.000-07:002010-03-23T10:10:58.758-07:00What Did The Arabs Who Conquered Egypt Look Like<div align="center"><br /><div align="left">Have you ever wondered what the Arabs who conquered Egypt in the 7th century looked like? Let's take a look.<br /><br />Amru ibn Al-Aas was the Arab Commander of the army that Umar ibn Al-Khattab (RAA) sent to conquer Egypt. Amru ibn Al-Aas was black-skinned and he was from the noble Arab tribe of Quraish. Ibn Kathir says in his book Al-Bidaaya Wa Al-Nihaaya: "He (Amru ibn Al-Aas) was black-skinned, tall, and bald. May Allah be content with him."<br /><br />وكان أسمر، شديد السمرة، طويلا، أصلع رضي الله عنه<br /><br />During the conquest of Egypt, Umar ibn Al-Khattab sent 4000 soldiers as reinforcements for Amru ibn Al-Aas and he assigned four men to command 1000 of the soldiers each. These four men were Ubaada ibn Al-Samit, Al-Zubair ibn Al-Awwam, Miqdad ibn Amru, and Maslama ibn Mukhallid.<br /><br />Ubada ibn Al-Samit was a pure, noble Arab from his mother's side of the family and his father's side of the family. His father and mother were descendants of Saba, who are descendants of Qahtan. Amru ibn Al-Aas (the Arab leader who was sent to conquer Egypt) assigned Ubada ibn Al-Samit to head a group of ten people to meet Muqawqis/Mikakaus (the Greek ruler of Egypt). Ubada ibn Al-Samit was black-skinned (black meant black then) and he was over seven feet tall. When they sailed to meet Muqawqis and entered his court, Ubada ibn Al-Samit came forward to speak and Muqawqis became afraid of him because of his blackness and he said, "Get this black man away from me and send forward someone else to speak to me!" The others said, "Verily this black-skinned man is the most superior of us in opinion and knowledge. He is our master and the best amongst us and the preferred above us. We all follow his word and his opinion. The Amir (Commander) gave him command instead of us and he commanded us to obey him." Muqawqis then said to the delegation, "How can you be content with this black-skinned person being the most superior of you?! He should be the lowest of you." The members of the delegation then said, "No way! Verily, even though he is black-skinned, as you can see, he is from amongst the most superior of us in rank and priority and in intelligence, sense and judgement. Black skin is something normal amongst us." Maqawqis then said to Ubada, "Come forward oh black one and speak softly to me. Your blackness frightens me. If you speak too loudly you will make me more afraid." Ubada then came forward and said, "I've heard what you said and I inform you that amongst my companions that I left behind me in my camp are 1000 men as black as I am and blacker than I am and more shocking in appearance! If you saw them, you would be more afraid of them than you are of me!" </div><div align="left"><br /> </div><div align="right">وبعثه عمرو بن العاص في عشرة نفر لمقابلة المقوقس، وكان عبادة بن الصامت أسود اللون، فلما ركبوا السفن إلى المقوقس ودخلوا عليه، تقدم عبادة، فهابه المقوقس لسواده، فقال: نحُّـو عني هذا الأسود، وقدموا غيره يكلمني. فقالوا: إن هذا الأسود أفضلنا رأياً وعلماً، وهو سيدنا وخيرنا، والمقدَّم علينا، وإنا نرجع جميعنا إلى قوله ورأيه، وقد أمّره الأمير دوننا بما أمّره به، وأمرنا ألا نخالف رأيه وقوله. فقال المقوقس للوفد: وكيف رضيتم أن يكون هذا الأسود أفضلكم، وإنما ينبغي أن يكون دونكم؟. قالوا: كلا! إنه وإن كان أسود كما ترى، فإنه من أفضلنا موضعاً وأفضلنا سابقة وعقلاً ورأياً، وليس ينكر السود فينا. فقال المقوقس لعبادة: تقدم يا أسود وكلمني برفق فإني أهاب سوادك، وإن اشتد عليّ كلامك ازددت لك هيبة. فتقدم إليه عبادة فقال: قد سمعت مقالتك، وإن فيمن خلَّفت من أصحابي ألف رجل أسود كلهم مثلي، وأشد سواداً مني وأفظع منظراً، ولو رأيتهم لكنت أهيب لهم مني</div><br /><div align="left"><br />When the Muslim soldiers conquered Egypt, Al-Zubair ibn Al-Awwam, the cousin of the Prophet Mohamed and the nephew of Khadija - the first wife of the Prophet Mohamed, was the first to climb over the fortress. Al-Zubair ibn Al-Awwam was described as follows: "He (Al-Zubair ibn Al-Awwam) was thin-bearded, dark-skinned, hairy, and tall." </div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left">كان خفيف اللحية أسمر اللون، كثير الشعر، طويلاً</div><div align="left"><br />Here is how it happened: "When the Muslim army, during the conquest of Egypt, surrounded the Babylon Fortress (Old Cairo) and the siege extended to seven months, Al-Zubair ibn Al-Awwam stood and said to Amru ibn Al-Aas, "Oh Amru! I volunteer myself in the name of Allah. I hope that Allah will cause this to be a victory for the Muslims." Amru agreed to that so he (Al-Zubair) came forward and placed a ladder on the wall of the fortress and climbed it. He said "Allah is Great!" and the soldiers followed him and said the same and the fortress fell to the Musims". </div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="right">حينما وقف المسلمون أمام حصن بابليون فى فتح مصر، وامتد الحصار سبعة أشهر، وقف ليقول لعمرو بن العاص: يا عمرو، إنى أهب نفسى لله، أرجو أن يفتح الله بذلك على المسلمين فوافقه عمرو على ذلك، فتقدم ووضع سُلَّمًا وصعد عليه ثم كبَّر وكبَّر الجند، وفُتِح الحصن </div><div align="left"><br />Mohamed Ibn Maslama also climbed the fortress. Mohamed Ibn Maslama was an Arab from the tribe of Aws, who were from Saba, who were from Qahtan. Al-Dhahabi says in his book Siyar A'laam Al-Nubalaa: "Ibn Younis says that Mohamed Ibn Maslama took part in the conquest of Egypt and that he was amongst those who climbed over the fortress with Al-Zubair." </div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left">قال ابن يونس شهد محمد فتح مصر وكان فيمن طلع الحصن مع الزبير<br /><br />Al-Dhahabi also says:"Ubada ibn Rufaa'a says that Mohamed ibn Maslama was black-skinned, tall, and huge." </div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left">قال عباية بن رفاعة كان محمد بن مسلمة أسود طويلا عظيما<br /><br />Miqdad ibn Amru, who lead 1000 of the soldiers, was described as follows:<br /><br />"Ibn Umar says that Musa ibn Ya'aqoub related from his aunt Karima the daughter of Miqdad that she described her father to them as a tall, black-skinned man with a large belly, a lot of hair on his head, and a beard that was dyed yellow." </div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left">قال ابن عمر : حدثنا موسى بن يعقوب ، عن عمته كريمة بنت المقداد أنها وصفت أباها لهم فقالت : كان رجلاً طوالاً آدم أبطن كثير شعر الرأس يصفر لحيته<br /><br />This should give you an idea of what the Arabs who conquered Egypt in the 7th century looked like.</div></div>Tariq Berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136092819878228860noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4943747953261098912.post-66870068352918645772009-09-07T12:22:00.000-07:002009-09-07T12:30:57.058-07:00This Is How the Muslims Helped the Zionists Occupy Palestine<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; 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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 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">land</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Palestine</st1:placename></st1:place>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Who are the Jews who have occupied <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Palestine</st1:place></st1:city>? They are nothing more than European converts to Judaism who are in no way whatsoever related to the Hebrews and the Children of Israel.<span style=""> </span>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.<span style=""> </span>The Ashkenazi Jews are the Jewish converts who are from Eastern Europe and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Russia</st1:place></st1:country-region>. They are the Zionist Jews who occupied <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Palestine</st1:place></st1:city>.<span style=""> </span>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 <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>, Abraham, or Sam in their lineage.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">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. <span style=""> </span>For an example of how they are doing this, read the article at this link <span style="color: blue;">http://www.britam.org/anthropology.html</span>.<span style=""> </span>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 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Palestine</st1:city></st1:place>: </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i>Reply to Challenge Concerning Israelites and Red Hair<br />Question:<br />Hi Yair,<br /><br />You wrote:<br /> 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.<br /><br /> 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.<br />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 dark</i> <i>reddish brown.<br />-M</i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">What this respondent says here about the word <i>adam</i> meaning a dark complexion that is similar to the color of dirt is consistent with what the Arabs say that the Arabic word <i>adam</i> means. <span style=""> </span>The respondent is explaining the Hebrew word <i>admoni</i>, which is the Hebrew equivalent of <i>adam</i>. In fact, the origin of the Hebrew word <i>admoni</i> is from the Arabic word <i>adam</i>. In Arabic <i>adam </i>means black-skinned<i> </i>and 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.<span style=""> </span><b><o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">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: <span style="color: blue;">http://guywhite.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/the-looks-of-ancient-jews/ <span style=""> </span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p>Nicholas Wade of the New York Times wrote an article entitled <!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"/> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"/> </v:formulas> <v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect"/> <o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t"/> </v:shapetype><v:shape id="_x0000_i1025" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:.75pt; height:.75pt'> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\tarek\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image001.gif" o:href="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/imp.gif?client=ca-nytimes_display_html&event=noscript"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/tarek/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/msohtml1/01/clip_image001.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1025" width="1" height="1"><!--[endif]--><i>Y Chromosome Bears Witness to Story of the Jewish Diaspora</i>.<span style=""> </span>In this article he says:</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><i>“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 <st1:place w:st="on">Middle East</st1:place>.”<o:p></o:p></i></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;"><i>“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”.<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="color: blue;">http://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/09/science/y-chromosome-bears-witness-to-story-of-the-jewish-diaspora.html<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal">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. <span style=""> </span>But our Prophet Mohamed (SAWS), the seal of all prophets, put that thought to rest when he said: <span style=""><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i>“I saw Musa (Moses) and he was a jet black-skinned man.” <o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Masnad Imam Ahmed Hadith # 3365<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span dir="RTL" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Arabic Transparent";" lang="AR-SA">وَرَأَيْتُ مُوسَى أَسْحَمَ آدَم</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><i><span dir="RTL" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Arabic Transparent";" lang="AR-SA"></span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">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.<span style=""> </span>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:<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i>“As for Musa/Moses, he is a black-skinned man with kinky hair.” </i><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Bukhari Hadith #243</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span dir="RTL" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Arabic Transparent";" lang="AR-SA">َ</span></b><i><span dir="RTL" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Arabic Transparent";" lang="AR-SA">أَمَّا مُوسَى فَرَجُلٌ آدَمُ جَعْد</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><i><span dir="RTL" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Arabic Transparent";" lang="AR-SA"></span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">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).