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===In the hadith=== | ===In the hadith=== | ||
==== Racial equality ==== | ====Racial equality==== | ||
{{Quote|1=[https://islamweb.net/ar/library/index.php?page=bookcontents&ID=22393&idfrom=0&idto=0&flag=1&bk_no=6&ayano=0&surano=0&bookhad=0 Musnad Ahmad 22978]|2=Abu Nadrah reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said in the final days of the pilgimrage: "O people, your Lord is one and your father Adam is one. '''There is no favor of an Arab over a foreigner, nor a foreigner over an Arab, and neither white skin over black skin, nor black skin over white skin, except by righteousness.''' Have I not delivered the message?"}} | {{Quote|1=[https://islamweb.net/ar/library/index.php?page=bookcontents&ID=22393&idfrom=0&idto=0&flag=1&bk_no=6&ayano=0&surano=0&bookhad=0 Musnad Ahmad 22978]|2=Abu Nadrah reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said in the final days of the pilgimrage: "O people, your Lord is one and your father Adam is one. '''There is no favor of an Arab over a foreigner, nor a foreigner over an Arab, and neither white skin over black skin, nor black skin over white skin, except by righteousness.''' Have I not delivered the message?"}} | ||
==== Racial specialization ==== | ====Racial specialization==== | ||
{{Quote|{{Al Tirmidhi||6|46|3936}}|Narrated Abu Hurairah: | {{Quote|{{Al Tirmidhi||6|46|3936}}|Narrated Abu Hurairah: | ||
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===Racial ''Kafa'ah'' ("equivalence") in marriage<ref name=":0">{{Citation|title=Encyclopaedia of Islam|publisher=E.J. Brill|volume=4 IRAN-KHA|editor1=E. van Donzel|editor2=B. Lewis|editor3=Ch. Pellat|editor4=C.E. Bosworth|edition=New Edition [2nd]|location=Leiden|chapter=Kafa'a|publication-date=1997|isbn=90 04 05745 5|page=404}}</ref>=== | ===Racial ''Kafa'ah'' ("equivalence") in marriage<ref name=":0">{{Citation|title=Encyclopaedia of Islam|publisher=E.J. Brill|volume=4 IRAN-KHA|editor1=E. van Donzel|editor2=B. Lewis|editor3=Ch. Pellat|editor4=C.E. Bosworth|edition=New Edition [2nd]|location=Leiden|chapter=Kafa'a|publication-date=1997|isbn=90 04 05745 5|page=404}}</ref>=== | ||
==== Modern fatwas ==== | ====Modern fatwas==== | ||
{{Quote|{{citation|author=Mohammed Tosir Miah|publisher=Darul Ifta Birmingham|url=https://islamqa.org/hanafi/daruliftaa-birmingham/19909|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111222936/https://islamqa.org/hanafi/daruliftaa-birmingham/19909|chapter=Fatwah 19909 (Hanafi Fiqh): Kafaah in Marriage}}|The Jurists have stated that '''among Arabs, a non-Quraishi male is not a match (Kuf) for a Quraishi woman, nor can any person of non-Arab descent be a match for a woman of Arab descent'''. For example, '''the Sayyids, whether Siddique or Farooque, Uthmaani or Alawi, or belonging to some other branch can never be matched by any person not sharing their lineage''', no matter his profession and family status. The Sayyids are suitable matches for one another, since they share descent from the Quraishi tribe. Thus, marriages between themselves are correct and permitted without any condition as appearing in Durrul Mukhtar: | {{Quote|{{citation|author=Mohammed Tosir Miah|publisher=Darul Ifta Birmingham|url=https://islamqa.org/hanafi/daruliftaa-birmingham/19909|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111222936/https://islamqa.org/hanafi/daruliftaa-birmingham/19909|chapter=Fatwah 19909 (Hanafi Fiqh): Kafaah in Marriage}}|The Jurists have stated that '''among Arabs, a non-Quraishi male is not a match (Kuf) for a Quraishi woman, nor can any person of non-Arab descent be a match for a woman of Arab descent'''. For example, '''the Sayyids, whether Siddique or Farooque, Uthmaani or Alawi, or belonging to some other branch can never be matched by any person not sharing their lineage''', no matter his profession and family status. The Sayyids are suitable matches for one another, since they share descent from the Quraishi tribe. Thus, marriages between themselves are correct and permitted without any condition as appearing in Durrul Mukhtar: | ||
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===Racial misidentification=== | ===Racial misidentification=== | ||
==== Imam Malik ==== | ====Imam Malik==== | ||
==Race in Islamic doctrine== | ==Race in Islamic doctrine== | ||
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===Superiority (''fadl'') of the Arabs=== | ===Superiority (''fadl'') of the Arabs=== | ||
==== Modern fatwas ==== | ====Modern fatwas==== | ||
{{Quote|{{citation|editor=Muhammad Saalih al-Munajjid|chapter=Fatwa 182686: Is the Arab Muslim better than the non-Arab Muslim?|date=September 24th, 2017|url=https://islamqa.info/en/answers/182686/is-the-arab-muslim-better-than-the-non-arab-muslim|archiveurl=}}|In the answer to question no. 115934, we noted that '''Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l-Jamaa‘ah are unanimously agreed that the Arabs are superior to others in terms of descent and lineage, and that regarding the Arabs as superior is in general terms''', and does not apply at the individual level. So a non-Arab who is pious and righteous is better than an Arab who falls short in his duties to Allah, may He be exalted.}} | {{Quote|{{citation|editor=Muhammad Saalih al-Munajjid|chapter=Fatwa 182686: Is the Arab Muslim better than the non-Arab Muslim?|date=September 24th, 2017|url=https://islamqa.info/en/answers/182686/is-the-arab-muslim-better-than-the-non-arab-muslim|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118194723/https://islamqa.info/en/answers/182686/is-the-arab-muslim-better-than-the-non-arab-muslim}}|In the answer to question no. 115934, we noted that '''Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l-Jamaa‘ah are unanimously agreed that the Arabs are superior to others in terms of descent and lineage, and that regarding the Arabs as superior is in general terms''', and does not apply at the individual level. So a non-Arab who is pious and righteous is better than an Arab who falls short in his duties to Allah, may He be exalted.}} | ||
==In the Muslim world today== | ==In the Muslim world today== | ||