Equality in islam?

Question

as muslims claim if islam is so equal why did mohomed call black people ' raisin heads and pug nosed ugly slaves'?

bukhari vol.1 no. 662
Hadith, sahih moslem vol.9 pages 46, 47

How come islam denegrates black people?

Answer 1

Get a life
dont u have better things than accuse a person of saying something that isnt true
u know and everyone knows that Prophet Muhammed pbuh never said that
ur just making that up to make all black people hate islam
also....Muhammed pbuh freed the slaves..
and did u know that the first person to call for prayer was a black man called Bilal
he was a slave ...but the Prophet pbuh and his companions RA freed him and many other slaves
and also...Muhammed pbuh said that a white man and a black man are equal....the best of them is who has stronger faith in God

Answer 2

Once again good job with taking things out of context and trying to proof that Islam wrong and this time saying it denegrates black people. My friend it Islam which makes black people come to Islam, do you know in Islam we don't see if you are black or white or brown thats why when we pray we stand side by side without any gap. here are great people who came to Islam because it doesn't have race problem. For example Muhammed ALI, Malcom X etc

The Holy Quran says: "O mankind! We have created you male and female, and have made you nations and tribes that you may know each other. The noblest of you, in the sight of Allah(1), is the best in conduct" [Al-Qur'an 49:13]

The noblest is the best in conduct. Such persons may belong to any race or country. What really matters is their conduct and behaviour. This is why the prophet Muhammad(p) in a public address said that the Arabs are not superior to the non-Arabs, and one color is not superior to another.

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Answer 3

Dont misunderstand the Prophet (PBUH)'s words.
The Hadeeth is:

The Prophet said, "Listen and obey (your chief) even if an Ethiopian whose head is like a raisin were made your chief.

In those days, the slaves were mostly black and from the african countries. Here the prophet is trying to preach equality as that when any muslim (even if he is a black ethiopian) is made as the chief for any expedition, it is obligatory for everyone under him to obey him. Is this injustice? here the prophet has raised the standard of the slaves.

Why did he call "head like a raisin"?

Normally the Arab Landlords were proud of their physical appearance. They bosted for the larger head size. Here the prophet has made things clear that even if the black ethiopian is having a small head and if he is made the chief by the prophet, it will be obligatory for everyone to obey him.

Is this in-equality???

Answer 4

Because Islam, like all organized religions, doesn't truly promote equality.

If you believe it does, you are deluded. Arabs think they are superior to all other races.

(They are not...)