<span style=""> </span>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 <span style=""> </span>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 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">land</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Palestine</st1:placename></st1:place> 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 <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Palestine</st1:place></st1:city> 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?<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span dir="RTL" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" lang="AR-SA">بَلْ نَقْذِفُ بِالْحَقِّ عَلَى الْبَاطِلِ فَيَدْمَغُهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقٌ وَلَكُمُ الْوَيْلُ مِمَّا تَصِفُونَ</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br />"Nay! We cast the truth against the falsehood, so that it breaks its head, and lo! it vanishes; and woe to you for what you describe" (Quran 21:18)<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> Tariq Berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136092819878228860noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4943747953261098912.post-56709001769285547862009-08-26T05:18:00.000-07:002009-08-26T05:49:26.719-07:00A True Description of the Prophet Mohamed's Family (SAWS)<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Ctarek%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id=ieooui></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; 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margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">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.<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">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<b> Ali ibn Abi Talib </b>as follows:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;">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<br /><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-size: 13pt;" lang="AR-SA"><span dir="RTL"></span></span><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">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.<br /><br />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 <b>Ali Zein Al-Abidin</b> the son of<span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span> ِ</span>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<span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span> ِ</span>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.<br /><br /><b>Mohamed Al-Baqir</b>- 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 "<i>He Who Resembles</i>" 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 <b>Jaafar Al-Saadiq</b>. 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.<br /><br />Jaafar Al-Saadiq had a Berber slave-girl named Humaida and through her he had his son <b>Musa Al-Kadhim</b> - 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.<br /><br />Musa Al-Kadhim's son <b>Ali Al-Rida</b> 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?!"<br /><br />Ali Al-Rida had a son named <b>Mohamed Al-Jawaad</b> also known as <b>Mohamed Al-Taqi</b>. Mohamed Al-Jawaad was also described as very black-skinned. Mohamed Al-Jawaad or Al-Taqi had a son named <b>Ali Al-Hadi</b>. Ali Al-Hadi, too, was described as dark-skinned.<br /><br />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.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <table class="MsoNormalTable" style="" border="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr style=""> <td style="padding: 0.75pt; background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><u1:p></u1:p>Ancestor<u1:p></u1:p></span></b><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt; background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Arabic Title<u1:p></u1:p></span></b><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt; background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Arabic Last Name<u1:p></u1:p></span></b><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt; background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Persian Last Name<u1:p></u1:p></span></b><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt; background: rgb(204, 204, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Urdu Last Name<u1:p></u1:p></span></b><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_ibn_Abu_Talib" title="Ali ibn Abu Talib">Ali ibn Abu Talib</a><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Alawi<sup>2</sup><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Allawi<sup>2</sup> or Alawi<sup>3</sup><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Alavi<sup>2</sup> <span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA">علوى<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alavi_%28surname%29" title="Alavi (surname)">Alavi</a> <u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><sup><span style="font-size: 13pt;">2</span></sup><span style="font-size: 13pt;"> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awan_%28Pakistan%29" title="Awan (Pakistan)">Awan</a><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasan_ibn_Ali" title="Hasan ibn Ali">Hasan ibn Ali</a><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">al-Hashimi or al-Hassani<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">al-Hashimi or al-Hassani<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashemi" title="Hashemi">Hashemi</a>, Hassani, or Tabatabai <span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA">حسنى<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassani" title="Hassani">Hassani</a> or Hashmi<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husayn_ibn_Ali" title="Husayn ibn Ali">Husayn ibn Ali</a><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">al-Hussaini<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">al-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussaini" title="Hussaini">Hussaini</a><sup>1</sup><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Hosseini <span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA">حسينى<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Hussaini or Shah<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_ibn_Husayn" title="Ali ibn Husayn">Ali ibn Husayn</a> Zayn al Abidin<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">al-Abidi<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">al-Abidi<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Abedi <span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA">عابدى<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abidi" title="Abidi">Abidi</a><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zayd_ibn_Ali" title="Zayd ibn Ali">Zayd ibn Ali</a> ash-Shahid<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">az-Zaidi<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">al-Zaidi<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Zaidi <span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA">زيدي<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaidi_%28Last_Name%29" title="Zaidi (Last Name)">Zaidi</a><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_al-Baqir" title="Muhammad al-Baqir">Muhammad al-Baqir</a><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">al-Baqiri<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">al-Baqiri<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bagheri&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Bagheri (page does not exist)">Bagheri</a> <span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA">باقرى<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Baqri<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jafar_as-Sadiq" title="Jafar as-Sadiq">Jafar as-Sadiq</a><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">al-Ja'fari<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">al-Ja'fari<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jafari" title="Jafari">Jafari</a> or Jafri <span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA">جعفرى<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Jafri, Jafry or Jaffery<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musa_al-Kadhim" title="Musa al-Kadhim">Musa al-Kadhim</a><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Mosawi" title="Al Mosawi">Al Mosawi</a><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">al-Mousawi or al-Kadhimi<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musavi_%28name%29" title="Musavi (name)">Musavi</a> or Kazemi <span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA">موسوى / كاظمى<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Kazmi or Mosavi<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_ar-Rida" title="Ali ar-Rida">Ali ar-Rida</a><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">ar-Radawi<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">al-Ridawi or al-Radawi<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rezavi&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Rezavi (page does not exist)">Rezavi</a> or Razavi <span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA">رضوى<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rizvi" title="Rizvi">Rizvi</a><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_at-Taqi" title="Muhammad at-Taqi">Muhammad at-Taqi</a><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">at-Taqawi<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">al-Taqawi<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Taghavi <span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA">تقوى<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Taqvi&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Taqvi (page does not exist)">Taqvi</a> or Taqwi<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_al-Hadi" title="Ali al-Hadi">Ali al-Hadi</a><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">an-Naqawi<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">al-Naqawi<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Naqavi <span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA">نقوى<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naqvi" title="Naqvi">Naqvi</a><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style=""> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatima_Zahra" title="Fatima Zahra">Fatima Zahra</a><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Ashraf Al-Quraishi<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Al-Husaini or Al-Fatimi<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Fatemi<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Fatmi or Qureishi<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">You have all probably heard of <b>Mohamed Al-Nafs Al-Zakia</b>. 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, "<i>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</i>." 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.<br /><br />Mohamed Al-Nafs Al-Zakia had a brother named <b>Musa Al-Jawn</b> (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 <st1:country-region u2:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Oman</st1:country-region></st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region u2:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Saudi Arabia</st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region>, and other places, are descended from Musa Al-Jawn.<br /><br />Mohamed Al-Nafs Al-Zakia and Musa Al-Jawn had another brother named <b>Yahya the Possessor of Daylum</b>. 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 <b>Idriss the 1st</b>, the father of the Idrissi Sharifs and the founder of the city of <st1:city u2:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Fes</st1:city></st1:city> in <st1:country-region u2:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Morocco</st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">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:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">"<i>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</i>."<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><br />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?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <o:p></o:p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> Tariq Berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136092819878228860noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4943747953261098912.post-31618484634692292432009-08-14T18:12:00.000-07:002009-08-14T18:14:26.001-07:00A Cure for Racial Prejudice Against Dark Skin- Was Adam Black-Skinned Part 2<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3">Our father Adam is not the only prophet whose description is being concealed.<font style=""> </font>People are also concealing the true color of the prophets Musa (Moses), Isa (Jesus), and the prophet Mohamed (peace be upon them all).<font style=""> </font>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).</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><br /></font><font size="3"><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3">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.<font style=""> </font>If this information wasn’t important, the prophet Mohamed (pbuh) wouldn’t have mentioned it.