According to Mohammed, the punishment for committing adultery is different between a free man, a free woman and a slave-woman. The man is to be flogged one-hundred stripes and be exiled for one year. The free woman must be stoned to death. But the slave-woman <b>(since she has a monetary value) </b>
will not be exiled or killed, she is to be flogged one-hundred stripes. If the violation is repeated, the slave-woman is to be sold.(Sahih Al Bukhary vol. 8:821 & 822)
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<b>Islam is a religion, whose sacred Scriptures contain explicit denigrating remarks about Black people.</b>
<b>Mohammed referred to Blacks as "raisin heads</b>
". (Sahih Al Bukhary vol. 1, no. 662 and vol. 9, no. 256).
Bismillah
Praise be to Allah Lord of the Worlds the All Knowing, Musa (Moses)] said: "O my Lord! Open for me my chest (grant me self-confidence, contentment, and boldness), And ease my task for me; And make loose the knot (the defect) from my tongue, (i.e. remove the incorrectness from my speech) [That occurred as a result of a brand of fire which Musa (Moses) put in his mouth when he was an infant] and prayer and peace be upon our teacher, leader and beloved Messenger Mohamed Ibn Abdullah, his household and companions.
as salam alykom brothers and sisters
Looking back at this thread I observed that all of us who replied here, including myself, just made general replies bringing examples of respected slaves in Islam or how Islam looks equally at everyone.
But none of us physically touched on the main point brought here by Anya which is how far is this is true.
As for the 2nd point made thru the hadeeth saying:
SAHIH BUKHARI BOOK 11
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 662:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said, "Listen and obey (your chief) even if an Ethiopian whose head is like a raisin were made your chief."
I will start tackling this point Insh a Allah. I had already prepared a reply, including that this is a hadeeth saheeh (authentic) in which I explained the meaning of the hadeeth and why it was said so. Then I sort of lost the reply couldnt find it. Not that I can not re prepare it, since I do remember it well Alhamdulelah. But I felt that this is a sign from Allah to not to post this one.
I felt that why would I apologize because the Messenger used a description? how people can take this as an offense when many, not only many black people embraced, still embrace and will embrace Islam? didnt all of them feel offended before they come to the fold?
Well I felt that I dont want to apologize for this or any other issue raised against Islam. We must be sure that the Messenger salla Allah A`lyhee wa sallam is the one who taught us good manners and how to be kind and respectful to all, he never became angry to any of his slaves under any circumstances. So how can we take his words as an insult to any race or person? how can we accuse him of being rude in a more direct sense? No sorry he is not rude, he is the kindest person ever lived on earth.
As for the other part of enforcing a lesser amount of punishment for zina on slaves, how can this be twisted and taken as Allah looking down at them? Why didnt the one who twisted this ignored the lesser punishment enforced on the unmarried male or female?
Isnt it enough for the slave that he/she was enslaved to mankind by mankind when he/she is supposed to be only enslaved to Allah? how can people didnt see that Allah Took this much in consideration while legislating the rules here? Allah Didnt Command for slavery, but it is rather mankind who invented it for many reasons. To Allah it is enough for a slave to feel enslaved. Allah Shall not burden him/her with the same amount of punishment in case of zina not out of a demeaning sense but out of full mercy.
la hawla wala qowata ila billah.