<font style=""> </font>The prophet Mohamed (pbuh) didn’t speak nonsense or idle speech.<font style=""> </font>The prophet Mohamed (pbuh) described the prophet Musa (Moses) as black-skinned and kinky-haired.<font style=""> </font>Imam Ahmed ibn Hanbal related in his <i>Masnad</i> (hadith number 3365) the following description that the prophet Mohamed (pbuh) gave of Musa’s (Moses’) color:<o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><font style=""> </font><font style=""> </font><font style=""> </font></font><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-SA" size="3"><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-SA">وَرَأَيْتُ مُوسَى أَسْحَمَ آدَمَ</font></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><i>Musa (Moses) was jet-black skinned.</i></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><i><o:p></o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3">Muslim relates in his <i>Sahih Muslim</i> (hadith numbers 239 and 243) that Ibn Abbas said that the prophet Mohamed (pbuh) described Musa’s (Moses’) appearance as follows:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><br /></font><font size="3"><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-SA">َأَمَّا مُوسَى فَرَجُلٌ آدَمُ جَعْدٌ</font></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /></font><font size="3"><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><i>As for Musa (Moses), he<b> </b>was black-skinned and kinky-haired. (hadith 243)</i></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><i><o:p></o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><b><font lang="FR"><o:p> </o:p></font></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-SA">قَالَ ذَكَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حِينَ أُسْرِيَ بِهِ فَقَالَ مُوسَى آدَمُ طُوَالٌ كَأَنَّهُ مِنْ رِجَالِ شَنُوءَةَ</font></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><b><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-SA"><o:p></o:p></font></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><i>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.<font style=""> </font>(hadith 239)</i></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><i><o:p></o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-SA" size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3">Also, Allah says in verse 108 of <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">surat</st1:city></st1:place> El-Aaraaf:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><br /></font><font size="3"><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-SA">وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ بَيْضَاء لِلنَّاظِرِينَ</font></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><b><font style="" face="""><o:p></o:p></font></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><font style=""> </font><i>And he drew forth his hand (from his bosom): and lo! it was white for the beholders. [</i><i>El-Aaraaf- verse 108]</i></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><i><o:p></o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font style="" face="Symbol" size="3"><font style="">·<font style="" face="""> </font></font></font><!--[endif]--><font dir="LTR" size="3">El-Quortobi says in his tafsir of the verse:<br /></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font size="3"><br /></font><font dir="LTR" size="3"><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-SA">وكان موسى أسمر شديد السمرة</font></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><b><font style="" face="""> <o:p></o:p></font></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><i>Musa (Moses) was black-skinned.</i></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><i><o:p></o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font style="" face="Symbol" size="3"><font style="">·<font style="" face="""> </font></font></font><!--[endif]--><font dir="LTR" size="3">The authors of Tafsir El-Jalalain say in their tafsir of the verse:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font size="3"><br /></font><font dir="LTR" size="3"><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-SA">(ونزع يده) أخرجها من جيبه (فإذا هي بيضاء) ذات شعاع (للناظرين) خلاف ما كانت عليه من الأدمة</font></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><b><font style="" face="""><o:p></o:p></font></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><i>‘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<font dir="RTL"> </font>was no longer black like it was originally.</i></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><i><o:p></o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font style="" face="Symbol" size="3"><font style="">·<font style="" face="""> </font></font></font><!--[endif]--><font dir="LTR" size="3">El-Tabari says in his tafsir of the verse:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font size="3"><br /></font><font dir="LTR" size="3"><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-SA">وكان موسى، فيما ذكر لنا، آدم، فجعل الله تحول يده بيضاء من غير برص، له آية</font></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><b><o:p></o:p></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><i>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.</i></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><i><o:p></o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font style="" face="Symbol" size="3"><font style="">·<font style="" face="""> </font></font></font><!--[endif]--><font dir="LTR" size="3">El-Baidawi says in his tafsir of the verse:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font size="3"><br /></font><font dir="LTR" size="3"><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><o:p></o:p></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-SA"><font style=""> </font>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</font></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><b><font lang="AR-SA"> </font></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><i>It</i></font><font size="3"> <i>is related that Musa (pbuh) was jet-black-skinned.<font style=""> </font>He put his hand in his pocket or under his armpit and took it out and it was white.</i></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /></font><font size="3"><i><o:p></o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font style="" face="Symbol" size="3"><font style="">·<font style="" face="""> </font></font></font><!--[endif]--><font dir="LTR" size="3">El-Baghawi says in his tafsir of the verse:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font size="3"><br /></font><font dir="LTR" size="3"><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><font style="" face="""><o:p></o:p></font></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-SA"><font style=""> </font>وكان موسى آدم ، ثم أدخلها جيبه فصارت كما كانت</font></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><b><font style="" face="""> <o:p></o:p></font></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><i>Musa (Moses) was black-skinned.<font style=""> </font>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.</i></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><i><o:p></o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3">There are many other hadith that say the same thing about Musa’s (Moses’) appearance.<font style=""> </font>Why are Muslims silent about this?<font style=""> </font>Why aren’t Muslims striving to make this common knowledge?<font style=""> </font>Why aren’t Muslims spreading these words of the prophet (pbuh)?<font style=""> </font>Because these words of the prophet Mohamed (pbuh) are not common knowledge, the Muslims have lost <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Palestine</st1:place></st1:city>, the land where the third holiest mosque is found.<font style=""> </font>If it were common knowledge that Musa (Moses) was black-skinned with kinky hair, the European descendants of Japheth who have taken over <st1:city st="on">Palestine</st1:city> would never have claimed that they were Hebrews and claimed that <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Palestine</st1:place></st1:city> was theirs.<font style=""> </font>Do you see the result of concealing the words of Allah and His prophet?<font style=""> </font>Everyone on Earth today is descended from Sam, Ham, or Japheth, the three sons of Nuh (Noah).<font style=""> </font>The Arabs and the Hebrews are descendants of Sam.<font style=""> </font>That’s why they are called Semites.<font style=""> </font>Europeans, Turks, Ashkenazi, and Persians, for example, are descendants of Japheth.<font style=""> </font>Many people in the area called <st1:place st="on">Africa</st1:place> are descendants of Ham.<font style=""> </font>The people who occupied <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Palestine</st1:place></st1:city> and claimed it as theirs are, in reality Ashkenazi descendants of Japheth.<font style=""> </font>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 <st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on">land</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename st="on">Palestine</st1:placename></st1:place> from the Muslims.<font style=""> </font>Like I said, if it were common knowledge that Musa (Moses) and the Hebrews were black-skinned, <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Palestine</st1:place></st1:city> 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. <font style=""> </font><font style=""> </font><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><b><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-SA">َ</font></b></font><font lang="FR" size="3">There are also many hadith that describe Isa (Jesus) as black-skinned. </font><font size="3">Bukhari relates that Ibn Umar said, <i>“No!<font style=""> </font>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.<font style=""> </font>I asked who the man was and I was told that he was Isa (Jesus) the son of Meryem.’…”<br /></i></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><br /></font><font size="3"><i><o:p></o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-SA">حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَكِّيُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ لَا وَاللَّهِ مَا قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِعِيسَى أَحْمَرُ وَلَكِنْ قَالَ بَيْنَمَا أَنَا نَائِمٌ أَطُوفُ بِالْكَعْبَةِ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ آدَمُ سَبْطُ الشَّعَرِ يُهَادَى بَيْنَ رَجُلَيْنِ يَنْطِفُ رَأْسُهُ مَاءً أَوْ يُهَرَاقُ رَأْسُهُ مَاءً فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا قَالُوا ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ فَذَهَبْتُ أَلْتَفِتُ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ أَحْمَرُ جَسِيمٌ جَعْدُ الرَّأْسِ أَعْوَرُ عَيْنِهِ الْيُمْنَى كَأَنَّ عَيْنَهُ عِنَبَةٌ طَافِيَةٌ قُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا قَالُوا هَذَا الدَّجَّالُ وَأَقْرَبُ النَّاسِ بِهِ شَبَهًا ابْنُ </font></b><b><font style="" face="""><o:p></o:p></font></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-SA">قَطَنٍ قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ رَجُلٌ مِنْ خُزَاعَةَ هَلَكَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ</font></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><b><font style="" face="""> </font></b><b><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-MA"><o:p></o:p></font></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><font style="" face="""><font style=""> </font></font></b><i><font lang="FR">Bukh</font></i><i>ari (hadith number 3185)</i></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><i><o:p></o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3">There are many other hadith related by Bukhari, Muslim, Imam Ahmed, and others that describe Isa (Jesus) as black-skinned.<font style=""> </font>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.<font style=""> </font>Why are we avoiding this subject instead of striving to make it common knowledge?<font style=""> </font>Why are we hiding the truth about the appearance of the prophets?<font style=""> </font>Why are we diminishing the importance of that which Allah spoke about and gave importance to?<font style=""> </font>Why are we diminishing the importance of that which the prophet Mohamed (pbuh) and his companions spoke about and gave importance to?<font style=""> </font>Avoiding this topic is innovation in Islam.<font style=""> </font>Allah mentioned the topic.<font style=""> </font>The prophet Mohamed (pbuh) and his companions mentioned the topic.<font style=""> </font>If they had felt that there was good in avoiding the topic, they would have avoided it.<font style=""> </font>Is there anyone today who feels that he/she knows what is good for Islam and mankind better than Allah?<font style=""> </font>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?<br /></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><br /></font><font size="3"><font style=""> </font></font><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-SA" size="3"><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><b><i><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-SA"><o:p> </o:p></font></i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3">It is related that the prophet Hud, who was from the ancient Arab tribe of Aad, was also described as jet-black skinned?<font style=""> </font>The prophet Hud was from the tribe of Aad the son of Aus the son of Iram the son of Sam.<font style=""> </font>Iram, Arfakshadh, Ashudh, and Lodh were the brothers of <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Elam</st1:place></st1:country-region> the son of Sam.<font style=""> </font>It is a known fact that the Elamites were a black-skinned people. </font><font size="3"> </font><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" size="3"><font style=""> </font></font><font size="3"><font style=""> </font><o:p></o:p></font></p><font style="font-style: italic;" size="3"><br /></font> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><b><i><font style=""><o:p> </o:p></font></i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><b><i><font style=""><o:p> </o:p></font></i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><b><i><font style=""><o:p> </o:p></font></i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><b><i><font style=""><o:p> </o:p></font></i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><b><i><font style=""><o:p> </o:p></font></i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><b><i><font style=""><o:p> </o:p></font></i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><b><i><font style=""><o:p> </o:p></font></i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><b><i><font style=""><o:p> </o:p></font></i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><b><i><font style=""><o:p> </o:p></font></i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><b><i><font style=""><o:p> </o:p></font></i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><b><i><font style=""><o:p> </o:p></font></i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><b><i><font style=""><o:p> </o:p></font></i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><b><i><font style=""><o:p> </o:p></font></i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><b><i><font style=""><o:p> </o:p></font></i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><b><i><font style=""><o:p> </o:p></font></i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font style=""> </font><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-MA" size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3">It is related that ibn Al-Kalbi, the famous genealogist/transmitter of hadith/linguist/Arab historian who died in <st1:metricconverter productid="763 A" st="on">763 A</st1:metricconverter>.D., said:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><br /></font><font size="3"><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-MA">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:</font></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-MA">أنا هُودٌ (النبيّ) الذي آمنتُ بالله، وأَسِفْتُ على عاد لكُفْرُها، وما كان لأمْر الله من مَرَد</font></b><b><font style="" face=""" lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></font></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-MA">قال علي: كذا سمعتُه من أبي القاسم، صلى الله عليه وسلم</font></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><b><font style="" face=""" lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></font></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><i>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.<font style=""> </font>He (Ali) asked, ‘Do you know about Hadramout?’<font style=""> </font>The man said, ‘If I don’t know about Hadramout, I don’t know anything.’<font style=""> </font>Ali said, ‘Do you know where El-Ahqaaf is?’ <font style=""> </font>The man said, ‘It seems that you are asking about the grave of Hud.’<font style=""> </font>Ali said, ‘Yes, that’s right.’<font style=""> </font>The man said, ‘I and some boys from the neighborhood went out in search of his grave because we heard so much about him.<font style=""> </font>We traveled for days through the <st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on">valley</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename st="on">El-Ahqaaf</st1:placename></st1:place>.<font style=""> </font>There was a person with us who knew the exact location of the grave.<font style=""> </font>We then reached a red sand dune where there were caves.<font style=""> </font>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.<font style=""> </font>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.<font style=""> </font>I saw (in the opening) a jet-black skinned man with a thick beard lying stiffly on a bed.<font style=""> </font>I touched a part of his body and it was stiff.<font style=""> </font>Near his head was Arabic writing which said:<o:p></o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><i>I am Hud, who believed in Allah and felt sorry for Aad because of their disbelief. Allah’s decree cannot be averted.</i></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><i><o:p> </o:p></i></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><i>Ali then said, ‘I <font style=""> </font>heard it the same way from Abu El-Qasim (the prophet Mohamed pbuh)’”</i></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><i><o:p></o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><i><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-MA"><o:p> </o:p></font></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">Scholars of hadith do not consider Ibn Al-Kalbi and Asbagh ibn Nabata reliable sources for hadith.<font style=""> </font>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.<font style=""> </font>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.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><br /></font><font size="3"><font style=""> </font><font style=""> </font><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3">People are also not giving a correct description of the prophet Mohamed (pbuh) in particular and the Arabs in general.<font style=""> </font>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).<font style=""> </font>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.<font style=""> </font>The Arabs are descendants of Sam.<font style=""> </font>The Arabs of the past used the term “red” to describe a complexion that we call white today.<font style=""> </font><i>Lisan El-Arab</i> (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.<font style=""> </font>Shamar explains the hadiths as follows:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><br /></font><font size="3"><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-MA">قال شمر: يعنـي العرب والعجم والغالب علـى أَلوان العرب السُّمرة والأُدْمَة وعلـى أَلوان العجم</font></b></font><font dir="RTL" lang="AR-MA" size="3"> </font><font size="3"><b><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-MA">البـياض والـحمرة،</font></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><b><font style="" face=""" lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></font></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><i>“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.”</i></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><i><o:p></o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3">Shams El-Din Mohamed ibn Ahmed ibn Othman El-Dhahabi (died <st1:metricconverter productid="1374 A" st="on">1374 A</st1:metricconverter>.D.) explains the hadith that mentions that a man was <i>“red-skinned as if he was one of the slaves” </i>as follows:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><br /></font><font size="3"><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-MA">يريد ألقائل أنه في لون ألموالي ألذين سبوا من نصارى ألشام وألروم و ألعجم</font></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><b><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-MA"><o:p></o:p></font></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><i>“The speaker means that the man was the color of the slaves who were captured from the Christians of <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Syria</st1:place></st1:country-region> and from the Romans and the Persians.”</i></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><i><o:p></o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3">It was common for the Arabs of the past to describe a light-skinned person as having the color of the slaves.<font style=""> </font>This is a known fact.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><br /></font><font size="3"><font style=""> </font><i><font style=""> </font><o:p></o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3">Ibn Mandhor (1232-<st1:metricconverter productid="1311 A" st="on">1311 A</st1:metricconverter>.D.) says in his book <i>Lisan El-Arab</i>:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><br /></font><font size="3"><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-SA">سبوطة الشعر هي الغالبة علـى شعور العجم من الروم والفرس. و جُعودة الشعر هي الغالبة علـى شعور العرب</font></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><b><font lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></font></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><font lang="FR"><o:p> </o:p></font></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><i>“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.”</i></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><i><o:p></o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3">The Arabs of the past also used the word <i>green</i> to mean black.<font style=""> </font>El-Fadl ibn El-Abbas ibn ‘Utba El-Lahabi said:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><br /></font><font size="3"><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><b><font style="" face=""" lang="FR"><o:p> </o:p></font></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><font style="" face=""" lang="FR"><font style=""> </font><font style=""> </font></font></b><b><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-MA">وأَنا الأَخْضَرُ، من يَعْرِفُنـي؟</font></b><b><font style="" face=""" lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></font></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><font style="" face=""" lang="FR"><font style=""> </font><font style=""> </font></font></b><b><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-MA">أَخْضَرُ الـجِلْدَةِ فـي بـيتِ العَرَبْ</font></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><b><font style="" face=""" lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></font></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><i>I am the green one.<font style=""> </font>Who knows me?<o:p></o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><i>My skin is green.<font style=""> </font>I am from the family of the Arabs.</i></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><i><o:p></o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3">Ibn Mandhor, the author of <i>Lisan El-Arab </i>says this about the verse:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><br /></font><font size="3"><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-MA">يقول: أَنا خالص لأَن أَلوان العرب السمرة</font></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /></font><font size="3"><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><i>“</i><i>He says that he is a pure Arab because the color of the Arabs is brown (dark).”</i></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><i><o:p></o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3">In <i>Lisan El-Arab</i>, Ibn Mandhor also quotes the author of<i> El-Tahdhib</i>, Saad El-Din Masud ibn Umar El-Taftaazaani (1312-<st1:metricconverter productid="1389 A" st="on">1389 A</st1:metricconverter>.D.) as saying the following about the verse:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><br /></font><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-SA" size="3"><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-MA">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،</font></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><b><font style="" face=""" lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></font></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><font style="" face=""" lang="FR"><o:p> </o:p></font></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><i>“</i><i>There are two sayings about this verse.<font style=""> </font>One is that he meant that he had black skin.<font style=""> </font>This is what Abu Talib El-Nahwi said.<font style=""> </font>It is also said that he meant that he is a pure unmixed Arab because most Arabs are black-skinned.”</i></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><i><o:p></o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3">Abdella ibn Berry (1106-<st1:metricconverter productid="1187 A" st="on">1187 A</st1:metricconverter>.D.), the “King of the Grammarians” as he was called, said the following about the verse:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><br /></font><font size="3"><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-MA">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</font></b><b><font style="" face=""" lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></font></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><font style="" face=""" lang="FR"><font style=""> </font><font style=""> </font></font></b><b><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-MA">أَنا مسكِينٌ لـمن يَعْرِفُنـي،</font></b><b><font style="" face=""" lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></font></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><font style="" face=""" lang="FR"><font style=""> </font><font style=""> </font></font></b><b><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-MA">لَوْنِـي السُّمْرَةُ أَلوانُ العَرَبْ</font></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><b><font style="" face=""" lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></font></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><i>“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.<font style=""> </font>Like the hadith says, ‘I was sent to the red and the black.<font style=""> </font>And this is exactly what Miskeen El-Darimi meant when he said:<o:p></o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><i>‘I am Miskeen, for those who know me.<o:p></o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><i>My color is brown (dark), the color of the Arabs’”.</i></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><i><o:p></o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3">Miskeen said this verse to a woman who refused to marry him because of his blackness and his poorness.<font style=""> </font>Miskeen was a pure Arab from the tribe of Darim and he was black-skinned.<br /></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><br /></font><font size="3"><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3">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.<font style=""> </font>As a result, most people today have an inaccurate conception of what the prophet Mohamed’s (pbuh) color was.<font style=""> </font>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</font><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" size="3"> </font><font size="3">they know and they don’t want to say the reality.<font style=""> </font>I explain many misunderstood Arabic terms in detail in my book <i>The Unknown Arabs</i>.<br /></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><br /></font><font size="3"><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3">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. <font style=""> </font><font style=""> </font><font style=""> </font></font><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-SA" size="3"><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: 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style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p><font size="3"><o:p></o:p></font> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3">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.<font style=""> </font>Where did Arab producers get this false idea?<font style=""> </font>This is another reason people today have a false idea about what a pure Arab looks like.<font style=""> </font>Are today’s Arab producers purposely misinforming the masses or are they innocently ignorant of the appearance of the Arabs of the past?<font style=""> </font>Ali ibn Abi Talib (RAA), the <o:p></o:p>cousin and son-in-law of the prophet Mohamed (pbuh) and the ancestor of all people who are called <i>sharifs</i> (noble descendants of the prophet Mohamed pbuh), was described as jet-black skinned and so were his descendants (see <i>The Unknown Arabs pages 60-63</i>).<font style=""> </font>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 <i>The Messenger.</i><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><font style=""> </font><font style=""> </font><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1029" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'position:absolute;left:0;text-align:left;" allowoverlap="f" stroked="t"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\tarek\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image007.png" title="uvs060107-005" croptop="14811f" cropbottom="15073f" cropleft="1485f" gain="34079f" blacklevel="15728f" grayscale="t"> <w:wrap type="square"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><font size="3"><br /></font><font size="3"><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3">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.<font style=""> </font>Another hadith describes the prophet’s (pbuh) color as brown, which, as I explain in <i>The Unknown Arabs</i>, means a color darker than the color that the term is used for today.<font style=""> </font>The hadith that describes the prophet’s (pbuh) color as brown is related by Tirmidhi (hadith number 1676).<font style=""> </font>Some hadith describe the prophet’s (pbuh) color as “white”.<font style=""> </font>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.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><br /></font><font size="3"><font style=""> </font><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3">It’s important that people understand that when the Arabs of the past described someone’s color as “<i>white</i>”, they meant a color much different from the color that the term is usually used to describe.<font style=""> </font>The Arabs had a special meaning for the term <i>white </i>when describing each other.<font style=""> </font>The Arabs usually described the non-Arab descendants of Japheth as <i>red</i>. When they described the non-Arab descendants of Japheth as white, it had the meaning that it has today.<font style=""> </font>However, when the Arabs described each other’s complexion as <i>white</i>, they meant the complexion that I will explain to you now.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><br /></font><font size="3"><font style=""> </font><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3">Ibn Mandhor says in his book <i>Lisan El-Arab:</i></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><br /></font><font size="3"><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-SA">والعرب إِذا قالوا: فلان أَبـيض وفلانة بـيضاء فمعناه الكرم فـي الأَخلاق لا لون الـخـلقة، وإِذا قالوا: فلان<font style=""> </font>أَحمر وفلانة<font style=""> </font>حمراء عنوا بـياض اللون؛</font></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><b><font lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></font></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><i>“When the Arabs said that a man or a woman was ‘white’, they meant that the person was honorable.<font style=""> </font>They weren’t talking about his/her complexion.<font style=""> </font>When they (the Arabs) said that a man or a woman was ‘red’, they meant that his/her complexion was white.</i></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><i><o:p></o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3">The famous, old Arabic dictionary <i>Lisan El Arab</i> also quotes the author of <i>El-Tahdhib</i>, Saad El-Din Masud ibn Umar El-Taftaazaani (1312-<st1:metricconverter productid="1389 A" st="on">1389 A</st1:metricconverter>.D.) as saying:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><br /></font><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-SA" size="3"><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-MA">التهذيب: إِذا قالت العرب فلان<font style=""> </font>أَبْـيَضُ وفلانة<font style=""> </font>بَـيْضاء فالـمعنى نَقاء العِرْض من الدنَس والعيوب... لا يريدون به بَـياضَ اللون ولكنهم يريدون الـمدح بالكرم ونَقاءِ العِرْض من العيوب، وإِذا قالوا: فلان<font style=""> </font>أَبْـيَض الوجه وفلانة<font style=""> </font>بَـيْضاءُ الوجه أَرادوا نقاءَ اللون من الكَلَفِ والسوادِ الشائن</font></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /></font><font size="3"><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><i><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-SA"><o:p> </o:p></font></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><i>“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.<font style=""> </font>What they meant by this was to praise the person for his/her generosity and faultless honor.<font style=""> </font>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.”</i></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><i><o:p></o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3">Shams El-Din Mohamed ibn Ahmed ibn Othman El-Dhahabi (died <st1:metricconverter productid="1374 A" st="on">1374 A</st1:metricconverter>.D.) said:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><br /></font><font size="3"><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-MA">العرب إذا قالتّ: فلان أبيض فإنهم يريدون الحنطي أللون بحلية سوداء<o:p></o:p></font></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-MA"><o:p> </o:p></font></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><i>“When the Arabs said that a person was white, they meant that he/she had a black complexion with a wheat-colored undertone.”</i></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><i><o:p></o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><b><font dir="RTL" style="" face="""><font style=""> </font><font lang="AR-MA"><o:p></o:p></font></font></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3">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.<br /></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><br /></font><font size="3"><font style=""> </font><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3">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.<font style=""> </font>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.<font style=""> </font>Ali’s father was the prophet’s uncle (his father’s brother).<font style=""> </font>In my book, <i>The Unknown Arabs</i>, I mention many other noble, pure-blooded Arabs who were described as jet-black skinned.<font style=""> </font>Many of the noble, pure-blooded, jet-black-skinned Arabs that I mention were from the prophet Mohamed’s (pbuh) tribe.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><br /></font><font size="3"><font style=""> </font><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">There are some who try to avoid this topic by saying Allah’s words</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><br /></font><font size="3"><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-SA">يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُم مِّن ذَكَرٍ وَأُنثَى وَجَعَلْنَاكُمْ شُعُوبًا وَقَبَائِلَ لِتَعَارَفُوا إِنَّ أَكْرَمَكُمْ عِندَ اللَّهِ أَتْقَاكُمْ إِنَّ<font style=""> </font>اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌ</font></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><b><font lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></font></b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><i><font lang="FR"><font style=""> </font></font></i><i>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></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /></font><font size="3"><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">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.<font style=""> </font>How could giving a correct description of the prophets and certain peoples possibly be construed as being racist?<font style=""> </font>Allah described the color of the mud that Adam was created from.<font style=""> </font>The prophet Mohamed (pbuh) described the color of Musa (Moses) and Isa (Jesus).<font style=""> </font>The companions of the prophet Mohamed (pbuh) described the color of people.<font style=""> </font>When did it become a forbidden or taboo subject?<font style=""> </font>Who made this subject taboo in Islam?<font style=""> </font>Does one really believe that this verse means that we are supposed to conceal truths that Allah made clear in His book?<font style=""> </font>Does this verse mean that we are supposed to conceal the fact that Allah said that He created our father Adam from black mud?<font style=""> </font>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?<font style=""> </font>One should be careful of using Allah’s verses to justify one’s sins.<font style=""> </font>In fact, by avoiding this topic, one is going against what the verse says that we are supposed to do.<font style=""> </font>Allah says that He created us nations and tribes </font><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-MA" size="3">ل</font><font size="3"><b><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-SA">ِتَعَارَفُوا</font></b></font><font size="3"> “<i>that ye may know one another”.<font style=""> </font></i></font><font size="3">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.<font style=""> </font>Allah says that He made us nations and tribes </font><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-MA" size="3">ل</font><font size="3"><b><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-SA">ِتَعَارَفُوا</font></b></font><font size="3"> “<i>that ye may know one another”.</i></font><font size="3"><font style=""> </font>The scholars say that this means so that we can know who is the son of whom and who is from whom.<font style=""> </font>Am I asking any more than this?</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><br /></font><font size="3"><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3">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.<font style=""> </font>People must also correct the widespread wrong idea about the appearance of the original pure Arabs.<font style=""> </font>It’s not enough to simply say that what I am saying is true and leave it at that.<font style=""> </font>We must take serious steps to correct this misconception.<font style=""> </font>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.<font style=""> </font>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.<font style=""> </font>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.<font style=""> </font>We must fix things and reveal the truth as Allah commanded us to do in verse 160 of <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">surat</st1:city></st1:place> El-Baqara.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><br /></font><font size="3"><font style=""> </font><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-SA" size="3">إ<b>ِلاَّ الَّذِينَ تَابُواْ وَأَصْلَحُواْ وَبَيَّنُواْ فَأُوْلَـئِكَ أَتُوبُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَنَا التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ</b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3">.<o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><i>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].</i></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /><i><o:p></o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3">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.<font style=""> </font>This is Islam, the religion of truth.<font style=""> </font>Allah says:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><br /></font><font size="3"><o:p></o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><o:p> </o:p></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><font dir="RTL" style="" face=""" lang="AR-SA">وَقُلْ جَاء الْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ الْبَاطِلُ إِنَّ الْبَاطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقًا</font></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"><br /></font><font lang="FR" size="3"><o:p></o:p></font></p> <font lang="FR" size="3"><font style=""> </font></font><font size="3"><i>And say: Truth hath come and falsehood hath vanished away. Lo! falsehood is ever bound to vanish. [<st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Surat</st1:place></st1:city> El-Israa-verse 81]</i></font>Tariq Berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136092819878228860noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4943747953261098912.post-40657991652995018642009-08-04T05:49:00.000-07:002009-08-04T06:50:43.800-07:00A Cure for Racial Prejudice Against Dark Skin- Was Adam Black-Skinned<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Ctarek%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Wingdings; 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And the jinn did We create aforetime of essential fire.</span></i><i><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-SA" ><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size:14pt;">And (remember) when thy Lord said unto the angels: Lo! I am creating a mortal out of potter's clay of <b>black mud</b> altered. So, when I have made him and have breathed into him of My spirit, do ye fall down, prostrating yourselves unto him.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-SA" ><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size:14pt;">So the angels fell prostrate, all of them together. Save Iblis. He refused to be among the prostrate. He said: O Iblis! What aileth thee that thou art not among the prostrate?<span style=""> </span>He said: Why should I prostrate myself unto a mortal whom Thou hast created out of potter's clay of <b>black mud</b> altered?<span style=""> </span>He said: Then go thou forth from hence, for verily thou art outcast.<span style=""> </span>And lo! the curse shall be upon thee till the Day of Judgment.<span style=""> </span>He said: My Lord! Reprieve me till the day when they are raised.<span style=""> </span>He said: Then lo! Thou art of those reprieved; Till an appointed time.<span style=""> </span>He said: My Lord, Because Thou has sent me astray, I verily shall adorn the path of error for them in the earth, and shall mislead them every one. Save such of them as are Thy perfectly devoted slaves. [El Hijr-verses 26-40</span></i><span style="font-size:14pt;">]</span><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" ><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" > </span><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style=""> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Marmeduke Pickthal translation of the Quran</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Allah says that verily He created Adam from clay made of black mud and that before the creation of Adam, He created the jinn from fire of a scorching wind. Allah told the angels that He was going to create man from clay made of black mud.</span><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" > </span><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style=""> </span>He told the angels that after He fashioned Adam and breathed into him from His spirit that they had to bow down to Adam.<span style=""> </span>All of the angels bowed down to Adam.<span style=""> </span>However, Iblis refused to bow.<span style=""> </span>Allah asked Iblis why he refused to bow.<span style=""> </span>Iblis said that he would not bow down to a man that He (Allah) created from clay made of black mud.<span style=""> </span>Allah then expelled Iblis from <st1:place st="on">Paradise</st1:place> and cursed him.<span style=""> </span>Iblis asked Allah to grant him respite until the Day of Resurrection and Allah granted him respite.<span style=""> </span>Iblis then said that he would lead Adam’s descendants astray; all of them except Allah’s sincere servants.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">It is a known fact that the Arabic word for black mud is <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"><i>hama</i></st1:city></st1:place>.<span style=""> </span>Also, the scholars say the following about the word <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"><i>hama</i></st1:city></st1:place> in their tafsirs (explanation) of the Quran:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=";font-family:Symbol;font-size:14pt;" ><span style="">·<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7pt;" > </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Explaining <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"><i>hama</i></st1:city></st1:place> in the verses above, El Quortobi says in his tafsir of the Quran:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt;">“<st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><i>Hama</i></st1:place></st1:city> is black mud.”<b> </b></span><b><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-SA" >والحمأ: الطين الأسود</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=";font-family:Symbol;font-size:14pt;" ><span style="">·<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7pt;" > </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Explaining <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><i>hama</i></st1:place></st1:city> in the verses above, Jalal Eddine Mohamed Ahmed El-Mahalli and Jalal Eddine Abdel Rahman El-Sayouti say in their tafsir of the Quran called <i>Tafsir El-Jalaalain</i>:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt;">“<st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><i>Hama</i></st1:place></st1:city> is black mud.” </span><b><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-SA" >(من حمأ) طين أسود</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><b><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-MA" ><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=";font-family:Symbol;font-size:14pt;" ><span style="">·<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7pt;" > </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Explaining <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><i>hama</i></st1:place></st1:city> in the verses above, El Tabari says in his tafsir of the Quran:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt;">“As for His words ‘<i>from <st1:city st="on">hama</st1:city> masnoun’</i>, <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"><i>hama</i></st1:city></st1:place><i> </i>is the plural of <i>ham_a </i>which is mud that has been altered to the color black.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-SA" >وأما قوله "من حمإ مسنون" فإن الحمأ : جمع حمأة ، وهو الطين المتغير إلى السواد</span></b><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14pt;"><span style=""> </span></span></b><b><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-MA" ><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=";font-family:Symbol;font-size:14pt;" ><span style="">·<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7pt;" > </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Explaining <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><i>hama</i></st1:place></st1:city><i> </i>in the verses above, Mohamed ibn Ali El-Shawkaani says in his tafsir of the Quran called <i>Fath El Qadir</i>:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt;">“<st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><i>Hama</i></st1:place></st1:city> is black mud; either black mud that has been altered or black mud that hasn’t been altered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-SA" >والحمأ: الطين الأسود المتغير. أو الطين الأسود من غير تقييد بالمتغير</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-SA" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=";font-family:Symbol;font-size:14pt;" ><span style="">·<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7pt;" > </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Explaining <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><i>hama</i></st1:place></st1:city> in the verses above, El-Baidawi says in his tafsir:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt;">“From <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><i>hama</i></st1:place></st1:city>” means from mud which</span><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" > </span><span style="font-size:14pt;">was altered and is black.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-SA" >" من حمإ"</span></b><b><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-SA" > </span></b><b><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-SA" >طين تغير واسود من طول محاورة الماء</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><b><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=";font-family:Symbol;font-size:14pt;" ><span style="">·<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7pt;" > </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Explaining <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><i>hama</i></st1:place></st1:city> in the verse above, El-Baghawi says in his tafsir:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt;">“From <st1:city st="on"><i>hama</i></st1:city>”<i> </i>and <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"><i>hama</i></st1:city></st1:place> is black mud.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;">من حمإ"، والحمأ: الطين الأسود"</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><b><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style=""> </span>El-Baghawi also said:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size:14pt;">“There are some hadith that say that Allah fermented the mud that<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size:14pt;">Adam was created from and let it sit until it became altered and<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size:14pt;">black and then He created Adam peace be upon him from it (the black, altered mud).”</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><i><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-SA" >وفي بعض الآثار: إن الله عز وجل خمر طينة آدم وتركه حتى صار متغيرا أسود، ثم خلق منه آدم عليه السلام</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14pt;"><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=";font-family:Symbol;font-size:14pt;color:black;" ><span style="">·<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7pt;" > </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style=";font-size:14pt;color:black;" >Ibn al-Qayyim said:<br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /><span dir="LTR"><span style=";font-size:14pt;color:black;" ><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style=";font-size:14pt;color:black;" >“When the perfection, complete power, all-encompassing knowledge, ever-executed will and utmost wisdom of the Lord decreed that His creation should be of materials of different kinds, and that they should vary in their forms and attributes and natures, His wisdom decreed that He should take a handful of dust from the earth, then mix it with water. So it became like black stinking mud. Then the wind was sent upon it and it dried out, until it became clay like pottery. Then it was given shape and limbs and faculties, and each part of it was given a shape suited to its purpose.”</span></i><i><span style=";font-size:13.5pt;color:black;" > </span></i><i><span style=";font-size:14pt;color:black;" >(Tabaayun fi Aqsaam al-Quran</span></i><span style=";font-size:14pt;color:black;" >, <i>p. 204)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style=";font-size:14pt;color:black;" ><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=";font-family:Symbol;font-size:14pt;" ><span style="">·<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7pt;" > </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Expaining <st1:city st="on"><i>hama</i></st1:city>, which is also found in verse 86 of <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">surat</st1:city></st1:place> El-Kahf,<span style=""> </span>Ibn Kathir says in his tafsir:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size:14pt;">Hamia</span></i><span style="font-size:14pt;"> is a lot of <i>ham_a</i> and <i>ham_a</i> means black mud.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-SA" >" حمئة " أي كثيرة الحمأة وهي الطينة السوداء</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><b><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">How many people truly understand these verses of the Holy Quran?<span style=""> </span>How many people, both Islamic scholars and laypeople, reflect on these verses and try to understand and explain what Allah is saying in them?<span style=""> </span>How many people give these verses the importance that they deserve?<span style=""> </span>I always ask myself why these verses aren’t given the importance that they deserve when it is these very verses that show the origin of the battle between evil and good.<span style=""> </span>Allah revealed the Quran to be studied and understood.<span style=""> </span>Allah says,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-SA" >أَفَلَا يَتَدَبَّرُونَ الْقُرْآنَ أَمْ عَلَى قُلُوبٍ أَقْفَالُهَا</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><i><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style=""> </span>Will they then not meditate on the Quran, or are there locks on the hearts? (Mohamed-verse 24)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><i><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Allah also says,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-SA" >كِتَابٌ أَنزَلْنَاهُ إِلَيْكَ مُبَارَكٌ لِّيَدَّبَّرُوا آيَاتِهِ وَلِيَتَذَكَّرَ أُوْلُوا الْأَلْبَابِ</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><b><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style=""> </span>(This is) a Scripture that We have revealed unto thee, full of blessing, that they may ponder its revelations, and that men of understanding may reflect. (Sad-verse 29)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><i><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Why are people ignoring what Allah is saying in these verses about the creation of our father Adam?<span style=""> </span>When Allah says that He created our father Adam from black mud, He says this for mankind to know.<span style=""> </span>There are no words in the Quran that are unimportant or not worth explaining.<span style=""> </span>The Quran is the speech of Allah and the best speech is the speech of Allah.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Those who claim that there are more important things that should be discussed before talking about the color of Adam and the description of the prophets must show where Allah says that some of His words are more important than others.<span style=""> </span>They must also show where Allah says that what He said about the color of the mud that He created our father Adam from is not important.<span style=""> </span>Those who make such a claim must also show where the prophet Mohamed (pbuh) said that the description that he gave of Musa’s (Moses’) and Isa’s (Jesus’) color is not important.<span style=""> </span>If we say that it’s alright to disregard this part of the Quran and the Sunna, what’s to stop people from ignoring and calling insignificant other parts of the Quran and the Sunna?<span style=""> </span>People cannot simply dismiss as unimportant any part of the Quran or the Sunna that they, for whatever reason, do not feel comfortable with.<span style=""> </span>People cannot take it upon themselves to decide what in the religion is important and what isn’t important.<span style=""> </span>Instead we must accept the religion in its entirety and say that it is all from our Lord.<span style=""> </span>How can anyone consider information that might prevent people from imitating Satan and committing blasphemy unimportant?<span style=""> </span>Certainly if a person understands that Allah created our father Adam black-skinned and he/she still looks down on that color and thinks that another color is better, he/she is imitating Satan and is committing blasphemy and all sorts of sins.<span style=""> </span>It is important that people understand this fact.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">If people gave more emphasis to these verses and understood what Allah is saying, there would probably be no racial prejudice and discrimination in the world today.<span style=""> </span>There would probably be fewer conflicts in the world today, too.<span style=""> </span>Allah says that He created Adam, the father of all mankind, from black mud.<span style=""> </span>Is it possible for anyone who believes in Allah and understands the sublimity of Allah to dare look down on a physical attribute that Allah put in the father of mankind, whom He created with His own two hands and honored above all of His creation?<span style=""> </span>He (Allah) honored our father Adam so much that He commanded the angels to bow down to Adam.<span style=""> </span>Can a person who truly believes in Allah find fault in the appearance of he whom Allah created with His own two hands?<span style=""> </span>Doing so is blasphemy and a great insult to Allah.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-SA" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Can a person who truly believes in Allah, loves Him, and exalts Him as He is supposed to be exalted sit back and allow this to happen?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-SA" >مَّا لَكُمْ لَا تَرْجُونَ لِلَّه وَقَارًا ِ</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><b><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size:14pt;">What aileth you that ye hope not toward Allah for dignity?</span></i><i><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" > </span></i><i><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style=""> </span>[Nuh-verse 13]</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Anyone who looks down on the color that Allah chose for he whom He created with His own two hands is imitating Iblis and is being led astray by him.<span style=""> </span>When Allah ordered Iblis to bow down to Adam, Iblis said:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-SA" >قَالَ لَمْ أَكُن لِّأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُ مِن صَلْصَالٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size:14pt;">He said: Why should I prostrate myself unto a mortal whom Thou hast created out of potter's clay of black mud altered? [Hijr-verse 33]</span></i><span style="font-size:14pt;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">To understand the true root of today’s racial prejudice, it’s important that we take a close look at what took place when our father Adam was created.<span style=""> </span>When Allah wanted to create our father Adam, He ordered the angel to take from Earth different colors of soil; black soil and soil of other colors.<span style=""> </span>Allah then mixed this soil with water and let it sit until it became black mud.<span style=""> </span>He (Allah) then gave shape to our father Adam from this black mud. Allah let the body of our father Adam, which was fashioned from black mud, sit for years.<span style=""> </span>During this time, Iblis would continuously pass by our father Adam’s body, which was created and shaped from black mud, and out of jealousy he (Iblis) would strike our father Adam’s body.<span style=""> </span>Allah then breathed into our father Adam from His spirit and named him Adam, which means black-skinned.<span style=""> </span>Some scholars say that Allah named Adam Adam because of the black complexion that He gave him.<span style=""> </span>Others say that He named him Adam because he was created from adeem (the surface of) the earth.<span style=""> </span>Allah then commanded the angels to bow down to our father Adam.<span style=""> </span>All of the angels bowed down to Adam.<span style=""> </span>However, Iblis, who was a jinn, refused to bow.<span style=""> </span>When Allah asked Iblis why he refused to bow, he said</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-SA" >لَمْ أَكُن لِّأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُ مِن صَلْصَالٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size:14pt;">Why should I prostrate myself unto a mortal whom Thou hast created out of potter's clay of black mud altered? [Hijr-verse 33]</span></i><span style="font-size:14pt;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">This was the beginning of racial prejudice.<span style=""> </span>It all started when Iblis refused to bow down to our father Adam because he was created from black mud. When trying to belittle our father Adam, Iblis mentioned Adam’s dark color just like today Iblis leads some of Adam’s descendants to that same path by teaching them to look down on the dark complexion of Adam’s descendants.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">One would think that man would be very careful to avoid committing this exact same original sin that Iblis committed, but unfortunately Iblis has convinced many of the children of Adam to commit the same sin that he committed.<span style=""> </span>This is Iblis’ mission; to lead as many of the children of Adam to Hell as he can.<span style=""> </span>When Allah cursed him and granted him respite until the Day of Resurrection, Iblis said</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-SA" >قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَا أَغْوَيْتَنِي لأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِي الأَرْضِ وَلأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ إِلاَّ عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ الْمُخْلَصِينٍَِ</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><b><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-MA" ><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="AR-MA" style="font-size:14pt;"><span style=""> </span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;">“<i>Because Thou has sent me astray, I verily shall adorn the path of error for them in the earth, and shall mislead them every one. Save such of them as are Thy perfectly devoted slaves.”</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">How many people are aware of the fact that our father Adam was created black-skinned?<span style=""> </span>Why are people silent concerning this subject?<span style=""> </span>Is there some secret plan to keep this information hidden?<span style=""> </span>Is there a conspiracy of silence concerning these verses of the Quran?<span style=""> </span>Allah says,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-SA" ><span style=""> </span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-SA" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -9pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-SA" >إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَكْتُمُونَ مَا أَنزَلْنَا مِنَ الْبَيِّنَاتِ وَالْهُدَى مِن بَعْدِ مَا بَيَّنَّاهُ لِلنَّاسِ فِي الْكِتَابِ أُولَـئِكَ يَلعَنُهُمُ اللّهُ وَيَلْعَنُهُمُ اللَّاعِنُونَ</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -9pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><b><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -9pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style=""> </span>Those who hide the proofs and the guidance which We revealed, after We had made it clear in the Scripture: such are accursed of Allah and accursed of those who have the power to curse.</span></i><i><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" > </span></i><i><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style=""> </span>[Baqara-verse 159]</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -9pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><i><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">These verses were revealed because the Jews used to conceal the description of the prophet Mohamed [pbuh] given in the Torah.<span style=""> </span>Allah says that he who does such a thing is cursed.<span style=""> </span>This shows the importance of announcing to people what Allah says in His Book.<span style=""> </span>Allah says that He created our father Adam from black mud, so we are supposed to announce this and explain it to people and describe Adam the way that Allah described him and not conceal this description of him.<span style=""> </span>Otherwise, we will be cursed as Allah said in the above-mentioned verse.<span style=""> </span>We will be cursed unless we repent and fix things and announce what we were concealing.<span style=""> </span>Allah says,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-SA" >إ<b>ِلاَّ الَّذِينَ تَابُواْ وَأَصْلَحُواْ وَبَيَّنُواْ فَأُوْلَـئِكَ أَتُوبُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَنَا التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt;">.</span><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-SA" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size:14pt;">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].</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><i><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-SA" ><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">The way that we can amend and fix things is by ceasing to conceal Allah’s verses and by making the words of Allah known to all.<span style=""> So we must say what Allah said about the creation of Adam. He said that He created Adam from black mud, so we must say the same. </span>We must start a campaign to spread these words of Allah that have been kept from the masses.<i> </i>What’s preventing us from announcing the words of Allah?<span style=""> </span>Do we like certain parts of the Quran and dislike certain parts?!<span style=""> </span>Do we consider certain parts of the Quran unimportant?!<span style=""> </span>Allah says,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-SA" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-SA" >أَفَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِبَعْضِ الْكِتَابِ وَتَكْفُرُونَ بِبَعْضٍ فَمَا جَزَاء مَن يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ مِنكُمْ إِلاَّ خِزْيٌ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يُرَدُّونَ إِلَى أَشَدِّ الْعَذَابِ وَمَا اللّهُ</span></b><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-SA" > <b>بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُون</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt;">.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size:14pt;">Believe ye in part of the Scripture and disbelieve ye in part thereof? And what is the reward of those who do so save ignominy in the life of the world, and on the Day of Resurrection they will be consigned to the most grievous doom. For Allah is not unaware of what ye do. [Baqara-verse 85]</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><i><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-SA" ><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">It is especially necessary that we announce what Allah said about our father Adam and not conceal it because most people have the wrong idea about the appearance of Adam and also because many people have a negative opinion about the color that Allah created our father Adam and by having such an opinion, they are committing a grave sin.<span style=""> </span>By believing, <b><u>whether secretly or openly</u></b>, that another color is better than the color that Allah created our father Adam, a person is committing a serious sin and is questioning and doubting several of Allah’s attributes.<span style=""> </span>Doubting Allah’s attributes is disbelief.<span style=""> </span>Allah, the best of creators; He who perfects all that He creates, created our father Adam black-skinned.<span style=""> </span>Whoever believes that another color is better than the color that Allah chose for Adam, whom He created in His image with His own two hands, is not a believer.<span style=""> </span>Having such a belief is purely satanic and is only a continuation of the hatred that Iblis felt toward our father Adam when he would continually kick his body after Allah shaped it from black mud.<span style=""> </span>Having such a belief is only a continuation of the false pride that Iblis started when he refused to bow down to our father Adam.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Allah is the best of all creators.<span style=""> </span>He perfects all that He creates.<span style=""> </span>He fashioned man and perfected his form.<span style=""> </span>Allah says,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-SA" >لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي أَحْسَن تَقْوِيم</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-SA" >ٍ<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size:14pt;">We have indeed created man in the best of moulds. [Tin-verse 4]</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-SA" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Iblis saw the color of our father Adam when he refused to bow down to him as Allah commanded him to do.<span style=""> </span>He compared himself to our father Adam and out of false pride, ignorantly declared to Allah that he was better than Adam.<span style=""> </span>When Allah cursed him and expelled him from <st1:place st="on">Paradise</st1:place>, Iblis swore that he would mislead Adam’s descendants.<span style=""> </span>Do you see how Iblis has misled some of our father Adam’s descendants by convincing them to have distaste for the color that Allah created their father Adam with His own two hands?<span style=""> </span>Do you see how Iblis plays with the descendants of Adam and convinces them to do things that anger Allah and lead them to Hell with him (Iblis)?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">We must avoid committing the same sin that Iblis committed when he compared himself to our father Adam after seeing that he (Adam) was created from black mud, and as a result of his false pride he (Iblis) decided that he was better than our father Adam.<span style=""> </span>Iblis judged by comparing and decided that he was better than our father Adam.<span style=""> </span>Iblis was the first to compare and judge.<span style=""> </span>He was the first to discriminate and he has been enticing his followers to practice this discrimination since the time he compared himself to our father Adam and discriminated against him because of his color and origin (from black mud).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Scientists are just discovering that the pigment given to all humans is black.<span style=""> </span>Scientists call this pigment <i>melanin</i>.<span style=""> </span>Anyone who is not black-skinned is lacking some of this <i>melanin</i>.<span style=""> </span>If a person has no <i>melanin</i>, he/she is an albino.<span style=""> </span>Scientists are just learning that Allah gave man this <i>melanin</i> to protect him from the sun.<span style=""> </span>It appears that Allah mentioned, in verse 90 of <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">surat</st1:city></st1:place> <i>El-Kahf</i>, this fact about <i>melanin</i> that scientists are just discovering.<span style=""> </span>Allah says:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-SA" >حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَ مَطْلِعَ الشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَطْلُعُ عَلَى قَوْمٍ لَّمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُم مِّن دُونِهَا سِتْرً</span></b><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-SA" >ا</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style=""> </span><i>Until, when he came to the rising of the sun, he found it rising on a people for whom We had provided no covering protection against the sun. [<st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Surat</st1:place></st1:city> El-Kahf-verse 90]</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Said ibn Jubair, the well-known scholar who lived during the time of the companions of the prophet Mohamed (pbuh), says (in his explanation of the verse) that the people whom Allah said He provided no covering protection from the sun were white-skinned.<span style=""> </span>Some of Said ibn Jubair’s teachers were companions of the prophet Mohamed (pbuh) such as Ibn Abbas, Ibn Umar, and Ibn Zubeir.<span style=""> </span>Said ibn Jubair’s explanation of the verse is consistent with what scientists say about melanin.<span style=""> </span>Instead of saying white-skinned, Allah said <i>a people for whom we had provided no covering protection against the sun,</i> which is the same as saying white-skinned because a person that Allah didn’t provide protective covering from the sun (melanin) is white-skinned. Scientists have just discovered that a person who is white-skinned lacks <i>melanin</i> and has no protection from the sun and hence, is more likely to suffer from skin cancer and other health problems as a result of exposure to the sun.<span style=""> </span>Do you see how this one part of a verse of the Quran explains something that it has taken scientists so long to discover? <span style=""> </span>This shows the wealth of knowledge found in the Quran.<span style=""> </span>If only people would read it and contemplate its meanings.<span style=""> </span>Allah’s knowledge and wisdom are infinite.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">How can man, who is unable to create even a fly, dare insult Allah by feeling that another color is better than the color Allah chose for he whom He fashioned and created in His image with His own two hands?!<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-SA" >يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنسَانُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ الْكَرِيمِ</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><b><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size:14pt;">O man! What hath made thee careless concerning thy Lord, the <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Bountiful</st1:place></st1:city>? [Infitar-verse 6]</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Allah says,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span dir="RTL" style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" lang="AR-SA" >الَّذِي أَحْسَنَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهُ وَبَدَأَ خَلْقَ الْإِنسَانِ مِن طِينٍ</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><b><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size:14pt;">Who made all things good which He created, and He began the creation of man from mud. [Sajda-verse 7]</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">It’s time for us to show our love for Allah and our hatred toward Iblis by putting an end to this blasphemy.<span style=""> </span>We must not let it continue.<span style=""> </span>It is our Islamic duty to put an end to it.<span style=""> </span>We must not help our enemy Iblis by remaining silent concerning this issue.<span style=""> </span>This is what Iblis and his helpers want us to do.<span style=""> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">We must stop this avoiding certain verses of the Quran and concealing the descriptions of Allah’s prophets.<span style=""> </span>If Allah didn’t want us to know the color of the mud that He created our father Adam from, He wouldn’t have mentioned it.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">There is much debate today about the appearance of our father Adam. <span style=""> </span>Scientists, geneticists, anthropologists, etc are spending much time, money, and other resources to discover the color of our father Adam.<span style=""> </span>Muslims have the clear answer to this question, but unfortunately they are withholding this information.<span style=""> </span>Instead of announcing to scientists, geneticists, anthropologists, etc what Allah said about the creation of Adam, Muslims are remaining silent and concealing Allah’s words.<span style=""> </span>Muslims were commanded to spread Allah’s words, not to withhold them or keep them secret.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style=""><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style=""> </span>By analyzing genetic changes in the Y-chromosome of people in all regions of the world, geneticist Spencer Wells has recently discovered that the ancestor of all humans was a black-skinned man.<span style=""> </span>Why aren’t Muslims announcing to the world that the Quran confirms what Wells and other scientists have recently discovered?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <span style=";font-family:";font-size:14pt;" >To be continued God willing.<br /></span>Tariq Berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136092819878228860noreply@blogger.com14